It is just about as nice a day as a person could hope for here in Southern Minnesota. This last year my cousin bought an old John Deere B that at one time belonged to our Grandpa. He drove it over this morning and asked if I wanted to take it for a drive before he put everything away for the winter. I have a forty south of my house that has a creek running through it and a small woods. My brother shot a decent buck down there last Saturday. So I headed down there on the tractor to see what I would see. Where the creek enters the woods there are a couple young trees growing and mainly grass. There I saw a really nice ten pointer bedded down there with his head up watching me. I drove right by him less than 40 yards away. Then I drove along the woods to the end of my line and turned back home. That buck was still there with that head up and that huge white spot on his chest. This time I stopped the tractor and watched him for a while, he was fine until I shut the old B off and then he trotted away. Now if I had tried to sneak down there on foot I bet I never would have gotten close to him, the deer here are just so use to farm equipment I don't think they feel threatened by it.
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"Just because you're paranoid it doesn't mean everyone is not out to get you"
I have noticed the same thing. I hunted near a corn field they were picking, a few years ago. And the picker would go right past deer standing in the corn and they would just move over a couple rows. The farmer told me to ride on the picker but that was illegal. He said he always saw deer, turkey, pheasants, etc.. when doing field work.
He used to take his manure spreader and fill it with good pig stuff, and then lay a good coat of that out and around my hay blind. Them deer never knew I was there...
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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, a total wreck, screaming Yahoo, with a big smile on your face."
I think they are have fairly decent trust of farmers on equipment. My brother-in-law has a 40 east of town all of it in set aside right now. You can drive the cat out that way pulling the disk and they will just stand and watch...
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Keep on Shooting Muzzleloaders they are a Blast
You siad it as if I said it myself.......I live in Farm Country, My Father in Law is a Farmer, I own AG Land and I work for a Farmer, been around it all My Life. I've been on the Tractor Hundreds of times and saw Deer close, stop the Tractor, there still good, shut it off and there gone. Heck I even watched 2 good Bucks feeding on Corn after My Neighbor was cutting the Corn and his Combine was only 40 yds from them, they could have cared less, they stayed there untill the Field was finished. We always jike that My Buddy should drive his Grape Picker out to the woods and sit on it to Hunt, it's as High as a Tree Stand when your up on it, but we figured it was Cheatin, LOL
(BP)
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Those who hammer their Guns into plows will plow for those who do not. Thomas Jefferson
A friend of mine about 10 years ago took a big buck down with a combine. He was so full of himself he wouldn't move over. the cutters took the legs off.
I've killed several from a combine...They'll even wait on a 4-wheeler, trick is to leave it running and get off for the shot so the motor vibration doesn't affect your accuracy...
SHAME on YOU GUY's Taking Deer from a 4 Wheeler or Tractor!
I shot a buck from a tractor once. Bang flop - but a big mistake. When he fell off the seat of the tractor it kept going and the bush hog made an awful mess of him.
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My wife says I'm totally nuts, but I think I'm Semisane.
Things I've Learned: (1) It's not possible to please everyone, but quite easy to piss everyone off. (2) If you love animals as I do, then you're not a vegetarian. (3) There's no need to act stupid, even if you're very good at it. (4) If you eat right and exercise, don't smoke or drink, you're going to die anyway.
Deer and Farm Equipment
