When a crop is ready to be harvested,they cut it.Crops are a farmer's lifeblood and you can't expect them to put it off over some casualties.Thousands of deer and turkeys have been killed by bailers,combines,etc since farming became mechanized and it really hasn't done anything to the populations.Look at the major agriculture states and what their deer and turkey pop's. are.More deer are probably killed on the roadways than in the farmer's fields