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<blockquote data-quote="PillsburyDoughboy" data-source="post: 4081151" data-attributes="member: 14197"><p>IF you are keeping your fields bush hogged may I suggest leaving rows of your fields grown up. Cut it in strips every two years. Its not as pretty that way but what it does is provide cover for the deer . Deer will feel more comfortable stepping out in the open areas when they have cover to duck back into. Plus having some grown up vegetation gives deer some vital/optional nutritional elements that the open exposed areas do not provide.</p><p></p><p>I sort of dis coved this by accident many years back. I got on a budget one year and could not afford to have my fields completely cut so the guy that does my bush hogging suggested I cut just 5 foot sections and skip a 5 foot sections in turn only doing about half the field. Saved me half the money. What I found was deer were coming out and grazing more because they had the cover to do so. So they cut in and out of the thickets . I watch them all the time. You just have to pick your shots. Ive seen way more deer and bigger deer in the fields than I ever have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PillsburyDoughboy, post: 4081151, member: 14197"] IF you are keeping your fields bush hogged may I suggest leaving rows of your fields grown up. Cut it in strips every two years. Its not as pretty that way but what it does is provide cover for the deer . Deer will feel more comfortable stepping out in the open areas when they have cover to duck back into. Plus having some grown up vegetation gives deer some vital/optional nutritional elements that the open exposed areas do not provide. I sort of dis coved this by accident many years back. I got on a budget one year and could not afford to have my fields completely cut so the guy that does my bush hogging suggested I cut just 5 foot sections and skip a 5 foot sections in turn only doing about half the field. Saved me half the money. What I found was deer were coming out and grazing more because they had the cover to do so. So they cut in and out of the thickets . I watch them all the time. You just have to pick your shots. Ive seen way more deer and bigger deer in the fields than I ever have. [/QUOTE]
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