What's in your hayfield?

[kenny thomas]

What have you killed or injured while mowing hay. When we mow the buzzards start following. Things that I have killed with the disc mower are:
baby deer, at least 3 per year
turkey nest
adult turkeys still on the nest
baby turkeys
box turtles, seems they never get away
rabbits
rats and mice
snakes
mowing at night I sometimes get a skunk, :cry2:
What's in your hayfield?

 

[Aaron]

Cats
Groundhogs
Fawns
Mice
Snakes
Skunks

Think that's about it. Some years are good, some not so good. With a 9' haybine with a table, its surprising what fits through the rollers. :shock:

 

[rockridgecattle]

praire chicken through the haybine
skunk with the mower

 

[hillsdown]

Well with having no rain, not a H@ll of a lot right now.. :roll:

 

[Angus Cowman]

What have you killed or injured while mowing hay. When we mow the buzzards start following. Things that I have killed with the disc mower are:
baby deer, at least 3 per year
turkey nest
adult turkeys still on the nest
baby turkeys
box turtles, seems they never get away
rabbits
rats and mice
snakes
mowing at night I sometimes get a skunk, :cry2:
What's in your hayfield?

you summed it up pretty good,but I need to add
armadillos

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

I just about bushhogged a baby Elk the other day.

 

[grannysoo]

Mice, snakes, snakes, snakes, snakes, snakes, snakes, snakes....

 

[mnmtranching]

I lost count but :cowboy: around 109,742,410 + - grasshoppers. :nod:
Some other stuff to. :frowns:

 

[VanC]

It's been awhile, but only things I remember are lots of rabbits and lots of snakes.

 

[Limomike]

Seems like we always manage to hit a fawn, as well as a snake or two. Dont mind cutting up the snakes though.

 

[tncattle]

Turkey nests
Big ole turtle (when cutting hay on a bottom by the river)
quail (don't know why they would fly off, I guess nests?)
a few rocks that killed my blades
snakes

 

[hillrancher]

I just about bushhogged a baby Elk the other day.

Red Bull did you call he AGF out to help you to alleviate this problem?

 

[hillrancher]

I just about bushhogged a baby Elk the other day.

Red Bull did you call the AGF out to help you to alleviate this problem?

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Was on AGF land hillrancher bushhogging some warm season strips around the edges of the hay feilds.

 

[cfpinz]

I cut the last of the first cutting on Friday, whacked 3 fawns to bring my spring total up to 5 this year. I usually get between 5 and 10 each year.

Had a bald eagle sit in a tree on the side of one of the fields when I was cutting, first one I've ever seen in that area.

 

[showing71]

Dad sent a dead deer carcass through the mower when he cut the pasture by the house once. Worst stink ever. But I've mowed over skunks, rabbits, fawns, snakes, cats, gophers, and pheasants.

 

[Lammie]

Ever see coyotes waiting in the trees to run out and snag the newly injured or freshly dead? That's interesting.

 

[randiliana]

I've been lucky so far, I don't think I could handle chopping up a baby fawn. DH has though :frowns: . I did get a baby skunk once, didn't know it til I made my next pass (he never sprayed). He was flopping around good, so at least I didn't have to figure out how to put him out of his misery. Other than that, mostly birds, pheasants, partridge and prairie chicken. Have heard about a porcupine that plugged the roller in a haybine though, now that would be a fun job.......

 

[alacattleman]

talked too a kid the other day that wadded a baby calf up while bushhoggin' couple weeks ago.. the worst thing i ran over was my favorite straw hat :cowboy:

 

[Jogeephus]

Based on today's mowing it seems like the gopher turtles have called one field home. Didn't kill any but they sure made for a rough ride in spots.