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Next Year
This last summer I met and spoke with a guy that owns a deer farm. Grows monsters and sells to high fence operations. I asked him what is the secrete to growing 300 inch deer and his response was "what happens when you sit on the couch and eat potato chips all day every day?" They are on a high protein diet, but he claims the lack of stress year round other than the only event in a deer's life you can't remove, that being the rut. That is why they grow massive racks. Don't know if all that is true, but I can see it being a huge factor. That leads me to my situation.
This next year, 2017, the farmer that rents a few hundred acres of timber and pasture that I hunt will not be putting his cow herd on the grass until after he weans the calves. That would be in August. My question is this: will my deer quality increase due to not having cattle in their stomping grounds. Or do cows really not bother the deer, is it just the farmer that checks them daily that causes the most stress? My train of thought is less stress during their antler growing season will only be beneficial. And no I don't expect to see flyers and drop tines everywhere, just maybe a healthier herd.
Opinions are welcome.
This next year, 2017, the farmer that rents a few hundred acres of timber and pasture that I hunt will not be putting his cow herd on the grass until after he weans the calves. That would be in August. My question is this: will my deer quality increase due to not having cattle in their stomping grounds. Or do cows really not bother the deer, is it just the farmer that checks them daily that causes the most stress? My train of thought is less stress during their antler growing season will only be beneficial. And no I don't expect to see flyers and drop tines everywhere, just maybe a healthier herd.
Opinions are welcome.