Originally Posted by jbatey1
Originally Posted by Mbrock
In hunting season they have the option to allow hunters to kill deer legally. No need for a permit. Damage is occurring on young crops, and is when they need the most help.


, but why not just say “ Well, based off of your damage reported last year, you need to make sure “X number of deer are harvested on your property this hunting season” and leave it as deer being killed during deer season?

(When) the deer are being killed isn’t what’s saving the crop as much as it’s simply the deer being killed in general, right?

Do most farmers look at 100 deer killed in June/July better than they would look at 100 deer killed in December/January? The deer are gone either way.

They attract deer they normally don’t have during open season, as soon as beans start germinating. In some cases, even cotton. I’ve seen terrible damage to young cotton plants. If you can protect the beans and cotton the first few weeks the damage is typically minimized. They have a short window in which to do that, and killing deer in season doesn’t always lead to less pressure on crops in summer. Winter harvest does help in some cases.