C̶a̶t̶t̶l̶e HORSE Damage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ส.ค. 2018
- Turns out it may not have been the cattle, after all.
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The owner of those horses are responsible for keeping them fed , watered and inside their fenced area. You have the right to be upset.
My hats off to you for controlling your feelings.
As a horse person, we have 2, I'm sorry for what has happened. I hope your loss is minimal. I agree they need better fence and honesty would be the best way to be a good neighbor.
If the horses had more to eat they would not push against the fence as much.
And thank you for staying true to us fans Ryan. That's one of the reasons you are the only channel that I am a member of and the min I seen I was able to I jumped at the chance. I will do the same to your brothers channel when the time comes because like you he is true to his fans and cares more about us then the money.
That was nice of you to take the time to explain what is going on and why. Not only about the fence and horses/cattle eating on the corn but with your channel as well. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and video.
On our dairy farm in NE WI, our cows basically never wandered. We usually kept the gates opened when we were filling silo or putting straw in the barn. Plus, we had a couple Blue Heelers that kept them in their place. However, when the neighbor would haul over his steers and/or heifers for a couple months to pasture them, they had a tendency of getting out. He was an old guy and we usually helped him with his fence before he put them out. And if they got out, or any of our neighbors critters got out, they always called us up cuz our dogs had a way of finding all the cattle and driving them back thru the hole in the fence and then watching that hole until it was repaired. Great Dogs!
I'm glad that the prior farmer with the cattle seems to care enough to talk to you about these things, hopefully this situation gets fixed and maybe a civil conversation can happen where he at least apologizes and shows you it wont happen again.
You have a very great channel Ryan & really show what farming is all about. I just found this channel along with Travis channel about 7 or 8 months ago. Your channels are family friendly so that one can share them with a very young audience so they can learn about how important farms are towards our every day lives! Thanks for sharing & looking forward to thenext one
The microphone made a definite improvement in the sound quality.
It's very sad coming over your field and look at the damage made by horses. Hopefully the problem gets solved! Thanks for all the good videos!
Nice video as always Ryan. We always went by the position post. If the post is on your side it's your fence and vice a versa. We went to court in 1986 over a cattle damage. The renter next to us calmed our cattle had gotten in to his beens. Cattle had been in his field but they were not ours. We had moved ours to a pasture not bordering the property mounts earlier. He had called the sheriff and he called and we met him at the gate to the pasture. He walked the fence with us and told us that fence that needed attention did not belong to us because the post were on there side. He also saw no signs of cattle crossing over it. We did see crop damage and fresh cattle manure in the been field. The tracks in the field lead to a fresh repair in another neighbors fence. 5 days later we were served with a summons. We went out and took pictures of every thing. Even finding horse tracks and manure on our property. A few days latter we received a call from friend that worked at the sale barn telling us that 2 cows had been brought in that had our tags and tattoos in there ears. They had been brought in by a local horse men who hires out to work cattle. One of the cows was lame and the vet found a bullet wound in it's left front leg. We filed rustling charges agents the horse men. The judge set the court date to the same day as the other charge against us. The horse men said in court he had been hired by the renter to round up cattle that were in the been field. When he couldn't find any in the been field the renter had him to a pasture and had him take two cows from it. He said he didn't know who owned the pasture or the cattle and had no knowledge of how one had gotten shot. The judge through both cases out. Things can go south fast when you have renters involved.
Well young man, your a lot more calm than I would be considering it was clearly obvious from even the view on the video that whom ever owns those horses that they haven't been keeping the horse "enclosure" up to reasonable standards. They are clearly responsible for the damage whether you decide to push the issue is up to you but I must say your one level headed young man because I would have been livid not so much about the damage but about the clear lack of respect the horse owners have shown towards your property because there is no way in heck they haven't known about this for some time....I pray that you are not faced with to much financial loss because of other people's lack of respect for others. It is a Damn shame it hard enough to keep a farm going without your neighbors using uour corn field to save on horse feed!
We had a shetland pony that would bite my shoulder when I was young until I popped her in the nose once. She wanted more treats from the garden. This is Wisconsin edicate and will have many perplexed. Good job on fixing the issue and helping vs hurting relations. Neighbors are always the first to help in emergencies.
Thank you for your videos and your stance on sponsors
Nice vid Ryan congrats on 50 million views!
Good for you Ryan not becoming a sponsored channel. You've stayed true to your fans by doing so.
If those were good neighbors they would have came to you and told you their horses got out and damaged your corn and offered to pay you for the damages. They would also repair or replace the fence and keep it properly maintained. I would summit them a bill for the damages by certified mail and if they didn’t pay take them to court to recover your losses. You farm on borrowed money and it hurts your ability to repay your loans and show a profit if your crops are destroyed because of someone else’s negligence. Let’s face the facts they knew their horses damaged your cops and didn’t have the decency to drive to your house and tell you so they’re not good neighbors. Make them pay.
Rickey Ivey sadly that is the average horse owner mentality. Not my land, not my crop, not my money, not my problem. I'm sure there are some good horse ranchers but most of them don't care because they make money hand over fist every day.
Take a look at that lot and the fence that's kind of around it. Those people don't set foot in that lot much at all. Otherwise they'd KNOW there was a really bad fence back there. If the horses were well fed they'd NOT be pushing the fence down and walking through it. I'll submit they still don't know the condition of that fence....
Yeah, but as the old saying goes, "you can't get blood out of a turnip"... meaning they probably can't pay. Probably why they've got a half-dozen nags in a little bitty lot that the horses have eaten down like a parking lot to bare dirt... and don't have any hay out.
I'd let the cops know and they'll have a few words with them, particularly if the horses or other livestock have been getting on the road several times (and it's VERY CLEAR that they are NOT properly maintaining their fences, or even ATTEMPTING to... tossing a couple old gates up against a broken down fence when the rest of it is down to the point you can STEP OVER THE WIRES is NOT "maintaining the fence"... it's at best a stop-gap measure and OBVIOUSLY given the damage and length of time the horses/livestock have been getting out, it's obvious this has been an ONGOING PROBLEM and they are NOT taking any *effective* measures to remedy the situation.
I don't blame Ryan a bit for not wanting to 'raise a stink' but at the same time, you can't just sit back and let this sort of nonsense go on forever... They need to understand and take some responsibility for their animals if they're going to have the darn things... In my experience, though, that's typical horse owner-- gotta have a HERD of the friggin' things but can't afford to feed them to keep the fences up or have enough ground for them to graze on without them trying to break through the fence to find something to eat... and of course whatever happens it's "somebody else's problem". They need a stern talking to and they need to make this situation right, or face some LEGAL repercussions I'm afraid... Somebody hit one of those horses and total their car or get killed, replacing that fence with all new would look positively cheap by comparison before they got through with them!
I've had livestock all my life (cattle) and sooner or later *EVERYBODY* that has livestock has some that get out. Whether you've got fence breakers, fence jumpers, fence pushers, or whatever... If I have one get out more than once, it's off to the sale barn they go... I don't want fence breakers or jumpers or fence pushers on the place, because cattle watch each other and if they see ONE doing it, they think to themselves "Hey I can do that too!" and off they go, then you have a BUNCH of fence jumpers or breakers... Once they learn to lose respect for the fence, and know they can get out, they'll KEEP DOING IT too... which is another reason I just haul them to the sale barn and problem solved-- they have a hard time escaping from a Big Mac box! LOL:)
There's a difference between a calf laying down next to the fence and standing up and being on the wrong side of it, or hopping over the cattleguard when they're "feeling their oats" and screwing around with their buddies; it happens at least once a year and just goes with the territory. However, it's an INFREQUENT thing and usually doesn''t recur for a long time. The fact that this has been an ONGOING thing tells me they're some irresponsible oafs that need the cops to explain to them how it's gonna be and start writing some tickets or something for livestock habitually getting out... Some of these people just won't do a darn thing til you hold their feet to the fire...
Unfortunately for Ryan, the odds of him getting anything for his corn is slim... unless these neighbors are better than they appear to be, which I'd say is long odds. I've seen the type plenty of times myself. Taking them to court will cost more than you'd make odds are. As Wes onelonleyfarmer about that one... and that was a THIEF *INTENTIONALLY* stealing corn, not a negligent horse owner... Best that can be hoped for is that the neighbors are decent people and Ryan can show them on the yield monitor maps where the yields were hurt compared to their other fields and undamaged parts of that field and they pay him the difference... Course if that happens, I have a bridge in San Francisco I'd like to sell you... LOL:) Odds are if they were "stand up" folks they'd have fixed the d@mn fence LONG before now, rather than just let their nags keep hopping the fence for a free meal... SO I wouldn't hold my breath!
Later! OL J R :)
Thanks for sharing Ryan...
I really like your show I have been watching it a little while I just found it here on TH-cam. You seem to be a down to earth kind if guy. Keep up the good work and I will keep watching.
Great job repairing the fence and great wise words about strange animals.
Interesting explanation on the tassel ear, I never knew that. Nice detective work, I can totally understand the frustration... Excellent video.
Here in Germany we have huge problems with wild boar in the corn fields. Take care!
Not sure how anyone thought that fence would stop horses in the first place! I've had horses, and they're regular escape artists when they spot an easy meal! Ours once finished off the neighbors' prize winning roses - that wasn't a great day. And here in Sweden, we definitely fence our animals IN, and take care of the damage if they get out.
Let's hope their owners feed them better, because they can hop over that steel tube fence anytime they like, if they get hungry enough.
The mic makes the audio so good keep up the hard work Ryan 👍
Sorry about all that damage! I hope your neighbor will chip in. The sound quality is great!
Video is great as usual. Sound is much better and appreciated.
Thank you for making this video and thank you for teaching people I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos and thank you for farming and being a farmer and thank you for teaching people about law
You’re a good man. You come across a very down to Earth guy. Keep it up.
Great quality and I liked the vid. Way to stay calm, cool and collected
Congratulations on 50 million views! Ryan! Mr. Ed an his gang were a little hungry.
great audio quality Ryan!!
I see that you got a little mic and the audio I think is a lot lot better. Loved the bid and keep up the great work :)
That's rough! Hope you are able to get the owners of the horses to start paying attention to their horses.
WOW the sound was worse then I thought after hearing the new mic, love it!
"Shared Fence Law" applies in Iowa too. Not too sure if it's "Law" vs. neighbor etiquette, but right half is your responsibility. Good video.
Fencing and property boundary laws are a very unique area of real estate law. The actual laws usually are very old and there is lots of case law to review regarding the interpretation that the courts took on certain cases over the years. Then you get a state like Missouri, that actually has two different versions of "fence laws" and it all depends on which county you live in on whether they stuck with the old state laws or the new 1963 "Local Option" which allows them to create their own "fence laws" that supersedes state law. The different "fence laws" also handle payment for property & crop damage differently when a fence is involved.
Good fences make good neighbours!!
I have always wondered about those tassel ears. We don't see them a lot but thanks for the explanation
Good luck with the horses!!!
It’s great video love your channel!!!
Great work Ryan
I'm sorry about your field damage. But I have to say that your new microphone is definitely worth the outlay. Much clearer audio and less wind noise. Keep up the great work, Ryan. We appreciate all you do.
Those gates roped together were a sure sign they knew about it.
Exactly... they tossed a couple old gates up there and tied them together with baler twine... but OBVIOUSLY they didn't give a sh!t because you could see the fence was stomped down to about knee high on Ryan (which means a horse could just step over it without touching it, didn't even have to jump it!) for another 10-20 feet or so past the end of where the stupid gates were tied up against the fence... talk about a band-aid on a severed artery! Geez... that makes "Jimmy-rigging" it look good!! Pretty pathetic.
Meh, typical horse people in my experience... Later! OL J R :)
@@lukestrawwalker No not typical "horse" people. Typical any kind of people. We used to regularly see big momma angus w/ calves on the frontage road here and we are not that rural anymore so it was dangerous for the cattle and hoomans driving about. Luckily they never made it another 50-10yds to the major highway. ALL kinds of people can be decent or not.
@@mrsstorms1462 I've seen a lot more "entitled" attitudes from horse people than cattle people... Very very few people run cattle "for fun" but the vast majority of horse owners mess with horses as a recreation activity, and the difference in attitude shows. Agree completely about the "people people" comment, yes a lot of humans just suck, and I would certainly not disagree that there are lousy cattle owners out there who neglect their fences or have a sh!tty attitude of entitlement or whatever, because I've met my share of them over the years as well...
BUT, IMHO, there's a BIG difference between some small farmer trying to make a little money running a small herd of cattle and some yahoos that put a half-dozen expensive horses in a 2-3 acre patch that is then grazed down to bare dirt, who are too cheap to feed the horses and "too attached" to them to reduce the number they have to fit their available expendable resources in land or feed costs, who then fenced them on the "honor system" with shoddy bit-piece fencing that is falling apart, and who are perfectly content to allow their horses to break into adjoining crop fields to graze for food that they're too d@mn cheap to provide...
You usually don't see pastures grazed down to bare dirt on cattle farms (well, except maybe goofy ranchette-owner hobby ranchers who put a half dozen longhorns or Angus on 2-3 acres and think they're smart because they're too dumb to know better) but I know of SEVERAL places within a 20 mile radius grazed down to bare dirt by having too many horses on too little land, by stupid, arrogant, and cheap horse owners... Later! OL JR
Good work.I think I would talk to the horse owners like you said you would but I also would check on the horses time to time to see if they are being fed. Because if they are not fed enough that fence won't hold up too long.
Great video Ryan
You’re like the horse whisperer! Sorry about the damage, hope it’s not worse than you’ve showed us.
Looks like you made a new friend Ryan lol
Nice video and great fence repair good job have a great weekend 👍👍
Hello , in France the laws are the same of Oregon as Denis Straight says . The responsible of animale must repair . You are cool for this situation.
Nebraska has the same law. I have horses, our neighbors dont. I keep up the fence in all of the pastures to keep them out of the neighbors fields. I feel it is my responsibility. My horses may get out, (haven't yet) , their corn and soybeans won't hop the fence.
I would have been more than upset about the destruction of the field. It doesn't take much damage to ruin a small 11 acre field.
Good fences make good neighbors.
MB BAR RANCH
here in colorado the shard fence law is both sides must work on the fence and if they rebuild it both sides must pay for the new fence
Very cool video. Sorry about the damage.
We have a sheriff's deputy who we call the "cattle cop" because he runs around in a pickup with a gooseneck trailer on the back with a saddle horse inside it... if cattle are on the road, he rounds them up and drives them back in off the road, if he can tell where they came from. If not, he usually runs them into the closest pasture to get them off the highways, because these citiots swarming all over out here have no friggin' clue how to drive in the country and how to drive around livestock that are out. (heck most of the cops don't either). He'll generally let you know if you have livestock out and suggest you check your fences. If it gets to be a habitual thing, where they get out several times, he'll TELL you to fix your fences or next time, they'll run your livestock into the gooseneck trailer and take them back to the county barn... You either PAY to get them back, or if you don't, they haul them to the auction barn and sell them after awhile, deduct whatever was owed for hauling/storing/feeding them, and then mail you a check for whatever is left (if any). They'll also get plum sideways of you about fixing your fence too.
He ran a half dozen head into my pasture a few years ago, because they were on the side of the road down near our place and he didn't know who they belonged to. I didn't either, until the guy showed up and wanted his cattle back. He brought his horse and cut them out and I opened the perimeter gate at the far end of the place and he drove them out onto the roadside ditch, and then drove them the mile or so up the road to his place... More "fencing on the honor system... "
Later! OL J R :)
Kudos to you regarding the public service announcement regarding not trusting animals. Too many are so removed from nature that any animal is considered fair game to pet and try to tame and then, should it react negatively, it is destroyed as being a "dangerous" animal.
very awesome and I love our videos keep make the awesome videos!
It's interesting to see that the tried-n-true fencing tools that I remember using years ago are still being used. If you're worried about yield is corn silage an option?
You would think if they knew that the horses were getting through their they would at least let you know instead of waiting and having you find out the way you did. I think that's kind of wrong on their end but the damage has been done and there's no way of fixing it other than repairing the fence but it could have been a lot less if they would have just spoken up in my opinion.
If you had horses you would be looking for a cheaper way to feed them.
Pasturing the neighbor's cornfield should knock down the feed cost for the summer.
You have a right to be 'sick.' I'm still glad you are 'taking the high road' and continuing to be a gentleman farmer. You will go through life and people will do or not do things that will impact your life but you will always be the better man using the route you are taking in this situation. They truly might be hungry since you said they were out of hay and their lot had nothing for them to graze on.
Good audio. Having worked with horses, never approach them from the rear, approach from the side or front
The present fence is deplorable and almost a non fence. Hopeful the neighbor / landowner will assist for replacement fencing Pleasure animals can be a pain. Rules for fencing repair, etc.were similar in ILL. Cheers for making repairs.
In Ireland if you want to replace a boundary fence most neighbours work together and replace it if you have a problem with animals breaking in or your ones break out the owner of the animal is responsible
And that's where the short corn comes from...😂😂😂🤥
At least the horse looks like its sorry.
Fred Ivory I love
Good job
Thx 4 the nice video. The owner of the horses need to take care of the fences... He want to have horses, so its his job to keep them at his property
Good work
That's farm life. I have the neighbors cattle on my place about twice a year and usually they replace all the damages. It sucks, but that is kind of how it goes. Getting mad and spouting off only causes problems in the long run. You did good...
I don't think I would be bothered by more sponsorships myself.
Keep up the great work
Great video as always. I am battling the same issue with cattle. I rented some new ground this year. I have soybeans on the east side of the fence and neighbor has cattle to the west. At some point in time in the past the water gap went out, the neighbors never told me and their cows got into my beans. We talked agreed an electric fence would keep them out. However they got in 2 more times. Trying to figure out my next step. I farm in Iowa. Any suggestions?
I hope there aren't people out there who actually think it's not their problem if their own animals get out and mess up someone else's property because the other person doesn't have a fence around their property, that's just absolutely ridiculous. Hopefully these neighbors see the work you've done and realize that you're onto them not maintaining their fences, there is no way they don't know the horses were getting out.
30 years ago the land owner would have come over, told you the horse got into you corn and offered to pay for the damages. You father would have said no, and probably offer to help him next weekend to get the fence fix. Today you here people talk about certified letter and going to court. I agree with what you did and letting him know what you did. Maybe will encourage him to up his "game" alittle.
enjoy you channel a lot
Nice video ,how you like that gator I had one after 600hrs became a night mare finally got rid of it but they sure are handy...
You can tell the ones the own the horses don't care. Made no attempt to even fix the fence temporarily, and you can see there's no grass in the field and as you said they had no hay. So why do they even have the horses? Probably had some great idea of "oh it'll be fun the have horses", than they realized you have to actually care for them.
NegativeNate that's my problem, letting horses sit out there and starve till they break through to where they can find food is animal cruelty
It's so they can get ag exemption on their land. It's very common all over especially with horse people. The law and tax offices usually don't care or do anything either
I think olf is right with his comments on horsey people.
In ireland the owner of the cattle/horses is responsible for fencing them in. Not the landowner. And can be taken to court if they get out even if no damage is caused.
I am 13 and I work on a farm every day and I agree with you
Those horses were just curious and friendly, nice you were able to fix the fence..
Colorado is a fence out state, which means that it's your responsibility to put up a fence if you don't want your neighbor's livestock on your property. That being said most of the ranchers around where I live try to be pretty good about keeping an eye on the fences and the animals.
Ryan so sorry about your corn loss. Nice fence work though. Would you ever consider having horses? My grandpa and I have 3 horses at the farm and I love taking care of them. Fun "pets" and beautiful and majestic creatures.
My great-grandpa Bushnell had the first tractor in this county... He wanted to get away from horses to the extent possible!
Grandma used to tell me about feeding their two big Percheron plow horses when she was a little girl... They were called "Jim" and "Molly"... Found one of their horseshoes one time.
Dad rode the neighbor girl's horse one time as a young teen... d@mn thing tried to kill him, ran straight for a barb wire fence and slammed on the brakes, tried to throw him through it... Dad said, "If I'm going I'm taking you with me" and nearly ripped the stupid horse's head off-- he was hanging under it's head by the neck with both arms when the horse stopped by the fence...
Got no use for no stupid hayburning nags... I hate the d@mn things myself... One of Betty's college friends has some old nags, used to be big into Tennessee Walking horses back when they were in college, good for them. Just old nags left now. I'm not impressed. Got no use for 'em, just a waste of good grazing that could be better spent on cattle that are actually WORTH something...
Horses are for the most part just another TOY nowdays... At least the Amish/Mennonites actually put the stupid things to WORK pulling carts and farming!
Later! OL J R :)
In Oregon you are responsible for damage if your animals get out. We are responsible for keeping our animals on our property.
Great video
I feel for you that was depressing seeing that 🌽. We had horses for 30 years they never got out once. Not very attentive neighbors they can see all the limbs down on the fence that’s part of being responsible and so many don’t want to be. You were very kind about the situation. And you r so right about the fence laws it works both ways
Nice video
Totally agree with the your cattle your fence.... growing up that is what the farms did.... every fence was a shared fence so to say.... your cattle were in the pasture it's your fence, and vice versa..... was always a great sight tho to see spring come and you'd have every neighbor who would be putting cattle out with adjoining fences come out and mend fence together.... made the job go quickly..... and for the horses no hay and a madded down field, along with them getting into your field are all bad signs....
I don't how you can be so calm about this... The horses were on your cornfield for a extended period of time... Just to show you how we handle "Trespassers" here in my country... Me myself or my dad or even my grandpa would torn this neighbor of yours a new one for sure!
Problem is, they will push on what you just did until they get through again because they know the corn field is food. I would bring a lot of fence posts and pack it heavy with them.
Run a white colored line about 5 to 6 ft along the top of that fence line should stop the jumping . I once used cotton twine in an quick fix .
Another grreat video keep it up
Holy hell Ryan. Yes, defo worth having to say enough is enough.
I got the same problem with a hayfield we have the horses have nothing to eat an tear in I’ve patched the fence several times an told the owners they don’t care it’s free food for there horses the bad part is they tied into our fence that they didn’t have permission to tie in to you hate to have to press charges but what else can you do hopefully you have better luck than I have
Will you do something with the damage corn? Will the mould cause a problem when the ears of corn is stored?
What tillage equiptment you use more?
Your a better man that me. Somebody would get a ear full
Tough situation. Sorry to see that happening. Once you could understand but they seem pretty careless in taking care of there animals.
The same thing happened at our farm a couple years ago
The owner should have helped with the upkeep of the fence. And yes the horses probley were going for food. And yes it is a good idea to be careful around strange animals.
Dont brhhh me 😂😂😂😂got some new friends
With that path coming from the gate I wonder if the horses always escaped on there own.
Hopefully the horses owner does right by you. I know I'd want my neighbor to tell me if my animals got out and did damage(if I wasn't already aware).
Will y’all ever do corn silage again
Good fences make good neighbors.
The horse really looked apologetic, but , I hope there is some restitution coming your way for the damage
A few corn cobs chewed off and a couple stalks knocked down ain't that big of a deal,but yes
Looked like he lost quite a bit up in the corner or along that side of the field... looked like a "bomb went off" as he said-- that will be ZERO yield... you lose 16-20 rows along the edge of a field it drags the yield of the entire field down a BUNCH... Say you got a 20 acre field yielding 200 bushels per acre, that's 4,000 bushels on the field. If you lose 2 acres of it to damage on one side and it's "zeroed out" that's 400 bushels off that and brings you down to 3600 bushels total for the field, BUT you STILL paid for planting, fertilizing, spraying, and farming (plus land rent if you don't own the ground, and pay taxes on ground not making you money because it zeroed out on yield) for the full 20 acres... Just losing 2 acres turned your 200 bushel average into 180 *just like that!*
Now granted it's probably less than 2 acres ate up, BUT that's not figuring in damage across the field, which could EASILY add up to at least that if not more. Plus, some of those ears were BIT IN HALF and it doesn't take too many of those to put a BIG dent in the yield average across the field too. Plus, as he showed in the video, the bit ears are already infected with fungus/mold, which will probably hurt his grain quality, and could even lead to rejected loads or heavy dockage for mold/mildew or mycotoxins in the grain. *in addition* to the yield losses... so the grain brings less price or gets docked for mold or mycotoxins (if it gets infected with aflatoxin or vomitoxin or any of a dozen other fungal mycotoxins like gibberella, etc.) The shuck helps protect the grain; once it's bit open, the grain is subject to fungal infection, insect damage, and disease pathogens easily entering the plant, like an open wound on a person subject to infection... You start having ears throughout the field chewed open and part of them ate off, not only do the yields drop fast, but suddenly you've got a lot of potentially infected ears going through the combine contaminating the undamaged ears grain with fungal mycotoxin infected grain... there's no way to separate it out because it's throughout the field...
So, YEAH, it IS a big deal...
My BIL loses about an acre or so (basically the outside 16 rows on the back of one field up near the woods on a stretch about 200 yards long) every year to deer... we're combining back there and it looks like that mess he was walking through at 6:16 and 7:18 in the video... just a few busted stalks standing here and there-- everything else eaten, torn up, and made into 'deer beds'... Not much you can do about that (he does fill the freezer every year with some good corn-fed deer!) but that's about it... It DOES drag the average yield down noticeably on that field though...
Later! OL J R :)
Your right about not feeling you have to justify anything...But..... I think your viewers would understand the idea of working in some sponsorships to help the channel along. 500 clams is a lotta juice to just turn the other cheek to. I think we all know you would only talk about what you honestly believe in and that it would be done in the most professional way. Myself and I'm sure a whole lot more of the people that watch believe in what you do and how you do it Ryan. Best of luck!