Planning on doing some bush hogging this weekend around the camp house and cleaning up some roads. Was also planning on cutting two fields that are 3+ acres and don't receive any shade. I am concerned about fawns but I am thinking with the extreme heat, intense sun and wide open layout of these fields that my chances of encountering a fawn are small. I assume that does would choose a more sheltered and shaded field to hide their fawns this time of year. What say the experts.

Just got to take it slow, we usually don’t start seeing them here until the last cutting of hay, which is after August..

Unless your rut was in December, you shouldn’t have fawns right now.

This is West Central Barbour County. Primary rut this year was the week of Jan 20-24. 200 day gestation period for whitetail doe should push fawn drop to August hopefully.

You should have nothing to worry about in that part of barbour county

if your concern for mowing the area is that there may be fawns in it, why would you want to remove that for a possible place for a fawn to be

I hit a turkey nest bush hogging on Sunday. Almost got hen, that is more of an issue than fawns I would think

My goal is to try and release some of the Durana clover that I planted last fall. I was unable to get down there in May or early June to trim the fields. Hoping it has been working on root structure and will take off once I mow.

Pretty hot and dry outside right now for clover

Saw a newly dropped fawn in Bibb co over the weekend

they’re mowing the row on 459 right now around the morgan rd to 150 exits. they were mowing the big hillsides under south shades crest abt 5:15pm, when i came back by around 745 there was a big doe jogging to a single pine tree closer to the interstate than the woods she came out of. would bet a dollar she had a fawn hid under it

You won't accomplish a thing bush hogging right now other than just "cutting the grass". Too hot and too late for anything food plot related. I would rather have the cover for the Turkeys and Fawns.

I don’t see them or hit them until around Labor Day.

Was able to bush hog a 1.5 acre field where I had planted Durana last fall. The winter wheat that was planted there, seeded out and then died creating a nice mat that kept the weeds from taking over. Half of the field came up in Durana so the mowing should spur a little growth. Hogs got the other half and nothing came up. Did not encounter any fawns or turkeys. Did hear 4-5 quail both days I was down there.

Good deal! If I don't cut my creek bottom atleast 4 times a year I have to go around in 2nd or 3rd gear swatting deer flies for that much longer. It's a jungle.