Brush/grass in feed pen

[Canoe1]

What do yall do with the grass/brush in the feed pens? With all this rain in South Texas, the deer aren’t hitting the feeders or cottonseed hard and the grass is thigh high in the pens.

[lanceodom]

Leave it. deer will trample down when the time comes. I will chop out a mesquite if it is in a shooting lane?

[tbgascorer]

Weedeat it. Especially for better trail cam pics. The vegetation will "soak up" the IR on night time pics. And you'll also get a lot of blank pics of grass blowing in the wind.

[Cullbuck]

I just weedeated mine last weekend, Mainly so i can keep an eye out for snakes.

[MooseontheLoose]

Weedeat. Sometimes use a pole hedge trimmer if it's bad enough. Years like this year I'll have to do it multiple times, but I hate getting 1400 pictures of grass blowing. If nothing else, just clear up the area in front of the cameras.

[BayouCat]

Have a gate on mine so I can drive in it to mow, weedeat, and fill feeders.

[S-3 Ranch]

1/2 24D 1/2 roundup, but deer usually keep it tromped down

p.s
I scared of snakes hunting rats over being concerned about having grass

[TxDuSlayer]

Weeded it then spray it with roundup

[Smart]

Mine pens are pretty large so I have oak, mesquite and cedar trees in/around it, plus some cactus, grass and my blinds. I walk into my pen to get to my blinds so, when the grass gets too tall, I weedeat it or mow it in July/early August. I do this then so that it won't grow back very high out west for the season. I do it for me to avoid rattlesnakes at night when I'm walking into my blinds and draggin' my body scent on any more cover than I need too. If I had a smaller pen, I would do it for the deer and me wanting to see them better.

Here's a couple of older pics.

[Drycreek3189]

My pens are just 40’ so I mow them with my tractor. I leave one panel as a designated gate and fasten it with a couple of carabiner type snaps. The T post in the middle of my gate has no “spade” on it so I can usually hit it side to side with a big hammer and pull it up. After I get through mowing I hammer it back into the original hole. I carry the hammer on my tractor.

[Kenner97]

I spray my pens to keep them clean. Usually spray in April/May and they are good for the year.

[Gary Roberson]

Put out more feed...
Adios,
Gary

[Bayouboy]

Could y'all place your stands any closer?

[adam_p]

Battery powered hedge trimmer beats the crap out of a weedeater if you can bend over.

[Texas Grown]

Open your pen gate and let the hogs in.