We have a guy who is going to cut and bale our lease because the grass is just too tall.. Do you think it's going to affect the hunting very much? I know while the Tractors are there doing the work the deer probably won't come around but everything should go back to normal when its done, right? Should only take 3-5 days to cut and bale it all..

I would think it might help, on my lease in Oklahoma last year our grass/weeds were kept cut. We had plenty off deer, this year it has gone un-attended and seems like we are not seeing the numbers we did last year.

I don't know when I cut fields in the summer they just stand at the edge and watch.

Deer like cover-if you remove that cover, things are going to change. You say 'bale our lease'-how many acres of your lease are you talking about?

Same experience for me, have even had good luck hunting out of a tractor (parked). Cutting the grass may expose low growing forbes making them easier for the deer to get too.

na it dont hurt anythang like he said it helps sometimes

Only downside I can see is if they're bedding there.

Deer are not the least bit scared of a tractor or equipment. They will be all over those fields to inspect them. Like posted above it will let sunlight get to the soil and promote forb growth.

I was raking one year, jumped a good yearling up that was bedded down on one edge of the field. He took off toward the far side and I up shifted into high gear and took after him. He stretched about 4 inches off the ground and looked to be covering 20 foot in each jump. A deer can out run a John Deere 5210 pulling a rake. He was pulling away when he hit the woods on the other side.
Cutting and bailing ain't going to hurt the hunting

Good, I appreciate all of the responses. Thanks!