Hunting deer near farms etc. Pesticides and herbicides ?!?

Hi folks. As I delve deeper into this hobby and tradition I find myself asking many questions to fellow hunters. A very seasoned hunter and friend of mine mentioned many hunting opportunities in my own backyard. My door to door soliciting will begin soon if not for this year to set my self up for spots next season. I have a property I hunt with a friend of mine so this year isn’t that detrimental.

I am beginning my R n D for hunting and I was curious about hunting near or on farms and the contamination of meat due to herbicides and pesticides. If deer are feeding, drinking and sleeping around large farms wether it’s corn, soy etc... I’m curious if it’s safe to eat.

I do eat meat from grocery stores like most and I also buy my veggies like most, however, these things are tested and controlled. Nobody is doing safety standards on deer ha ha ha. Very interested in hearing what people have to say!

Thanks!




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Myself, I don't worry about it, because deer are browsers and eat very little of what is normally fed to beef cattle , hogs and chickens , there are more pesticides ingested by/in what you buy and eat from grocery stores ie; fruits, veggies etc. than by the amount of wild game you consume.

Sometimes in life the adage Ignorance is bliss applies. I'm sure there is some agency out the monitoring game much like fish and if there was a concern a consumption guide would be put out. If though you are so concerned you can drop that deer off at my place and I'll slowly dispose of it down the sewer.

I love when people claim their venison is "Organic" ha ha ha

I have no more concerns than anything else, not enough time in life to freak out about something like that.

I wish I ate enough venison to be concerned though.

Awesome thanks guys! I’ll slowly dispose of my deer in my tummy ha ha


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OMG how many generations are you removed from a farm

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OMG how many generations are you removed from a farm

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I think he is asking how far your knowledge of pesticide and herbicide usage goes, if you were on a farm or your family were farmers that would not be a grave concern of yours.

I get where you are coming from but the type of sprays that are put on now are tested like crazy, I would not be concerned about them too much, I would not be spraying them into the wind and standing down wind but the residual content is not that great, 1 rain and it is all gone, that is why you have to spray on a dry and calm day. On top of that beans and corn now is roundup ready, meaning that there is a gene in there that allows you to spray round up over top of the grown plants and not kill them, this actually really lowers the amount of sprays required throughout the year.

I am a lot happier eating the food now and drinking the water than I would have been back in the days of DDT and other proven deadly contaminants from the good old days.

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I think he is asking how far your knowledge of pesticide and herbicide usage goes, if you were on a farm or your family were farmers that would not be a grave concern of yours.

I get where you are coming from but the type of sprays that are put on now are tested like crazy, I would not be concerned about them too much, I would not be spraying them into the wind and standing down wind but the residual content is not that great, 1 rain and it is all gone, that is why you have to spray on a dry and calm day. On top of that beans and corn now is roundup ready, meaning that there is a gene in there that allows you to spray round up over top of the grown plants and not kill them, this actually really lowers the amount of sprays required throughout the year.

I am a lot happier eating the food now and drinking the water than I would have been back in the days of DDT and other proven deadly contaminants from the good old days.

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Exactly now days it’s the plastic in that water bottle or styrofoam packaging. Lining in the tin can that I worry about

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Exactly now days it’s the plastic in that water bottle or styrofoam packaging. Lining in the tin can that I worry about

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True. Very true. As my family grows I am starting to pay way more attention to what we purchase and where it comes from. I care about what my children eat. Maybe I’m being over precautions for that reason and as I get more and more interested in hunting I can’t help but wonder these things as I am more aware of what we eat now.

Deer meat can’t possibly be worse than cattle, pork and poultry the way we raise animals nowadays


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