The closer to the ground you cut the better it will look and dont let it get so tall before cutting and change the pattern of the direction you cut each time and it will help scatter the dead cut grass better and not keep piling up windrows of cut grass.
I‘ve mowed my yard with a 6’ finish mower (Rhino first and now Land Pride) on a Kubota 30 hp tractor for 24 years.
There are bush hogs with blade tip speeds high enough to cut like finish mowers, but they just can’t cut as low. I‘ve been through a lot of bush hogs over the years, and my current Land Pride 3696 8’ is the best I’ve ever had (and most expensive).
Unless they’ve upped their game, I wouldn’t consider buying a Rhino or a Bush hog brand, because I’ve had both that cut like crap. I have a 20 year old Woods 6’ Brush Bull at my place up there, and it’s the best cutting 6’ mower I’ve ever used.
Personally if it was me and all i was doing was mowing grass and the land was fairly smooth i think i would go with a flail mower and a one that could be offset, i know they are a higher cost than some brush hogs but then i havent had as much experience with a flail has i have with a brush hog so i may be wrong in my assumption.
Walk your pasture before hand. Doe’s are dropping fawns this time of year. In the 25 years we’ve owned this property I’ve mowed over 2 fawns and it makes me heartbroken. I try to wait till later in the season.
I hit a fawn about 20 years ago behind my parent’s house, and this time of the year, I walk an area out before mowing.
We no longer use our pasture, and i'm getting old, fat and lazy, so I just let a neighbor bail it, twice a year, then I go behind him and get the spots he can't. This is much better for the grass, because it cleans all the obstructions off and allows sun light to get in, plus it's much less work for the old fart!
If I had 5-6 acres of land that I wasn't using for some sort of agricultural purpose, I'd think about converting it into back to a more native habitat for wildlife.
I bought this 60" Rhino brush mower last year before the season and have been happy with it so far. That being said, I'm no expert and have nothing to compare it to. Seems very well built. Cuts everything I've run over so far.
I mowed a field this afternoon with a bunch of weeds and water grass.
Looking for shed antlers as well as they will ruin an $800 tire. Don't ask me how I know. ....
