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Another update: That last load of 1/ Corr 1/2 MFB bred to a black MFB cows from Mexico I got Tuesday
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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1800197" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>This past weekend, the man that bought the 98 took them to his place. All we have left is the fourteen 1/2 Corr/1/2 MFB bred to a black MFB. We have struggled this week with deciding whether or not to re-stock the place. Yesterday, Scott found out he has to go in and get some by-passes 1st of May. With me being so far away, and not exactly in the best health either, we have decided to just use the place as we originally intended..as our personal hunting preserve. We will keep those 14 and any 3/4 MFB heifers they may have, just to see what the calves are like by a Brangus ( most likely) bull, but I don't really see the point since we are getting out of the business we did so well with over the years. Scott has decided not to convert his 400 acres of row crops to pasture, as well. </p><p></p><p>We will still have our annual dove shoot , and that is enough work to wear us out in itself. The past few years, we have released some pheasant and chukars that we get from a quail plantation close by. The pheasants are reproducing quite well. The chukars not so much, so we will quit trying to establish them. We have thought about doing some guided bird and rabbit hunts, but the cost of insurance would dictate having to do a LOT of hunts, We may try it this fall, and see if there is any interest. Most of the commercial quail plantations around, use all pen-raised birds, (that the help goes around about an hour ahead of the hunting wagons, and puts them out in clearings)_ and have ante-bellum lodges for guests to stay in, serve 5-star meals, etc,. We don't know how much interest there would be in a real , authentic hunts on rugged land, no bathrooms, and lunch being something from a grill, eaten outside on the tailgate or a picnic table. There are a couple of cheap motels on the interstate about 9 miles away. Our hunts would cost a lot less than the big commercial plantations charge, but, there is a reason they have all turned into nice facilities instead of just doing like we will do. If we were 30 years younger, we might would include the 400 acres across the road, and make a real commercial quail plantation. Getting old sucks. Honestly, to me is seems like a lot more work than tagging 100 calves once a year, and hauling them to the sale once a year. We'd have to be there before daylight with the horses and dogs, hitch my mule team up, and one of us would have to drive the team, and one of us would have to wrangle the horses for those who preferred to ride old-school style. And someone would have to be back at the base to fix lunch, etc. Then again, sometimes a new venture will put fire in an old man who is burned out on what they have been doing. </p><p></p><p>We are getting a lot of duck and geese since the beavers damned the creek for us that the EPA wouldn't let us do. And the place is crawling with deer and turkey. We thought about maybe selling a few "memberships" to some folks we know, but again, the insurance would cost about the same as if we were running one of the nice quail plantations. </p><p></p><p>If it were solely my decision, I'd just keep the 14 cows, and the 6 or 7 heifers...or however many they end up having, and raising 20 or so of the calves we have been producing all these years. They do make convenient trails criss-crossing the place. The calves will bring enough each year to pay the taxes, feed the dogs, horses and mules (if I don't sell the team) and give us seed money to buy the food for the annual dove shoot, and the money to sow the dove field each year. The hunting and fishing on the place, would just be for us and our families or friends we might invite. Or, I may just sell Scott my half of the place, and keep my happy ass up here away form the gnats! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p> </p><p>The only good thing about being old, is I got to see all of the great bands. Led Zepplin twice, and the Allman Bros when Duane was alive! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1800197, member: 40587"] This past weekend, the man that bought the 98 took them to his place. All we have left is the fourteen 1/2 Corr/1/2 MFB bred to a black MFB. We have struggled this week with deciding whether or not to re-stock the place. Yesterday, Scott found out he has to go in and get some by-passes 1st of May. With me being so far away, and not exactly in the best health either, we have decided to just use the place as we originally intended..as our personal hunting preserve. We will keep those 14 and any 3/4 MFB heifers they may have, just to see what the calves are like by a Brangus ( most likely) bull, but I don't really see the point since we are getting out of the business we did so well with over the years. Scott has decided not to convert his 400 acres of row crops to pasture, as well. We will still have our annual dove shoot , and that is enough work to wear us out in itself. The past few years, we have released some pheasant and chukars that we get from a quail plantation close by. The pheasants are reproducing quite well. The chukars not so much, so we will quit trying to establish them. We have thought about doing some guided bird and rabbit hunts, but the cost of insurance would dictate having to do a LOT of hunts, We may try it this fall, and see if there is any interest. Most of the commercial quail plantations around, use all pen-raised birds, (that the help goes around about an hour ahead of the hunting wagons, and puts them out in clearings)_ and have ante-bellum lodges for guests to stay in, serve 5-star meals, etc,. We don't know how much interest there would be in a real , authentic hunts on rugged land, no bathrooms, and lunch being something from a grill, eaten outside on the tailgate or a picnic table. There are a couple of cheap motels on the interstate about 9 miles away. Our hunts would cost a lot less than the big commercial plantations charge, but, there is a reason they have all turned into nice facilities instead of just doing like we will do. If we were 30 years younger, we might would include the 400 acres across the road, and make a real commercial quail plantation. Getting old sucks. Honestly, to me is seems like a lot more work than tagging 100 calves once a year, and hauling them to the sale once a year. We'd have to be there before daylight with the horses and dogs, hitch my mule team up, and one of us would have to drive the team, and one of us would have to wrangle the horses for those who preferred to ride old-school style. And someone would have to be back at the base to fix lunch, etc. Then again, sometimes a new venture will put fire in an old man who is burned out on what they have been doing. We are getting a lot of duck and geese since the beavers damned the creek for us that the EPA wouldn't let us do. And the place is crawling with deer and turkey. We thought about maybe selling a few "memberships" to some folks we know, but again, the insurance would cost about the same as if we were running one of the nice quail plantations. If it were solely my decision, I'd just keep the 14 cows, and the 6 or 7 heifers...or however many they end up having, and raising 20 or so of the calves we have been producing all these years. They do make convenient trails criss-crossing the place. The calves will bring enough each year to pay the taxes, feed the dogs, horses and mules (if I don't sell the team) and give us seed money to buy the food for the annual dove shoot, and the money to sow the dove field each year. The hunting and fishing on the place, would just be for us and our families or friends we might invite. Or, I may just sell Scott my half of the place, and keep my happy ass up here away form the gnats! :) The only good thing about being old, is I got to see all of the great bands. Led Zepplin twice, and the Allman Bros when Duane was alive! :) [/QUOTE]
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