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[greybeard]

No drought here. They're repairing the drainage infrastructure under the dam.

Now, even the catfish will have ticks

 

[greybeard]

Must have been an Arkansas thing. My Granny would pressure cook them then mix them with eggs and flour and make patties and fry them. Pretty dang good with mustard between 2 pieces of bread.

They do something close to that in S. Louisiana but they form it into balls instead of patties. Lots of times, for sale at convenience stores around Lafayette. Fried Garfish Balls!.
The first time I saw the sign, I told the girl behind the counter: "I didn't even know they had balls".

(They look kinda like hush puppies but are dang good)

 

[Mountaintown Creek Ranch]

 

[Ned Jr.]

 

[crossbreed]

You ever work on McElroy Ranch out near Crane? I was on a Chevron job there for 63 days straight, 12-18-& 20 hrs days. 1994

Out where the world looks like this?

View attachment 49053There was so much work around the area from Wichita falls to Sherman, north of Dallas to the red river that was our territory. We did assist up in Oklahoma where we would spend weeks up around weatherford, elk city and such. Hated that place in the winter

 

[simme]

Couple red girls

 

[greybeard]

Couple red girls
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Fences, built the old way!!!

 

[WFfarm]

Deer was hit in the road and lumbered off into the neighbor's alfalfa field before it died.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

Do horned Hereford bulls have horns that naturally turn down like that?

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

Do horned Hereford bulls have horns that naturally turn down like that?

 

[Travlr]

Do horned Hereford bulls have horns that naturally turn down like that?

I can never seem to understand why people don't hit the reply button before responding to a prior post. I'd like to see the bull, but so many of these comments are replying to posts that are buried five pages back and scrolling back has become tedious.

But there are weights you can buy to put on horns, and Herefords have the weights put on early in life if they want pretty horns. Not sure if all the time, but I've seen them.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

I was looking at Neg G's avatar picture. My great aunt and uncle used to raise Herefords and they showed them. The bulls horns turned down like that but I don't know how they got that way, I was a little kid. The other g aunt and uncle raised Angus so they were polled. Both breeds were blocky and short legged, the old type.

 

[cfpinz]

I was looking at Neg G's avatar picture. My great aunt and uncle used to raise Herefords and they showed them. The bulls horns turned down like that but I don't know how they got that way, I was a little kid. The other g aunt and uncle raised Angus so they were polled. Both breeds were blocky and short legged, the old type.

You can influence what direction the horns turn by the angle at which you trim them, as well.

 

[TexasJerseyMilker]

Here is a grey fox we trapped. He started leaving scat (calling cards) on the sidewalk and the back porch when our bitch was in heat. I took the trap miles away and let him go in the brush by the river.

 

[Ouachita]

My son brought his wife and son to visit last week. They live between Conroe and Cleveland Texas. The bridge they are walking on had been under water since the lake was built in 1958.

There are three creek crossings on the old road, the other two are low water crossings. When my granddad was about 10yo (in the mid 1920s), he and his dad were driving a team of mules from town back home. It had been raining and the creeks were up. The wagon was swept off the road at one of the three crossings, dragging the mules with it. Great granddad put granddad in a tree and swam to save the mules. He was able to free one but the other was lost to the flood.

Although I have no idea which tree, or even which crossing, it's interesting to think about my grandad spending the night in a tree a century ago, and now getting to see the crossings and trees, and tell my son and grandson about it.

 

[Travlr]

 

[SmokinM]

My son brought his wife and son to visit last week. They live between Conroe and Cleveland Texas. The bridge they are walking on had been under water since the lake was built in 1958.

There are three creek crossings on the old road, the other two are low water crossings. When my granddad was about 10yo (in the mid 1920s), he and his dad were driving a team of mules from town back home. It had been raining and the creeks were up. The wagon was swept off the road at one of the three crossings, dragging the mules with it. Great granddad put granddad in a tree and swam to save the mules. He was able to free one but the other was lost to the flood.

Although I have no idea which tree, or even which crossing, it's interesting to think about my grandad spending the night in a tree a century ago, and now getting to see the crossings and trees, and tell my son and grandson about it.
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Cool story and neat pictures. Why did they build the lake and why did they drain it? Looks like a pretty good size one that had some depth to it. Maybe a CCC project? There are a lot of those around here.

 

[Ouachita]

Cool story and neat pictures. Why did they build the lake and why did they drain it? Looks like a pretty good size one that had some depth to it. Maybe a CCC project? There are a lot of those around here.

Army Corp of Engineers built it in 1958. I'm not sure of the reason why, but there were a lot of lakes built in Arkansas and neighboring states in the '40s and '50s. My guess is flood control and recreation. It's about 200 surface acres and catches about 8,000 acres of watershed.

They drained it because the 5 foot diameter concrete drain pipe/culvert that runs under the dam, from the standpipe tower to the downstream side of the dam, had partially collapsed and was leaking. They dropped huge sandbags to seal it temporarily, but with that drainage option not available, they have been keeping the lake level low since 2021 so it'll have some capacity for a flood.

 

[puzzled in oregon]

Here is a grey fox we trapped. He started leaving scat (calling cards) on the sidewalk and the back porch when our bitch was in heat. I took the trap miles away and let him go in the brush by the river.
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So a protected "Furbearer" has been illegally trapped, illegally transported and illegally relocated? Or did ODF&W issue a permit?

 

[Travlr]

So a protected "Furbearer" has been illegally trapped, illegally transported and illegally relocated? Or did ODF&W issue a permit?

That? Or a nuisance animal that was threatening the safety of a home was humanely trapped, humanely transported, and humanely relocated in lieu of being euthanized to protect a family.