Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[sseelhoff]

They are becoming quite common. Remember the 1st one I saw in person was south of Llano about 18 years ago.

Nowadays, they hang out with buzzards eating road kill. About 6 months ago I saw my 1st bald eagle just north of Lake Somerville. He was eating road kill too....

We have Caracara's (Mexican Eagles) EVERYWHERE around here. I don't go a day without seeing a bunch. Then again, they are not good at history, and probably don't realize that these parts came under new management in 1836. And are probably about to switch back in the next few years.

 

[foreman Etexas]

Well I sold my part out with the feed store back to having few days off...

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

We have Caracara's (Mexican Eagles) EVERYWHERE around here. I don't go a day without seeing a bunch. Then again, they are not good at history, and probably don't realize that these parts came under new management in 1836. And are probably about to switch back in the next few years.

I've had ranchers tell me that they can peck out the eyes of newborn calves. Does anyone know if there is any truth to that?

 

[foreman Etexas]

I've had ranchers tell me that they can peck out the eyes of newborn calves. Does anyone know if there is any truth to that?

Yes very true with buzzards especially the black headed ones. They get tongue,eyes very aggressive compared to the normal red headed buzzards

 

[bindian]

So what's the next project?
hugs, Brandi

Well I sold my part out with the feed store back to having few days off...

 

[blueriver]

Well I sold my part out with the feed store back to having few days off...

There you go .. Put the profits in the bank!!

 

[txdon]

I've had ranchers tell me that they can peck out the eyes of newborn calves. Does anyone know if there is any truth to that?

Eyes are the first to go in dead calves and road kill however none of the ranchers around here complain about having blind live calves. There was a report in North Lee county of coyotes attacking and killing a newborn calf and chewing on the live mothers face. However, I do not think it was verified if the calf was born alive. After seeing that pack of coyotes chasing Whipper (she is part greyhound) and getting close to catching her, it does seem like the coyotes are getting more aggressive out here. There are many reports of people successively hunting the coyotes out here, and many are being killed, but according to at least one biologist that is spurring the coyote population. I have not seen a coyote in months but we are hearing them from all directions at night.

"The harder you hunt coyotes, the faster they reproduce," Shadler said. "And in fact, it grows them, like sprinkling fertilizer on them."

Hunting coyotes breeds more, biologist says | Seaforth Huron Expositor

 

[foreman Etexas]

So what's the next project?
hugs, Brandi

Lol,nothing I am just going to get back to what was my already busy life at taking care our ranch and checking gas wells,and any down time for stuff like little dribblers/T-ball/Golf/hunting...

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Lol,nothing I am just going to get back to what was my already busy life at taking care our ranch and checking gas wells,and any down time for stuff like little dribblers/T-ball/Golf/hunting...

Turn a page, hope you get to spend your time with your family and enjoy life.

 

[foreman Etexas]

Turn a page, hope you get to spend your time with your family and enjoy life.

Amen,to that...

 

[NativeSon]

Turn a page, hope you get to spend your time with your family and enjoy life.

Spend as much time as you can with the kids and family.........it's priceless. A day that will come too soon and they will be grown and gone and the time will have gone too fast. Enjoy it all now.

Charlie

 

[Western]

Spend as much time as you can with the kids and family.........it's priceless. A day that will come too soon and they will be grown and gone and the time will have gone too fast. Enjoy it all now.

Charlie

Well said Charlie:thumbsup:

 

[robbyr]

My father in law always said he had to watch out for the buzzards when the cows were calving.

 

[txdon]

Kyle, did you stop off at the closest Shell station to the railroad underpass in Caldwell to fill up? Unleaded $1.79 gal.!!!

 

[Bird]

Yesterday, I filled one of our vehicles at a QuikTrip for $1.889, then later filled the other one at a Circle K for $1.869, then noticed Walmart was $1.849. And this afternoon on University Drive in Denton, a brand new 7-11 just opened and had a sign showing gas for $1.749. And while I haven't paid a lot of attention, I've noticed the signs I've seen for diesel is an even dollar more than regular gasoline.

 

[DABSGT]

Doing better than us in the north east $2.679 in Connecticut big price difference is the taxes

 

[two_bit_score]

I never did any pheasant hunting, but I'll never forget my grandfather raising pheasants. As with most people, he'd heard what a great delicacy pheasant was, so he started raising them. But after awhile, he said he quit that because it was just like eating chicken that was half the amount of meat he got from a chicken and cost twice as much for the feed to get them to a size to eat.:laughing:

But it's no fun to shoot chickens.