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An old beaver lodge collapsed, and left a pretty good sized gap in my dam. The pond on the left is full of lilly pads, and now all that water flows thru the collapse and thru the main pond out to the spillway. This is going to take some serious planning in order to fix […]
My first time to set up on my own, since learning about coyote hunting from my buddy Ben. This was a saturday morning, right at the crack of dawn, at the very back of my property. Two big males came in, and for a brief moment I hesitated the shot, to give the 2nd one […]
Within a few minutes of arrival, the rain started coming down. And its well known that I do enjoy just standing around in the rain (uh yes, usually under an umbrella).
Took a visit out to Sherman to find our pond nearly frozen over!! The temperature had recently been down to a low of 12!
Some pics of a beautiful dusk at Sherman
Just hanging out, having a picnic. The first couple years before we had our cabin established, we used to pitch the awning and hang out near the barn. This was also one of the first weekends after I bought Vern’s old bow that I was trying it out (Grayson county doesnt have a rifle season […]
My tractor guy came out, and dug open the dam and installed 2 more 18″ pipes, upping the drainage relief from 32 to a total of 68 inches.
Well, installing the drain pipes and leveling the dam only lasted a few months. In Aug 2017, we had a day where about 9 inches of rain was dumped in about 3 hours. To make matters worse, with the dam leveled out (and an average of 1.5″ feet higher almost to the end) the pond […]
After almost a month of trying, I finally trapped my first beaver! I wish I would have had a way to weigh him, he had to be a least 40 pounds. It took my buddy Ben and I helping each other to haul him away. I didn’t attempt to keep his pelt, as I didn’t […]
Stayed over night in my tent at Sherman, which is always fun. My friend Vernon helped me remove the rotten wood off the porch of the barn, so in its place I wanted to build a rock ramp, so I could drive my mower up into the barn. Part of this project, was to outfit […]
