August 12, Ranch Tour with visitor Wes Chancey. Tracey Brown (aka. River Ranch Barbie) is feeding her pets.
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December 6,2009- Joel King is - by far – the best deer hunter we have ever had on the ranch.
When he was in the stealth mode, the deer just didn’t have a chance.
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October 24, 2009- We have always called this pool of water the “Clay Pool” because of its clay bottom.
It has always been there for the fifty years that I have been around and due to live springs, it has never dried
up. It fact, We don’t even have a water trough in that pasture. It has been the host of a lot of summer time
swimming.
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August 16,2009- Four deer fawns in one picture.
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August 16,2009- It is a great year in the Texas Hill Country when your hay field looks like this one
does. With no irrigation in our hay fields, We averaged 4.65 big round bales per acre on 06-07-09 and
3.28 per acre on 08-26-09 (182 bales total). We have had less than 17” of rain this year, but it has been
spaced out perfectly.
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Coral Snake- Here is a picture of a 27” Coral snake my Dad killed on the ranch. The book about reptiles
says that Coral snakes only grow up 22” in length, so I guess this is a Boone and Crockett Coral snake! Ha!
You would think that a ranch producing Coral Snakes like this could produce a Huge specimen of a
longhorn!
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May 25,2009- Turkey walking through a hay field
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New Fields- After Receiving 3.75” inches of rain in March 5.00” inches of rain in April, these small
fields are well on their way. It is wet springs like the one starting out in 2009 when our cattle and deer
make their best jumps on horn growth. You can pour a lot of feed out of a sack, but you can’t match the
results from mother nature when she smiles on you.
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New feed and water troughs from Cox Concrete Products
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Ross Polk & Robbie Martinetti help distribute cotton seed in a new location
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Bob Dube’s new squeeze chute- It is ready to roll – who needs a new ear tag or who needs to have a
porcupine quill removed from their nose? Step right up!
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