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[Yellowhammer]

I was involved in some trapping out around Paint Rock a couple of years ago.

 

[borkon]

Best buddies ..... And nothing moves or makes a sound around our home that these girls miss. Always on alert.

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Don't know what breed those are but..., they appear to be the kind I see often laying hidden by a mailbox on a gravel road that shoot out of the grass and chase vehicles.

 

[hm1996]

I was involved in some trapping out around Paint Rock a couple of years ago.View attachment 5852

This farther south in S TX. While I was hunting the receiving ranch at the time I was not present to see either the trapping or the release but understand they used a huge net on poles over bait. When enough turkeys got under net they dropped the net. I heard the hardest part was keeping the javelina off the bait long enough for the turkeys to come in.

 

[Hidalgo]

Don't know what breed those are but..., they appear to be the kind I see often laying hidden by a mailbox on a gravel road that shoot out of the grass and chase vehicles.

Miniature Australian Shepherds. And these don't chase anything outside of butterflies and grasshoppers. They reside in the house unless they are out in the fenced backyard. And they can hear the UPS truck 10 minutes before it gets here ........

 

[borkon]

 

[hm1996]

That is one big kitty; did you weigh him?

 

[borkon]

Did not HM but my fur buyer said it was the biggest he'd seen.
Got 250.00 for it.

 

[hm1996]

Definitely a dandy! Is the fur market still good on bobcats or was that before the bubble burst?

 

[ChrisLD]

BANG

 

[hm1996]

 

[hm1996]

The ones that got a pass

 

[borkon]

Why the pass HM?

 

[hm1996]

Landowner protects bobcats on his ranches other than in certain pastures on two of the three ranches where they have springbok and Thompson gazelle & occasionally when they become a problem elsewhere.

 

[borkon]

Hmm. Never heard of a Ranch protecting them ?

 

[borkon]

Definitely a dandy! Is the fur market still good on bobcats or was that before the bubble burst?

This was about 8_10 years ago. Fur was doing great $ wise.
This was a Mn cat which is known for a good quality cat.

 

[hm1996]

Twofer?

 

[borkon]

 

[hm1996]

In 2015 I made a post after several months of absence from the ranch entitled Thinkin & Thankin.

Thinkin’ and Thankin’

Ya know, I been thinkin’ again. It seems that I do a lot of thinkin’ lately, recollecting mostly good times spent roaming the South Texas brush country. It all started 70 years ago, when one of my Dad’s friends took me rabbit hunting and let me shoot his .22 rifle. After getting Dad’s...

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Been thinkin and thankin even more of late, this time inspired by a year long hiatus, but the memories have not faded a bit with time. Hoping that God will grant that I have the ability to return to the ranch to once again enjoy His great creation.

A couple of the pictures from the past:

 

[Yellowhammer]

 

[borkon]

I called this on across the red River. He came from ND. I was in Mn.