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Trackhoe cleaning our our long neglected spillway.
Dozer filling in the hole.
Framing started for the new concrete spillway.
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Lance that bridge is a great idea. I was thinking earlier this week about basically the same thing. I have a small but deep creek I want to put a small bridge across and I was thinking about ways to do it. I want to be able to drive ATV's across it...will discuss it with you tomorrow.
Here is the creek (with some friends being goofy):
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Tbar, great to have you posting again.
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nice work...love the woods.
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First hunt with the new thermal. A little rusty the first time out but I hope to get better.
Shots were made from 200 yards off a fixed mount.
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Black Belly Whistling ducks, aka Tree ducks in the yard this morning. They weren't afraid of me.
I got within 20 yards to take this picture.
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great pic...
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In an effort build the soil and prevent erosion I have added hay to the back side of my dam. The topsoil is thin and in some places non existent in others(bare hard clay in spots). It won't look very nice for a couple of years but once it decays I hope to get a nice stand of grass. I will probably sprig it next year. FWIW.....this hay was full of seeds. I wonder if they will sprout?
Three year old moldy hay was used.
Rolled the bails down hill then spread it out.
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An area of concern I could use some input on.
I had a seep in the dam before I had the spillway poured. The leak disappeared for 6 months after packing the ditch and pouring concrete but now has reappeared right next to the spillway.
You can see a seep of water going over the side of the concrete but the majority is moving parallel to it about 4' feet to the right.
Will this be a problem for the spillway?
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Beautiful day at the farm. I cannot believe it is August in Texas......we stayed in the 80's all day. I cut the yard and did a little fishing and barely broke a sweat.
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Nice fish...place looks great.
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Gorgeous water & nice fish. Congratulations!
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Nice place Tbar nice fish too
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Beautiful place Tbar!!! Is that sawgrass clumps in the pond? I have sawgrass growing all along the edge of mine. Don't really know how it got started.
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Gorgeous place..... T what did the fish weigh? Estimate will be fine
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Beautiful place Tbar!!! Is that sawgrass clumps in the pond? I have sawgrass growing all along the edge of mine. Don't really know how it got started.
I think it is Bull Rush.
Gorgeous place..... T what did the fish weigh? Estimate will be fine
Estimate.......4#-5#'s.
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Good looking place Tbar. Nice catch too
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Hated to find this.........he died in my front pasture after getting hit by a car.
Game warden said it was a 16pt almost a 17pts.
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What a shame! Sorry to hear that
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Tbar, that is a shame, for sure. Kinda morbid question though... what do you do with that dead carcass? did the DWF person take it away?
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