Recent content by c2ranch

We have good, but not great (yet) cover for the minnows and fry. We've got substantial pond weed now, a handful of artificial structures (cedar trees in cement tubs, stacked old tires and rims, etc.) and numerous trees cut and let to fall into the pond as cover for the small fish, and a number...

Shoot, I forgot to include a fish. This guy was a 1" fingerling (or is the child of a 1" fingerling?) two years ago. I'm sure there are bigger ones out there, but it's the biggest I've caught so far.

Life catches up to us! But work on the property continues (it's my only break from "work work"). As we worked on updating our management plan with our local forester, we decided to go ahead and get our tree farm certification. It doesn't cost anything for us given we were already meeting all...

That's a darned good idea. For some reason that escaped me... It's on a tight edge down in the lowlands, but as long as the wind and humidity is right, it should be re-burnable without any drama. Thanks!

Thanks 356! A couple of notes about our strategy and the process for us: In East Texas, in the heart of timber and pine country -- we get a lot of rain in the winter and spring, with very warm temps, so we see a lot of growth throughout the year. For that reason, we're doing an 18-month cycle...

Got a call from our forestry company during family dinner on Saturday saying they were running ahead of schedule, and they'd be burning Sunday morning. That's today, the high temp is 80F a few days before new year, and I've got one more week of deer season left to hunt... You burn when they're...

Being in Texas, we don't really have the opportunity to hang deer either, unless you have a separate walk-in cooler. I expect we'll only have had a single week where the temps were below 45 this entire season. I like to quarter, ice, and then wait at least a day before butchering to let the...

We're in Houston county, about an hour and a half south of you. How's your local forestry extension up there? They're very active and helpful in our neck of the woods. (TPWD is also very helpful, we had the local biologist come out shortly after we bought the property to give us some guidance...

For those in Texas, here's a link to the Prescribed Burn Associations in TX. https://www.pbatexas.org/member-associations I know the East TX PBA is very active, and has regular classes and demonstration burns you can attend. If you sign up, they send out events updates often.

Has anyone in the East Texas region caught up with the new TReFIP program? The structure looks to be very promising with a lot of different options for reimbursement. Not limited to just burning or planting this time around. Here's a link to the main website...

Speaking of how to calculate #s per acre, I have to do similar when I'm spraying large areas. That is to say, the label shows Qts or gallons per acre. How I've worked with that is to assume the total coverage I'm intending (not necessarily every tree that I'm going to spray, but the area I'll...

Thanks! I cant wait to be really done with the upgrades, but it's been a lot of fun to plan and think through it. Doesn't hurt either that we caught our first two bass this year in it too.

Being just a couple of weeks away from the opening of gun season, there wasn't a whole lot I could be out doing that wouldn't be a problem this weekend, but the pond project was nearly wrapping up (at least, the part I hired them for - I still have plenty of my own work to do!). We had most...

Things have been incredibly busy with work this summer, so I haven't had much chance to catch up with forums, but we kicked off the pond rehab/drainage project. We needed to deal with too much water coming in, and not enough drainage to keep up. So, the plan was to harvest enough clay from the...

I don't have a pressure gauge at the nozzle (well, anywhere in line at the moment!) the gun is the Valley 16“ long range gun, using their 2.0 orifice. The stretch is great now, and a lot of areas that were off limits will be accessible now. On the boom, I'm using 4x Teejet XR11008VS flat...