Finally Starting on the Berm

[Vaquero]

When you dump the carcass here, it's gone the next day. The only thing we have to notify for is if we are shooting at night. Just send a text. That way if the game warden gets a call, he just says, "I was notified a farmer is shooting coyotes over calls in that area tonight." His caller will usually say, "Cool."

No night hunting here for them,
We don't have to notify anyone, and like you said the carcass is usually gone by the next day.

RP

The only restriction is you can only use shotguns at night, #4 shot or smaller, no slugs. The wardens don't agree with that rule, but it's the rule. If you are hunting feral hogs, you can use slugs, rifles, bombs...

Well, luckily we don't have any of the feral hogs around...Yet.

RP

[Vaquero]

On the rain, if like around here it usually goes from a bit of rain here and there, and wishing it would stop.
To we sure could use a little rain.

RP

[BrokenolMarine]

No night hunting here for them,
We don't have to notify anyone, and like you said the carcass is usually gone by the next day.

RP

The only restriction is you can only use shotguns at night, #4 shot or smaller, no slugs. The wardens don't agree with that rule, but it's the rule. If you are hunting feral hogs, you can use slugs, rifles, bombs...

Well, luckily we don't have any of the feral hogs around...Yet.

RP

In Oklahoma and Texas both there is a serious HOG problem. WE are lucky as well, and don't have that problem, but were told by the seller of the new farm that there were "Lot's of Hogs" on the place, when Tina asked. He thought I wanted there to be, so to increase the chances of a sale, he said there were. NOT. Not complaining, but I did add a .308 to the safe when I got to Oklahoma to insure the porkers wouldn't do any more damage. Haven't seen a single one.

[BrokenolMarine]

On the rain, if like around here it usually goes from a bit of rain here and there, and wishing it would stop.
To we sure could use a little rain.

RP

Know what you mean. We started off the year with little to know rain, and had very little at the end of last year. Combined with little to no snow over the winter, the pond had gotten VERY low. It was advertised as a spring fed pond, twenty feet deep. Doesn't look like it in the picture does it?
Tina took advantage of the low water levels to take the grader box and blade and cleaned up the edge of the pond that would normally be under as much as two feet of water.

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With three major thunderstorms in the last couple weeks, the pond is not only full, but the overflow to the creek on the right has been running. That dumps into the smaller of the two creeks which joins the main creek down below the barn. Then that creek flows under the road about two hundred yards farther down.

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The two creeks that run thru the property almost reached their banks as well. Sissy, the young calf is joyous. She loves the water. Every low spot in the pasture is a wading pool and she splashes through every one. Last year, with the monster rains, they were up over the road, and halfway across the orchard.

[Hatchdog]

Beautiful pics BOM. I can just see that calf splashing in the water.

Heard on the morning news that Eastern Washington is officially out of severe drought. Been a wet cool spring which has helped fill the ponds and reservoirs plus the cool temps have slowed the snowpack melt. Looking good for now.

[BrokenolMarine]

If you look closely, you can see the beginning of the berm wall to the left of the end of dam pond in the full pond pic.

[BrokenolMarine]

Got out early this morning, before the real heat set in. Got two more levels done. I forgot my phone, so no pics right now, but I'll slide down and get some later after I cool down. It got hot and humid quick and I'm not taking chances.

I'll work a short session each morning, and maybe another in the cool of the evening. We will git er done.

Pics will follow.

[BrokenolMarine]

A couple pics of the range work from this morning. The first from the pond dam.

WE are still going UP. She's about chest high now. Have to use a ladder to get high enough to drill down into the ties to spike them. Yup, I know there is a crack in the wall. That top tie is a bit warped, but I'm hoping the weight of the next four or five ties will push 'er down. If not, no big loss. The wall is NOT the backstop... the Dirt piled in front is, and that warped tie is on the wing, to catch splashes.

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Here is a view downrange from the fifty yard line. I ZOOMED in a bit to give you a good view of the wall, so the perspective is skewed, but you get the drift. It's hot and muggy out in the sun, but it's a good twenty degrees cooler on the range. Hopefully it will work that way all year in to the high summer. I can't wait to get the dirt in place and do some shooting. I'm getting antsy.

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[BigAl52]

Lookin great Marine Im jealous

[BrokenolMarine]

Went out this evening before it got dark, but after it cooled significantly...





... And cut another fifty rebar spikes. Same as before. Cut twenty five at 25 inches with square ends, then cut them in half at 45 degrees to create a cutting edge.