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Well I kept gettin' madder....got up early this A.M. and checked the tracks east of us half mile and determined that they did not take the swather north so it was almost assured they crossed the Red River with it into Texas. Our county S.O. would not get this properly reported for about 24 more hours due to work load and they definitely would not be looking in Texas and I kept gettin' madder and after talking to some of the neighbors I had a lead and a strong hunch. There is an auction facility in Seymour Tx. and that has consignments of farm stuff all through the year and alot of the older and sometimes junky stuff is bought pretty cheaply by some fellas out of Mexico, so much in fact that they have regular semi-truck runs hauling their purchases back. After the third neighbor came by and mentioned these Mexicans driving up through our part of Oklahoma looking to purchase equipment to fill out loads I crossed the Red River and started driving farm market roads on my way to Seymour. Teri thought I was crazy when I called and told her where I was going (when I should have been packing for gunsmith classes Monday morning) but she told me to humor myself "for my peace of mind" and be careful. I didn't make it to Seymour and the Mexican fellas didn't take it but I spotted it at an old abandoned farm just south of Holiday Texas just off of hwy. 277. Got well heeled and walked in and verified it was mine and have been with dang near all of the law enforcement in that county for the rest of this day. Turns out they wanted to jail the guy that owned this place real bad but have never been able to get the goods on him to make it stick. They crossed their T's and dotted their I's and went into the place with a proper warrant hanging on the fence. Along with my swather they found two trailers saddles fourteen head of stolen fresh branded cattle and more evidence to link them to the theft of a large lot of baling twine worth a few thousand dollars and a portable welder.
I,m pretty tired now but Teri insists I go up the road to the casino because she thinks my luck is still running hot.
I even got to drag my swather home!
One man with courage makes a majority....
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Good work, Dana!! Just goes to show how things can go right when someone stands up and goes the extra mile to make sure justice is served!
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Cool!!!!! I knew you were a hard headed cowboy... Man oh man... The good guys win one.. 
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That is some great news. You ARE the MAN!
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My Compliments on your success.
This sort of nonsense has become endemic here too.
Do you think the auction outfit's on the up and up ?
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Made my frikken day,Dana. Now you get to be a star witness as that guy pleads or is found guilty and goes inside for at least 2 years.
You're a better tracker than a Apache scout!
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Probably on the up and up Greg but the idea that they might not be at least sent me in the right direction.
One man with courage makes a majority....
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EXCELLENT! This kinda schitt hardly ever turns out good, so its banner day when it does! Ingwe
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Yay! One for the good guys.
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Great news okie!!!! When they are done prosecuting the crook you can grease the swather with him. It only takes one as long as you run him through slow enough..... damn scum.
Wish you and teri okie could make it up this weekend! You 2 are dang fine people!
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Thrilled for a good outcome.
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Great news okie!!!! When they are done prosecuting the crook you can grease the swather with him. It only takes one as long as you run him through slow enough..... damn scum.
Wish you and teri okie could make it up this weekend! You 2 are dang fine people! I wish we could come up too but have had this barreling class planned for awhile. It would dang sure be cooler up your way and the company would be outstanding!!!
One man with courage makes a majority....
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thats great to hear. when i was 16 someone stole my fishing rods and tackle box from our garage. the following weekend i went fishing with a buddy, we went to the spillway at lake Corpus Christi to catch white bass and damn if there wasn't a 17 yr old his brother and their dad fishing with my stuff. me and my buddy Allen confronted them and had to whip a little ass put we got my rods and tackle back ,did break one rod whipping one of them with it. good to hear you got not only your property back but justice as well
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Superb. I compliment you on your handling of the entire episode. Just hot headed enough to track it down,just cool headed enough to get the scuz busted for the other folks he hurt!!
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Good Work!
Glad everything came out right.
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I love it when that stuff works out.
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Fine work okie. This Texan tips his hat north. You done good.
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Way to go, ! Congrats, well done!
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