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What all of us SW states need is for a Cat 5 hurricane, larger than Katrina, to come up the Gulf and make landfall, traveling almost due West, right at Brownsville. The normal track for one of those would carry it all the way to AZ, with the eye turning North along I-25 Everyone from S. Texas to Kansas would get rain, with a large portion of it falling on the driest parts of the West. Mark Schubert would finally get to see his pastures turn green again.  That big reservoir near Antonito, CO might even finally get some water. Ed
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Yup and I just put the order in for the storm. 
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You did put down super slow, XXXXXL, hold the hail, didn't you?
Ed
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Oh that sounds sooooooooo good!! We were just talking about that today. Think it was at post hole # 3.
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Bob you need one of these; ![[Linked Image]](http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa442/Knife1boy/EP6.jpg) I can drill a hole with mine quick enough that there isn't time for conversation. Sure makes life easier! Unlike the PTO ones, you can really apply the downforce or even upforce if you get it stuck under a rock or bog root. Ed
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You did put down super slow, XXXXXL, hold the hail, didn't you?
Ed Yes.
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Hey Ed
I think you need to put one of these gatherings on in east Texas.
As for the hurricane, make sure it comes ashore around Brownsville. I don't want one in my lap while we are building a house.
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Now there's an idea! We even have room for everyone to stay on the ranch. You can camp out, bunk up in the barn house, or stay in the big city of Gilmer, TX, pop. 4955, about twenty-five minutes away. They even have a WalMart! Covered pavilion with a large fire pit/cooking grate, electric lights, and a view of the ponds. My back pasture gives us 300yds to shoot across, there's two ponds stocked with bluegills & largemouth bass, and a few trails I've cut into the woods if you feel like a walk. Maybe even set up the "Donga Drill" back there. Hmmmmm, gotta think about this. Maybe speak to the First Sergeant about being Hostess. Ed First things, first. We gotta go to Quemado! Then we can talk.
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The shooting games are sounding interesting. The High Wall .45-90's a given for the big bore shoot, assuming I can get the tang sight sorted out. Or if not I'll have to find a receiver sight for the .375 H&H #1. I have a really accurate 77/22, but if time's a factor then I might have to dig out the 10/22. Which needs a trigger job  Some load development/firelapping for the Kimber 7mm-08 Montana is overdue as well, and might be a good tuneup for hunting this year --------------------------------------------------------- Age and infirmities have pretty much dealt me out of most of the games. Big bore: Iron sights only. My 1895 Marlin has none since I cut the barrel to 20 inches. My 444 Marlin has open sights. I might could remove the scope and guess at which one of the front sights I'll see is the correct one. I've got a 50-50 chance of guessing right. [I think] I've never tried THAT since I got this floater in my shooting eye. 22rf : I've got a real accurate old Winchester 69A. With a cheap Loopie on it. I've never tried seeing the open sights on it. Metal : My three main "deerandup" rifles all have "magnum" as a last name, so they're out. PD Shoot: 204 Ruger, 22 Hornet, 22 250 AI, or 244AI ? Brilliant idea number one [for the day]....... I just bring the 244 Ackley and shoot it at metal and PD's. New problem with that: 70 gr. NBT at 3744, or 55 gr NBT at 4095. Both loads will outshoot me. Since we won't have live PD's for spectacular blow-ups, I'll just stick with the slower load. They'll sound louder if I luck out and hit a steel target. Arthritis and handguns are a marriage conceived by the Debbul hisself, so I'll just avoid embarrassing myself in THAT arena.
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Bob you need one of these; I can drill a hole with mine quick enough that there isn't time for conversation. Sure makes life easier! Unlike the PTO ones, you can really apply the downforce or even upforce if you get it stuck under a rock or bog root. Ed What's that!?!?! Like the East Texas idea. Looks like Quemado is out for me this year.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
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Should in their own confines with forked heads
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I made Quemado last year, of course I was a little closer then.
My trip to Sierra Vista got canceled at the last minute due to family issues. Now, with a new job, I won't make Quemado this year.
East Texas at Ed's and Quemado next year definitely.
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Gilmer isn't too far from Lake Fork, either
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My front gate happens to be a twenty-eight mile, thirty-five minute drive from the Lake Fork boat launch just north of Quitman. Same time and distance to my favorite boat launch on Lake O' The Pines, too. Ed
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"Twenty-eight mile,thirty-five minute drive" dang you must be slowin' down in your old age.
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I think you need to put one of these gatherings on in east Texas. � Do it! You won't regret it unless you miss it. You may even see Ed behave himself, with Barbara there to see that he does.
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Hey Ed,are there any hogs close to your place?
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I assume you mean four-legged feral hogs. Not two-legged or two-wheeled ones.
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"Twenty-eight mile,thirty-five minute drive" dang you must be slowin' down in your old age. Jap pickup.
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"Twenty-eight-mile, thirty-five-minute drive!" Dang, you must be slowin' down in your old age. Several old Texans were bragging about the spreads of their "spreads." "Takes me all day to drive my pick-up all the way around my spread." "Yeah, I usedta have a pick-up like that, m'self."
"Good enough" isn't.
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