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Yes the Four-Legged hogs.

I WAS towing a boat at the time.

Also, I don't drive real fast if I have civilian passengers.

Ed

I always behave myself. Badly, at times, but I do behave.

Ed

Yes, there's a sounder of ten or so that have been passing through our place on an irregular basis (~100-125lb), and a buddy of mine has permission to hunt a dairy not far from here, but the shots are in the 350-500yd range, just before sunset.

The owner of the dairy is very particular about who hunts his place as there are a bunch of replacement heifers in that same pasture and some of those hogs look like Hampshires.
Since he's milking Holsteins, he doesn't trust many folks to tell a week old Holstein calf from a mature Hampshire sow at 500yds right at dark.

Ed

Don't blame the gentleman one bit.

That "Jap pickup" was built in Indiana and is still going strong after 249,000 miles.

Ed

Lake Fork is pretty famous for hawgs with fins

If we DO have a gathering here, I'm sure we can scare up some crow shooting and possible a coyote stand or two on our place. Lots of crows here and I have been holding off on using my secret weapon on them, looking for the right time.

There are three packs of coyotes within a mile of here. On some nights you can hear all three start singing right at dark from three different quadrants of the compass.

A few big bobcats around, too.

Ed

COYOTES,BOBCATS well things are looking up.

August average high 85, average low 50.

"Just the facts ma'am."

Maybe Vegas or Phoenix would be milder ?

Can we bring horses ?

Yes, it is. Lake O'The Pines has some finned hawgs, too, but doesn't get the pressure that Fork does. We are also about forty minutes from Lake Bob Sandlin. We are 90 minutes from Lake Palestine, about the same from Wright Patman Lake and Caddo Lake.
Our local city lake, Gilmer Lake is 1,100ac of great crappie and decent bass fishing. It is fifteen minutes from my front gate to the boat launch.

My measly two, 1ac+ ponds only have 6-7lb largemouth bass, bluegills, and something the locals call a "warmouth perch" or "Goggle eye", which looks and fights a lot like a smallmouth bass, just not as big. The two ponds are about fifty yards from where I am sitting right now.

Ed

Check the website for the Gila National Forest. The regs about horses should be there. If not, CCCC can give you the straight scoop.

Ed

Not much for fishing,but COYOTES,BOBCATS,now that is what I call fun.

Will plan on bringing a pile of the blue cheeseburgers like last time. Probably won't bring a grill this time, though, as we won't have as much space. Will stick to a Coleman stove and camp out.
Looking forward to seeing everybody again.

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The ranger office for this district is right across the street from my front door � 1-575-773-4678. Good maps showing all the horse trails should be available there, and for sure you can get the latest official USFS skinny there.

Will they let you ride your iron horse, Ken?

Ed

The last two times when I was on any kind of horse, I got "throwed" or desperately needed help to stay on.

� I slid too far back on my stitching horse, and it tipped backward under me. I'm probably the only leather-worker in history who got dumped by a stitching horse.

� I was about to get "throwed" off the other one � was hanging on desperately � when the clerk from Radio Shack came out and unplugged it.

Folks use and ride horses in the forest here frequently - miles and miles of great riding country. There would be places near camp to tie/corral them - at a reasonable distance of course - and hope they aren't spooked by lots of shooting near camp.

I do not know the rules, if any, regarding horses brought in from other states.

Paul,

A lot of states have requirements regarding a recent Coggins Test for transport across state lines, some require proof of certain vaccinations as well.

It is just responsible ownership to have all that up to date, anyway.

Barbara hauls hers all over the country. She has a notebook for each horse that she keeps all of that info in.
I'll ask her where she looks to find out a particular area's regulations & requirements.

For our place, we have to see a current Coggins before a horse comes off of a trailer.

Ed