Checking water gaps at Hay Makers camp

[HAY MAKER]

heading down to the creek side.

Dry as a jug,and still standing.

Plenty dry here too

This mornings helpers.

I like to use these solar chargers at water gaps.Its always easy to make sure the charger is working,you see those dainty lil tracks making there way to that hot wire,then big ole sloppy tracks LOL...........good luck

 

[EastTexasGal]

LOVE THE PICS ....brings back a lot of memories. Spent a lot of time over in your world Haymaker...sighhhh!!

Stay cool today and hope you get some of this rain thats hitting us!!

Easty

 

[Ranchy]

Great Pics, HayMaker! Those electric fence chargers are great, aren't they? :wink:

Hope ya get some rain to make those water gaps wash out, and ya have something to keep ya busy! :nod:

Good Luck! :wink:

 

[Soapweed]

Nice pictures, Hay Maker. The dogs look to be plumb happy to get to go with you and help check out the electric fence.

 

[kolanuraven]

Those are some FAT doggies!!!!

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Perdy country Haymaker.

I know what your talkin bout, havin to check water gaps....I'd rather check em often when it's rainin than to not hafta check em at all :roll:

them dogs is livin the good life......get to ride around with you in the gater all day....what a life!!!

 

[CattleRMe]

I had never had any experience with water gaps until a couple of summers ago when we put our cows out to summer pasture on the Niobrara. Seemed the neighbors critters that were used to just the two wires strung across the gap stayed well however our bulls thought no big deal and were out more then in it seemed. :x

The other thing we delt with that we had never were the rattlesnakes. Weren't scared of them when we didn't realize they were there once we did we were way more careful around the mineral tubs and the bunch grass.

The pictues are great ty for sharing Haymaker!

 

[cowsense]

Haymaker; You've got green grass and the trees are in leaf........try it in a year when everything is browned off by early spring and the trees actually die! That's drought!

 

[Mrs.Greg]

Haymaker; You've got green grass and the trees are in leaf........try it in a year when everything is browned off by early spring and the trees actually die! That's drought!

:nod: We had no feed,so our Eastern province got bales together to send West ....thats drought :!:

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Alot of those trees might very well die. but then again, they are oaks most of em, and they may not. Ours root systems don't go down very far, cuz in normal years they don't have to. That's really rocky ground out there, so I know it don't hold alot of moisture. Roots may go deeper there on their trees than ours do here.

That part of Texas looks pitiful right now, haymaker has had a couple decent lil rains in the last couple weeks from what he's said, but not enuff to make a big whole lotta difference, needs a whole lot more to pull it outta the drought.
I was there in late February, when things shoulda be lush and green with spring rains....it was parched brown in most places. Only green I seen was irrigated.

 

[Mrs.Greg]

We lost alot of trees from the drought,its been ongoing for a number of years...actually this is our first decent year in around eight maybe more years.

 

[HAY MAKER]

Haymaker; You've got green grass and the trees are in leaf........try it in a year when everything is browned off by early spring and the trees actually die! That's drought!

Lotsa dead trees around here from the drought,experts call it oak wilt,I call it not enough H2o,I just dont post pictures of the dead and dieing stuff,to depressing,those trees you see in the picture are mostly cedars,nothing kills those things not even drought.............good luck
PS Where is big dummie from big beaver,Miss Tam probably got him doing house work,and restricted his computer time.