Jinglebob
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When I took out some salt this morning, I remembered the camera.
Yearlings are soooo stupid!
Looking towards the southeast. Just over the far hill is my house.
Notice the cattle all grouped in the corner of the photo?
This is why they are grouped there. Salt! Mmmmmm, yummy when you've been eating green grass!
The slight rise in the background of the yearlings is an island, when this dam is full. You can see the waterline mark, for most years and how far back up the creek this water would normally go. I estimate it would need to be 9 to 10 feet higher, for this dam to be full and run over the spillway.
I haven't seen it runover in quite a few years. When it's full, it's big enough to float a fair sized boat and has been a great bass dam in the past. Oh well, someday it will be full again. The few rains we've been gettin have brought it up. It was pretty much dry this winter. Just a little sloppy water and a whole lot of mud in the bottom.
I have the reciept from when my Grandfather had this dam built in the 40's. I sure didn't cost what it would now! He built it on a springy creek. Or at least, it used to be!
Normally when it gets this dry, it's an indication of wetter years ahead and it will fill and run over the next spring. Of course, we have had dry winters with little snow and that is usually what fills it, tho' I've seen times when it was almost this dry and a good hard 3 or 4 inch rain would fill it. It takes quite a little rain, to run water in this sandy, gravely soil, unless the ground is frozen.
I'm just real happy I have as much in it, as is there. Thank you Lord.
Yearlings are soooo stupid!
Looking towards the southeast. Just over the far hill is my house.
Notice the cattle all grouped in the corner of the photo?
This is why they are grouped there. Salt! Mmmmmm, yummy when you've been eating green grass!
The slight rise in the background of the yearlings is an island, when this dam is full. You can see the waterline mark, for most years and how far back up the creek this water would normally go. I estimate it would need to be 9 to 10 feet higher, for this dam to be full and run over the spillway.
I haven't seen it runover in quite a few years. When it's full, it's big enough to float a fair sized boat and has been a great bass dam in the past. Oh well, someday it will be full again. The few rains we've been gettin have brought it up. It was pretty much dry this winter. Just a little sloppy water and a whole lot of mud in the bottom.
I have the reciept from when my Grandfather had this dam built in the 40's. I sure didn't cost what it would now! He built it on a springy creek. Or at least, it used to be!
Normally when it gets this dry, it's an indication of wetter years ahead and it will fill and run over the next spring. Of course, we have had dry winters with little snow and that is usually what fills it, tho' I've seen times when it was almost this dry and a good hard 3 or 4 inch rain would fill it. It takes quite a little rain, to run water in this sandy, gravely soil, unless the ground is frozen.
I'm just real happy I have as much in it, as is there. Thank you Lord.
retty: no no really i don't have a clue :twisted: