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Doc
Blakely
Pokin' Fun
It was just too hot in South Texas for the deer to
be moving like they usually do, and after awhile the hunters
started getting a little anxious. "Those deer have such
big, beautiful brown eyes. They are so soft and gentle. They
never hurt anybody. They're gonna have to do something real
blatant before I shoot one of 'em ... like walkin' across our
lease." |
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Monte
Noelke
Shortgrass Country
Way back, we scheduled heifer calving to hit after
the leaves fell from the mesquites. As the land became a solid
thicket, we shifted to bringing the heavies to a trap to be
penned every night. By opening a calving hospital, we stopped
losing cows and started losing sleep. |
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Baxter
Black
On The Edge Of
Common Sense
I was in a western store when a gentleman stepped
up to the counter and asked me which cap that he was holding
looked better. I asked if he was a baseball player, a member
of a rap group, or a corn farmer. He said none of the above;
he was a horseman. I said, "Follow me," and escorted
him to the man behind the bench, shaping hats. |
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Lee Pitts
Its The Pitts
Just because a chicken wears wings doesn't mean it can
soar like an eagle, and calling a judge or politician
"honorable sir" doesn't necessarily mean they're
trustworthy. And just because a person wears flip-flops on his
feet instead of boots doesn't mean he can't be a cowboy.
Although I think it would complicate wearing spurs. |
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Dale
Rollins, Ph.D
Wildlife
By Design
Deer season is about a third of the way over here in
West Texas. On my lease in Coke County, this is the first year
in the past five that we’ve had winter wheat up and abundant
enough to serve as a deer magnet. And a magnet it is; you can
see 30 or more deer on the field as darkness veils the
countryside. That’s more deer than I thought were on the
entire 2400-acre lease five years ago. |
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Charles
Rodenberger
The
Computer& The Cowboy
I don’t know how to use everything that my computer
can do and I have found that others have the same problem. |
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