Well I'm out here looking for breaks so figured I bring y'all along,

Just checking to make sure most if the herd is in instead of out, eveyone is looking pretty healthy, good my new calves, kinda miss having 200 head though lol




Got to the start of this line and this is what it looks like about 50yd from he truck


Not much further in and we got a limbs on the line, and all of this was pretty clean last spring but hay what can you do


Bout another 150 yd in and it's getting a little thick


Ole hog crawl under it seems


Finally found one of the cow trails that runs next to the fence line. Little less of a pain but still getting stuck and stabbed every few feet lol


Still following this trail and I'll tell y'all i feel like I should have a double rifle and two tribal trackers with me the way it looks back here sometimes



Well I'd say a good 3/4 of a mile back k think I found the break, not really a break honestly more of a hop over look like one if the old mans "repairs"




Hop over and sure enough not 10yd away cow tracks ,


Welp found the main problem now I gotta loop back around and get back to the truck. Left the saw at the break and start one my little one miler back

So figured I'd walk the back side of the fence and back around, if their getting out anywhere else I'll be able to see the busted out trail pretty easy since it's so thick


A hog tunnel as Aix would call it. Not a ton of track around though



Figured I'd check one the little hideaway pond tucked back off on the hunting part of the property, might be half a mile from the break if that


Water weeds are taking over but still a beautiful lil pond, don't think anyone but me dad and mabye some of the hunter we allow know about it. Waters dang near crystal clear, saw a good many water snakes and fronts but honestly that's how I like my fishin holes


And this is what it looks like about 50yd from the bank, would drive right past it if you kept two the two tracks


Figured I'd check one of the box stands to make sure a raccoon didnt make a den out of it....again, but nope just mahogany wasps, right a neck level but our hunters left a little something just for the occasion lol




Back through the pastures and I can tell we haven't bred out all the crazy 100%. Back when we had 200+ they would charge on the spot if they caught you out here on foot but now their pretty tame, most are big puppies but some of the old cows are still kinda wild and spooky, I'll let y'all guess which



MASK UP BTW not for covid just all the dagblasted flies ! Their not bad when your (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) off in the brush but the second you hop out in that pasture



Back to the truck head back to the house to pick up the wire and tposts. And yes those are oyster shells lol

Makes me itch !!!!

Nightmares of dad shoving a stick through a roll of wire and saying grab the other end and let's go. That and hauling cedar posts through the mess.

You know they got a tracked machine now that has a hydraulic post setter and four wire spools and an air stapler all in one. Just saw a video of one in action.

That's funny, my first thoughts too... and sweat.

clearly you have this figured out on your own terms , however around here most people run the the brush hog around the perimeter once a year to keep all that vegetation down and make it so they can check the fence from the tractor

might be a couple time a year thing where nothing stops growing

You are missing something Wolfdog. I didn't see any of the wild lemon trees with the 4 inch spikes guarding the fruit. They aptly named them Dragons Claw. Closest could find to one. These here make a hedge almost.

I was along till you said snakes

Do you have problems with yotes with your calves?

Looks like some nice bass might be lurking in that pond.

Nice pics. Are you going to trap some hogs ?

I can't remember ever having yote problems with calves here tho be honest I can't really remember anyone around use having problems with yotes and cattle in general

Yeah I'm planning on doing some stuff on hog snaring soon now I got my truck back

How are the black buzzards over that way? South of here they keep wide open pastures and the buzzards are bad on newborns.

So got all my posts and what not and of course had to do a little work on my saw lol, just a chain switch and a little saw dust removal.


And of course I just about fall a pine of the hood of the truck I just got back from the shop

Clearing up the under brush. This was actually a 5 strand and two of them are still go so just trying to sort out what what

Cutting old staples

Straight line for the new posts

Enjoyable pictures and story, Wolfdog!
How many ticks did ya carry back to the truck?

Still trying to sort the good existing wire from the bad. The good is china wire so


New posts in and using the ole comalong to re streach, and shout out to who ever it was who told me about the little wire lock thingy. Works awsome!



Pulling out some wire for a new bottom strand.


And of course that china wire popped. After I hard lined it in spliced in some good ole Merica' wire and gave it a few twists to get it taught again

Got her all clipped in and done ! Not too bad for a batch job I reckon lol

Thanks and none that I know of lol