Come join us for our next weekend hunt scheduled for May 19-20-21! These hunts are a hoot! Sure do enjoy having everyone out! It's not uncommon for these hunts to fill up, so - if you're interested in joining us on these exciting weekends, let oljim know soon, ok? The February, March, and April hunts were lotsa fun! Hope you can come out and join us!

The full cost for these hunts are $200 (2 nights/evenings) per person beginning Friday evening and lasting through Sunday morning. A $50 deposit reserves a spot. Spouses and supervised youth (under the age of 16) come at no additional charge. See the Hog, Varmint, and Fishin' Fun Weekend link for more information. This'll be the 6th year that we've been offering these great hunts and those big ol Texas hogs keep coming back for more!

Looking forward to having everybody out! See our frequently asked questions webpage for even more cool stuff about these exciting hunting and fishing weekends! Gonna be fun! Click here to see Reed Ranch photo albums from 2003, 2004, 2005, and our most recent February, March, and April 2006 hunts!

Photo Video

Check it out! A photo video of all of last year's hunts has been posted to the ranch website for your viewing! Lotsa good people and lotsa good huntin' fun. Things just don't git no better than that!

The photo is about 3 minutes long and plays in the Windows Media Player. Let me know if anybody has any difficulty viewing it, ok?

Click on the photo to the left, turn those speakers up, and you'll be viewing and grinnin'!

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OlJim Wins Gold At Regional! Qualifies for Texas State Senior Games In Austin!

5K Competition!

Sprint Competition!

The April 26-27 Regional Senior Games Competition in Kerrville, Texas, was the state qualifying site for entry in the statewide Texas Senior Games to be held in Austin September 13-17, 2006. State qualifiers are eligible to go the 2007 National Senior Games in Louisville, Kentucky!

Here's some photo's of oljim huffin' and puffiin' his way to to the finish line!

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Reed Ranch Seedball Machine Purchased By Shadow Mountain Ranch!

The Shadow Mountain Ranch in north central Texas is the new owner of MsJudy's seedball machine. Seedball making is a way of planting seeds before they're cast out on the ground - and do an excellent job of conserving seed and increasing the percentage of plants that come up.

Here's a couple of photo's of the seedball making. More information about seedballs can be found by making contact with Jim Bones at http://www.seedballs.com/.

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Spring Wildflower Photo's

Lotsa new Spring wildflowers popping up at the Reed Ranch! Check out the photo's! Here's some of oljim's wildflower photo's - now and in the past!

Trinity Basin Conservation Foundation Publishes Newsletter!

The newly formed Trinity Basin Conservation Foundation is now publishing an electronic newsletter. Subcription is free! The stated mission of the TBCF is to "improve the quality of life, economic sustainability, and ecological integrity of areas associated with the Trinity River Basin through a coalition of local communities, NGO's, and stewards of private and public lands."

If you're interested in receiving this newsletter, send email to oljim and make the request that your email address be added.

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Blast From The Past - Ranch Pic's In Tha News!

Six-Shooter Huntin' Group!

Ready For The Big Hunt!

Here's a couple of some of our favorite photo's! The Reed Family Ranch Photo Albums have over 3,300 photo's of all aspects of Reed Family Ranch happenins'. Lots of interesting stuff has been photographed over the years and lots more still to come! See ALL THE PHOTO ALBUMS by clicking HERE! Also, original Reed family photo's from the 40's, 50's, and 60's are still available to see. Check 'em out. You'll love 'em!

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Reed Ranch Rain Report!

Is It Raining Yet?

The average rainfall in Navarro County, where the Reed Family Ranch is located, is about 39.5". During the first 4 months of 2006 - Jan Feb Mar Apr - we received 14.7". That's about 2.4" above the normal average for the year. Yipppeee!!!

Here's some historical numbers for our area and also information for the current year.

1999 - 26.7" (12.8" under average for the year)
2000 - 46.0" (6.5" over average for the year)
2001 - 42.7" (3.2" over average for the year)
2002 - 38.0" (1.5" under average for the year)
2003 - 27.4" (12.1" under average for the year)
2004 - 54.2" (14.7" over average for the year)
2005 - 24.6" (14.9" under average for the year)
2006 - 14.7" for Jan, Feb, Mar,Apr (2.4" over average for the year!)

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Lots of NEW Photo's To Share!

Hey, I wanna brag agin about the Reed Family Ranch being a holistically managed ranch. Click on either of the sites shown here for more information about Holistic Management principles and concepts. The Ranch is managed by the Reed Family group, Jim and Judy Reed, Jimmy Gene Reed and Ashley Fugate, James Reed and daughter Kaylee, Lori Arnett and daughter Madisyn, Traci and Jimmy Keele and son Hagen and daughter Anna.

For more information, feel free to send to olJim or MsJudy. We lika tha email!

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And.....if you must, How to Unsubscribe to This Newsletter

We hope you won't have to leave us, but - if you must send us an email and we'll take your name off our newsletter list. Send email to us at oljim@reedfamilyranch.com and put in the subject line "unsubscribe" and that'll do it fer you! Thanks!

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