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Wow! What a great time we had on all the 2005 Hog, Varmint, and Fishing Fun weekends! There were 5 weekend hunts in all - held during the months of February, March, April, May, and June '05. Thanks to all the fine hunters and great people that came out. We loved it! Hope you come back soon! It
was so much fun that we'll be doin' it again in 2006! Come
join us for all the fun!. These weekends are
a hoot! To
celebrate all the fun we had this year, a Photo
Video of all the 2005 Hog, Varmint, and Fishin' Fun Weekends has
been produced. You can play it now on your computer. Turn
up your speakers if you have 'em for some toe tappin' fun.
The running time is about 3 minutes. After clicking on the
above link, the full video will play in Microsoft's Windows
Media Player. Let me know if anybody needs any help with
this...ok? Hope
you enjoy! |
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| Next Hog, Varmint, and Fishin' Fun Weekend - Scheduled for February 17, 18, 19, 2006! | ||||||||
The full cost is $200 per person beginning Friday evening and lasting through Sunday morning. 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 will be the 6th year we've been offering these great hunts and those big ol Texas hogs keep coming back for more! Looking forward to having everybody out! Also, see our frequently asked questions webpage for even more specifics!
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From the very beginning, MsJudy and olJim have enjoyed being in the beautiful outdoors. A reflection of that beauty is brought forth in MsJudy's soap line. Luffa slices are for those of you who need scrubbing soap to get those hands and feet clean. The Goat Milk Soap is made the old fashion way with goats milk and touch of lavender. Bugs Don't Like This Soap has all the essential oils that bugs don't like. And, don't forget that personal gift for those special in your life. MsJudy can be emailed at msjudy@reedfamilyranch.com. |
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Thanks to everybody for all the help in completing our deer counts this summer. Ya'll did great! Two night counts were completed by JimmyG and his crews, and over 200 deer were counted through daylight observations. The results from these counts has now been turned into the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for their records and issuance of special permits. They'll be using this information to issue doe tags for this year's doe harvest. Current plans are for the Reed Ranch hunting club members to take all the doe this year. Sure am looking forward to this coming deer season! Gonna be the best ever! |
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Opening day for (gun) white-tailed deer season on the Reed Family Ranch is Saturday, October 1st. Our food plots and all the natural food supply provided good nutrition for the deer this year. Im'a betting that this is gonna be a great year of hunting! Can't wait! There'll be about 4 months of white-tailed deer hunting on the Reed Family Ranch this year, and the season will extend til the last day in January '06. Wow!,,,lotsa good hunting in store! |
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This year's food plots consisted of about 5-6 acres of iron and clay cowpeas, planted in the red bird patch and the big food plot areas. By the first part of September, the deer had pretty much stripped the leaves off most of what was there - and by the mid-part of September, very little of the leaves were left. I spect, by the end of September, there won't be cowpeas's left at all! Lotsa good nutrition and food supply for the doe to fatten up before the winter hits, and for the buck to grow big antlers! |
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That's MsJudy and olJim in the photo on the left, standing on the banks of the Trinity River, posing for one of the pics in the article. The article, named the Reed Brand of Ranching, has been placed on the ranch website, so you can read, too! Enjoy! |
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The 10 ac Shark Lake has been drawn down for reefs and structures to be installed. Gonna be some great fishin' all around. There's already been some mighty fine bass caught this year, and the fishing isn't gonna do anything but get better! In addition to another fishing dock, a boat ramp was built. Sure am looking forward to some great fishing all around. Here's some photo's of the construction stage. Congratulations, JimmyG, for a great project and thanks or all your hard work!
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The 23 ac Bearman Lake was drawn down to take advantage of the Spring flush. Vegetation and new growth will produce all sorts of food supply for waterfowl and other critters who like plenty of wetlands. This project is part of the Ranch's development efforts to diversify the landscape even more than it is now - with additional wetlands for waterfowl and all sorts of wildlife who enjoy living in and around sloughs and low depth lakes. Here's some photo's of the most recent draw-down. James is doing a great job with this project...way to go!
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If you wanna see more of the Ranch, take a slide tour of all the sights and happenin’s. You’ll be glad you did! You can see it all by clickin’ on Reed Family Ranch Slide Tour. Enjoy! |
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Come
see all the Ranch’s new fun pic’s! Loads of new
photo's have been added since the
last newsletter! |
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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 and Ashley Fugate, James and daughter Kaylee,
Lori Arnett and Madyson, Traci and Jimmy Keele, son
Hagen and daughter Anna. |
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Family Ranch |
Next
hunt - February 2006! 
There's
been two 5K's run since the last Ranch
newsletter was written. The first being at the Freedom
Day Run held July 4th in Sugar Land, Texas, and the second
one being in Dallas on August 13th at the Elvis Run.
Pretty stiff competition in both - with over a 1000 runners
competing in the Elvis Run. Here's some photo's of olJim
huffin' and puffin' through both of 'em! 
