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Opening
day, gun season, for white-tailed deer on the Reed
Ranch was a big success This buck was aged at 5 1/2 yrs and dressed out at a healthy 135 lbs. Congratulations
Bubba!,,way to go! |
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| 2006 Hog, Varmint, and Fishin' Fun Weekends - February and March Weekends Full - Taking Signups For April 21-22-23 Hunt Now! | |||
Both the
February and March hunts are full, but there's still plenty
of spots available for the April, May, and June hunts. The
April hunt is scheduled for April 21-22-23, 2006. The following
hunts are scheduled for May 19-20-21 and June 9-10-11.
Spots are still open for these hunt dates. Hope you can join
us for one or more of these exciting hunts! 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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Wow!,,what an opening weekend! A total of two great looking buck and 8 hogs were taken. Way to go, fellers! Since
opening day weekend, 3 more hogs have been
added to the supper table, as well as 4 healthy
doe and a huge bobcat! Sure am looking forward to the rest of the season! Gonna be the best ever! See more results of the 2006 harvests so far this season! |
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Reports
from club members (from 16 sightings/reports of 87 doe
and 52 fawn) give a fawn-to-doe ratio of 60% - or about
1.7 doe per fawn. This is considerably different than
the fawn-to-doe ratio of 22% - or about 4.4 doe per
fawn - that appeared in our summer deer census counts.
Several twin fawns have also been reported by the club
members. Thanks to all the Reed Ranch hunting club
members for your willingness to help out! Ya'll did great! |
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B.C.
Davis, Reed Ranch hunting club member, was suprised
when he was attacked by a wounded hog on opening day
of deer season. This attack occured after, what was
considered a kill shot, a careful aim failed to produce
a dead hog. A knife
fight to the death was finally won by the 6 ft 3" 300
lb hunter. This tough hog was killed after
a battle that lasted over 200
yds of the Reed Ranch's south pasture! During
this intense battle, the hog was beat with B.C.'s "out
of ammo" gun and the hog ran off with B.C.'s
knife! B.C. was quoted at the campsite
as saying "That was my dad's knife and that hog
really made me mad. I wasn't gonna let him get
away with it!". |
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It's hoped that wintering birds on the Reed Ranch will be in better shape because of the new timed feeder that's been installed and being maintained by MsJudy and olJim. The platformed setup and the visiting birds can be viewed from the Reed Ranch treehouse that overlooks the high hill just east of the campsite. More photo's
to follow! It's hoped that this'll present even more
great opportunities for bird photography and viewing! |
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Thanks
to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the great
guide. The photo to the left is an aerial photo
of bearman lake, the most recent water control structure
project that's been completed in cooperation with the
East Texas Wetlands Project. |
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Some
of you may be old enuff to remember the long roap swings
that hung from neighborhood trees and captured the attention
of young'uns for hours! Yep, you don't see many of those
around anymore. That's the reason one of those ol-timey
roaps swings has been hung on one of the monster oak
trees at the Reed Family Ranch campsite. Youth, kids,
grandkids, (and wannabe kids, too) all love it! The time
honored tradition of "who can throw the roap high
enuff?"
was upheld by son James, who finally looped and tied
the two long suspension roaps. Already - there's been
many hours of swingin' and pushin' fun - with grandkids
yelling "higher-higher!".
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Hunting club member Travis Rape showed off this trophy bobcat that was taken early in October 2005 - while on an early morning deer hunt on the Reed Family Ranch. Gonna be a mighty nice mount! Congratulations to Travis
- and Dad David, too!,,,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 Madisyn, Traci and Jimmy Keele, son
Hagen and daughter Anna. |
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We
hope you won't have to leave us, but -
if you must |
©2005 Reed
Family Ranch |
for
hunting member Emmett Clemons. On Saturday, October 1st,
this heavy racked buck stuck his head out a little too
far and Emmett (aka Bubba) fired a well placed kill shot.
Read
all about the Reed Family Ranch's use of holistic
goal setting in olJim's update of the 
olJim's
in training agin for his next 5K run. He hopes to duplicate his
first place finish (in his age group) in last year's event. The
7th Annual 5K Turkey Trot run will be held at the Athens Cain Center
on November 24th! Gonna be fun! 
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