ol jim's
RANCH NEWSLETTER
January 27th, 2003
wrote and edited by ol jim reed
in
Corsicana, Texas
Featured items in this edition of the Reed Ranch Newsletter include:
- hog, varmint, and fishin' fun weekend, february 14-15-16!
- report on 2002 deer season!
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ol jim's huntin' club, partial memberships available for 2003!
- group doe hunt held january 18th!
- more ranch photo's!
- reed ranch article written, winter 2003 birdscapes magazine!
- hogs on the prowl!
- and, some other stuff!
HOG, VARMINT, AND FISHIN' FUN WEEKEND!
FEBRUARY 14-15-16!
FEBRUARY 14-15-16!
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Hey fellers and gals, come join us for the first hog, varmint, and fishin' fun weekend scheduled for 2003 on the Reed Ranch.
February 14-15-16 are the dates for these exciting hunts!
These hunts begin on Friday evening and last through Sunday, around noon. The cost is $180 per person. A $50 deposit (nonrefundable) is required to hold you a spot on these fun weekends!
Spouses and supervised youth (under the age of 16) may come at no additional charge.
Find out all the details by clicking HERE! Gonna be fun!
REPORT ON 2002 DEER SEASON!
For the first time in four years, we failed to meet our deer harvest goals for antlerless deer. Of the 32 antlerless deer planned to be taken, we were able to take only 21 of 'em.
A total of 29 deer were harvested for the 2002-2003 season. Here's the breakdown:
21 Antlerless Deer (includes 3 button buck)
5 cull buck
3 trophy buck
Also, five hogs and six coyote were taken by club members.
We make it a practice of weighing and aging each of our deer taken. Here's the average weights of the mature doe that's been taken, for each of the four most recent years:
Year Avg Weight
1999-00 - 66 lbs
2000-01 - 65 lbs
2001-02 - 68 lbs
2002-03 - 70 lbs
We're real pleased that our deer appear to be getting bigger and healthier all the time!
Here's three of my favorites photo's from the season!
A total of 29 deer were harvested for the 2002-2003 season. Here's the breakdown:
21 Antlerless Deer (includes 3 button buck)
5 cull buck
3 trophy buck
Also, five hogs and six coyote were taken by club members.
We make it a practice of weighing and aging each of our deer taken. Here's the average weights of the mature doe that's been taken, for each of the four most recent years:
Year Avg Weight
1999-00 - 66 lbs
2000-01 - 65 lbs
2001-02 - 68 lbs
2002-03 - 70 lbs
We're real pleased that our deer appear to be getting bigger and healthier all the time!
Here's three of my favorites photo's from the season!
 (Photo by Ol Jim) |
 (Photo by Ol Jim) |
 (Photo by Ol Jim) |
Take a look at all the deer photo's by clicking HERE!
OL JIM'S HUNTIN' CLUB!
PARTIAL MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE for 2003!
PARTIAL MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE for 2003!
As of the date of this newsletter, all our full hunting club memberships appear to be taken for this current year. We appreciate everybody's interest in coming out, and I've enjoyed meeting up with some of you.
I wanted to let everybody know that there's still partial club memberships available.
In case any of you are interested, here's the way the partial memberships work. It's hoped that these partial memberships can be used to move into full memberships when spots become available.
Beginning in February, we'll be having seven hunts we're calling our "hog, varmint, and fishing fun weekends".
Click HERE for dates!
The ranch will be providing general support for the hunting spots; in terms of feeders, stands, and such. And we'll be working with each hunter who wants to supplement this, up and above what the ranch will be providing.
Right now, there's 6 openings for these partial membership spots. The cost is $700 per spot.
Email me at oljim@reedfamilyranch.com if you're interested in this type of arrangement.
Thanks!
It was a cold day in January as four father/youth teams (including a father/daughter team) took to the field for the last group doe hunt of the season.
Here's some photos of the proud team members who were on the hunt!
I wanted to let everybody know that there's still partial club memberships available.
In case any of you are interested, here's the way the partial memberships work. It's hoped that these partial memberships can be used to move into full memberships when spots become available.
Beginning in February, we'll be having seven hunts we're calling our "hog, varmint, and fishing fun weekends".
Click HERE for dates!
The ranch will be providing general support for the hunting spots; in terms of feeders, stands, and such. And we'll be working with each hunter who wants to supplement this, up and above what the ranch will be providing.
Right now, there's 6 openings for these partial membership spots. The cost is $700 per spot.
Email me at oljim@reedfamilyranch.com if you're interested in this type of arrangement.
Thanks! GROUP DOE HUNT HELD ON JANUARY 18TH!
Here's some photos of the proud team members who were on the hunt!
 (Photo by Ol Jim) |
 Brian and Austin (Photo by Ol Jim) |
 (Photo by Ol Jim) |
Now, things jus don't git no better than that! 
Thanks to everybody for coming out! It was great having you spend the day with us! Shore was fun! 
Take a look at all the photos from the January 18th group doe hunt by clicking HERE!
2003 RANCH WILDLIFE HABITAT MAP!
For everybody that keeps up with this sort of thing, here's the 2003 Reed Ranch wildlife habitat map for 2003. This map is used for two things:
(1) for members of the hunting club to identify areas for them to work
(2) to identity ranch focus areas for wildlife habitat enhancement projects.
(1) for members of the hunting club to identify areas for them to work
(2) to identity ranch focus areas for wildlife habitat enhancement projects.
RANCH PHOTO'S!
The Reed Ranch photo album keeps getting bigger and bigger. Lots of fun photo's to share!
Click HERE! to view all the photo's!
fun photo's to share!
REED RANCH ARTICLE WRITTEN
WINTER EDITION OF BIRDSCAPES MAGAZINE
U.S FISH AND GAME COMMISSION!
WINTER EDITION OF BIRDSCAPES MAGAZINE
U.S FISH AND GAME COMMISSION!
Read the article written about the Reed Wildlife Ranch that appeared in the January 2003 Edition of BIRDSCAPES Magazine.
More information and this article can be found by clicking HERE.
More information and this article can be found by clicking HERE.
HOGS ON THE PROWL!
Signs of hogs continue to be found most all over the bottoms now. And the ranch is at a very high level of hog activity.
There's five levels of Reed Ranch hog activity being reported on now.
- little to nada!
- sprinkled around!
- bout balanced!
- gittin serious!
- and, yikes!
As of the date of this newsletter, the current level of hog activity on the Reed Ranch is at the level of #5 - DOUBLE YIKES!,,,LOL...
Level FIVE - "YIKES!" - means just what it says!, things are gettin' a little outta control!
HELP!
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Signs of hogs continue to be found most all over the bottoms now. And the ranch is at a very high level of hog activity.
There's five levels of Reed Ranch hog activity being reported on now.
- little to nada!
- sprinkled around!
- bout balanced!
- gittin serious!
- and, yikes!
Level FIVE - "YIKES!" - means just what it says!, things are gettin' a little outta control!
HELP!
Other Stuff!
Hey,,,I wanna brag agin about the Reed Wildlife Ranch being a holistically managed ranch.
More information about these ranch management processes can be found by logging on to Allan Savory Center for Holistic Management . The site for the Texas' own Holistic Resource Management organization can be found at http://www.hrm-texas.org/.
If anybody has any questions about anything in this newsletter, contact me ol jim, at oljim@reedfamilyranch.com.
Mrs Judy can be contacted at msjudy@reedfamilyranch.com.
Mrs Judy can be contacted at msjudy@reedfamilyranch.com.
Good luck and safe huntin'....
til later..... ol jim and mrs judy
pic of ol jim and mrs judy
with the
Reed Ranch
2001 Lone Star Stewardship Award plaque
persented to the ranch by the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
WAY TO GO, RANCH!, 2002