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Confessions of a Hunter – Who am I?
By Andy Anderson
I get to meet a lot of people in my profession, I love people. I enjoy getting to know them and learn something about them. I have always found it interesting the differences in people, views, beliefs and their perception about others.
My son and I hunt and fish a lot. He looks forward to the days we can get in the woods for some time watching wildlife or catching some fish. Clay, he’s seven now and has become more confident and eager to try new things. We were stock tank fishing not too long ago, it had been early spring since I had taken him last. When we were fishing back in the spring, he was just getting used to bait casting and catching bass. Clay struggled at first but quickly caught on. However, the one thing he struggled with the most was taking his own fish off the hook. By the end of the day he was doing okay.
I could tell he was gaining confidence in himself and his own ability to handle the fish. This time was different. He jumped right in there, caught 14 nice one to two pound bass and just had a blast! Did everything himself and not only did he not ask for help, he refused it. We didn’t keep any of the fish and as we climbed into the truck to go home,
I asked him if he had fun fun. He said, “Heck ya, and I got a great trophy!”
As he shows me his thumb he says with the biggest smile, “Bass thumb!” The hide gets wore off your thumb when lipping the bass over and over. I smiled with pride, told him how proud I was of him and spent the rest of the trip discussing how much he loved to go fishing.
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By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Tony Dean
Snow on the Mountain is an annual forb that is part of our landscape almost every year.
It is adapted to most of Texas and grows north to Montana and Minnesota and south to Mexico.
Although is seems to be most adapted to clay soils, this plant can be found on a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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