Country Lifestyles
Cowboy Culture – Poaching #2
By Clay Reid
Last month I wrote about how I was accidentally led into the poacher life. Today I will tell of another time I was led astray as a dumb kid.
Actually I wrote this story a few days ago, and about half-way through I hit the dang ESC button and erased the whole dang deal. I was too disturbed to carry on and just walked away and soon forgot about doing it altogether, and this explains why once again I am late with my deadline. Sorry, Mrs. Crabtree.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, my story starts as I am walking down the highway in front of my aunt’s house in Iowa Park, Texas. I was headed down to the Armadillo Arcade to watch everybody else play video games.
Most of the time I didn’t have the money to play the games, but enjoyed watching just the same. Except for the one time I ate some glass for a dollar and got to play.
As I was headed down the road, that same old crooked uncle hollered and asked if I wanted to go frog hunting. “You bet,” I replied and hauled my butt to the house to get my trusty .22 magnum rifle that my dad had given me after we had won the Top of Texas kid football championship a few months before.
This same crazy uncle later shattered that .22 on his driveway after I had requested he return it to me.
After getting the gun, we loaded up and headed west and were soon killing frogs at a pretty good pace. After about the fourth tank, we came to a place south of Electra, Texas. It was a tank where they had busted the dam on the original tank and dug another out in front of it.
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By Dal Houston
I am terribly saddened by all the argumentative discourse that seems to be going on in today’s world. It seems as though it is no longer enough just to disagree on certain issues. We are expected to classify someone as an enemy if they do not always agree with us on all issues, lest we be considered weak.
To make things even worse, because those who disagree with you are now considered enemies, the sentiment seems to be that it is only fair and proper to destroy them, because they are the enemy, again with the fear of ridicule for being weak if we do not fight.
With all that said, and seemingly unrelated, I am a big John Wayne fan. From watching him dive into his role as a cowboy, to marveling at his time portraying a soldier or appreciating his acting gig as a sailor, there is seldom a week that goes by without me watching at least one
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By Martha Crump
That old adage, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.,” may have some basis in truth when applied to minor situations. However, when what you don’t know is presented in the form of a “Trojan Horse” and is what amounts to an incredible attempt to fleece American property rights, it becomes a different story altogether.
To put this unbelievable tale together, we need to step back to Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order which pledged commitment to help restore balance on public lands and waters, to create jobs, and to provide a path to align the management of America’s public lands and waters with our nation’s climate, conservation, and clean energy goals.
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By Lacey Vilhauer
Ingredients:
1 whole lemon, seeded and roughly chopped
2 cups sugar
2 pounds strawberries, hulled
Juice of 1 to 2 lemons
¼ cup water
Directions:
Place the chopped lemon and sugar in a food processor and pulse until combined. Transfer to a large bowl. Puree the strawberries in a food processor and add to the lemon mixture along with juice of one lemon and water. Taste and add more juice as desired.
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