Country Lifestyles
The First Hunt
By Jessica Crabtree
George Seals was 16 the first time he left Denton County to hunt mule deer. As boys, he and his brother hunted rabbits, raccoons, possums and more, “From little on I loved the outdoors and hunting anything we could. I loved that way of life,” Seals said. He remembered seeing pictures of mule deer with impressive antlers and dreamed of one day experiencing a hunt for himself.
In 1947, Seals’ Sunday school teacher, Charlie Bolton, asked Seals to go on a hunt with him and four others on the Block Ranch in Capitan N.M. The young Seals was thrilled and accepted the invitation. “I’d never been hunting before. I didn’t have a suitcase. I didn’t even have a gun,” he laughed. Seals manufactured himself a wooden box, a make-shift suitcase of wood and painted it red and adorned the front with his name and address. It held all he thought he needed, socks, long Johns and boots—warm clothes.
Builders working on his parents’ home located Seals a gun, a .30-40 Krag- Springfield rifle. Seals recalls, it was heavy. The memory of the trip is as plain in the 85-year-old’s mind as if it were yesterday, “We left out a few days before opening day. We headed for New Mexico early that morning taking a car and truck. We stayed in Roswell the first night and went to Titsworth Hardware Store the next morning to buy our hunting license. I’ll never forget—it was $50.25.” He won’t soon forget that amount because in that day and age $50 was a large amount of money. For a young man, he had to work hard and save. Seals did just that. “I helped gather corn down on Denton Creek bottom with my grandad’s team of horses and wagon where you pulled it off the stock, put it in the wagon, gathered a load, took it to the barn and went back for more. I was just a kid and that was hard work.” Seals assured.
Seals remembered the trip being eye-opening, “Titsworth was a huge store and had everything you needed. My eyes couldn’t believe all I was seeing. We bought supplies there like eggs to go with the slab of bacon we brought.” Seeing such country and inhabitants for the first time, Seals was delighted. That was also his first introduction to coyote hunting and hanging the carcasses up along the fence line.
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By Jesse Kader
This month western meets safari with this fun army green jumpsuit. I love a good jumpsuit that is simple but stylish and can be accessorized in so many ways. This one especially caught my eye because of the western yoke detail. See this and more at www.jessesjewelz.com
University of North Texas music students were in awe by Texas Music icon, Lyle Lovett recently during his visit to the Denton campus to share his music and personal secrets on navigating a successful music career.
The four-time Grammy winner has recorded 14 albums and has released 25 singles throughout his illustrious career. He’s also most famous for creating his Large Band consisting of his talented rhythm section and a full horn section.
I too have had the honor of recording with Lyle during my time with Asleep At The Wheel and being a UNT grad, I was pleasantly surprised by this act of good will toward these young musicians.
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By Martha Crump
In the April issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch, I introduced the discussion of what is considered the Biden 30X30 Land Grab via the quiet attempt to push through the formation of Natural Asset Companies. If you are a landowner and have not heard about this, I encourage you to research it for your own protection.
Natural Asset Companies would have been publicly tradable securities that hold rights to, and manage the productivity and ecological benefits of natural assets such as natural forests, marine areas and farmland. They place a value on natural processes. Thanks to the watchful eye of a few, NACs have been stopped for now, but make no mistake, this battle is far from over. According to the American Stewards of Liberty, the Intrinsic Exchange Group is the company responsible for the failed attempt to monetize natural processes via the development of “Natural Asset Companies.”
The New York Times is already helping IEG to set the stage for a rebranding of the idea with the article they ran entitled “Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest In It?” which ran on Feb. 18 of this year. The NYT readily assured their readers that, “Natural asset companies would put a market price on improving ecosystems, rather than on destroying them.” That is a perfect lead-in for IEG as they had already indicated that they would be rebranding the idea in yet another attempt to create the investment vehicle.
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