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 Re: The rain ?
[Re: StephensCnty308]
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08/19/16 02:28 PM
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Rain (not flooding) is better than drought and is long term beneficial for all (animals, ranchers, hunters and people that eat whether they be vegetarian or carnivore. We has hunters must adapt or plan ahead better. Most hunters know (unless new to property)if they have a stand/feeder in area susceptible to high water/soggy conditions and its not nature's fault. Farmers/hayers need the rain but I do feel bad on timing for those trying to get crops in.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/19/16 02:46 PM
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I know the rain does us all good in watering vegetation and filling creeks/ponds however with the rains we are having and still expecting over the next week or so are any of you waiting once again for a little dry out so work can resume getting ready for this season?
Just curious
2 weeks ago I put up a new blind and feeder and sank my posts however now I need to get back out there and wire up my hog panels to finish everything off.
I'm sure with the rain that's happening getting back to this particular feeder set up won't be easy until it dries up a little.
If only I had gotten those panels up before the rain.
Here we are mid August and once again like spring I'm stuck again. I'll loan you my donkey. 
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Re: The rain ?
[Re: StephensCnty308]
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08/19/16 05:19 PM
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Every time I see that picture it reminds of the summer i joined the YMCA. I don't know how some people got there a$$es into inner tubes either! 
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Re: The rain ?
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08/19/16 05:34 PM
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I love the rain however my property is very sandy so yes when it rains a lot it may soak In r run off however you can't drive on it much as it makes the ground soppy wet. We have deep sand on our place too. Get a lot of rain and you can drive on it once. Try it twice and it turns to jello. This rain is going to put me 2 weeks behind on my food plot. Still glad we got it.
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Re: The rain ?
[Re: TexasKC]
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08/20/16 12:08 PM
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I love the rain however my property is very sandy so yes when it rains a lot it may soak In r run off however you can't drive on it much as it makes the ground soppy wet. We have deep sand on our place too. Get a lot of rain and you can drive on it once. Try it twice and it turns to jello. This rain is going to put me 2 weeks behind on my food plot. Still glad we got it. We got 2.5 inches there other day and it's 7:06am and already have gotten 3 3/4 I'm not sure if I will be able to do much until October sadly. There is good rain and imo to much. Oh well glad you folks who seem to need it is getting it.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/20/16 12:55 PM
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I love the rain however my property is very sandy so yes when it rains a lot it may soak In r run off however you can't drive on it much as it makes the ground soppy wet. We have deep sand on our place too. Get a lot of rain and you can drive on it once. Try it twice and it turns to jello. This rain is going to put me 2 weeks behind on my food plot. Still glad we got it. That is exactly my place..you can drive to the end of the food-plot okay, turn around and you will never get back. Since I can only go down and work on the weekends, I am now three weeks behind because of having to wait for the sand to dry out.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/20/16 01:17 PM
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3.8" here so far this week and raining now. I needed it, I've been missing all the rain for the past month.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/20/16 01:25 PM
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3.8" here so far this week and raining now. I needed it, I've been missing all the rain for the past month. Well we are not far from one another. Thanks for giving me the heads up on how many inches. I know one thing our desert sand isn't used to this much rain.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/20/16 01:26 PM
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I've suffered too much from drought to complain about the rain. 
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Re: The rain ?
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08/20/16 02:37 PM
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Rains have been spotty here. For the week almost two inches at the house on the west side of Menard and 5.5 inches on the ranch 12 miles south of town. I have a buddy 9 miles west and he has had a total of .7" for the week. This should put us in great shape for the winter. Thank God!
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Re: The rain ?
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08/20/16 03:49 PM
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6" here at the Nurturing Biosphere of the Mothership...and another Batch building up  We really needed this, I was getting a tad dry.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/20/16 05:17 PM
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Scooter, I'll bet the gates are open and the river is running wild about now or soon will be.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/20/16 06:22 PM
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What about all the trees and brush the deer depend on for cover that gets burned down and takes about 8-10 years to grow back? They tend to love the new growth when it comes in and it usually comes in with the next rains. https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/using-fire-to-improve-wildlife-habitatMy granddaddy would slap me just for having a thought about cussing the rain. Just reading this thread makes me uncomfortable. Never cuss a rain. Louisiana called. They are cussing the rain.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/20/16 06:24 PM
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It's got some buffering capacity the height was just over 836 or full pool. The emergency spillway is at 866 so it can go up nearly 30 ft before they have to release water. It'll all depend on what's going on downstream.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/20/16 06:53 PM
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I can't get my mind around anyone saying anything negative about rain.
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Re: The rain ?
[Re: poisonivie]
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08/20/16 08:12 PM
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Scooter, I'll bet the gates are open and the river is running wild about now or soon will be. Yes Sir... I needed it...But if Lovie comes up with one more HoneyDoo I am taking the Boat out Rain or Shine 
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Re: The rain ?
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08/21/16 02:02 AM
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Rain like this in August in Texas is nothing but and absolute blessing from God.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/21/16 02:14 AM
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Scooter, I'll bet the gates are open and the river is running wild about now or soon will be. Yes Sir... I needed it...But if Lovie comes up with one more HoneyDoo I am taking the Boat out Rain or Shine 
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Re: The rain ?
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08/21/16 10:23 PM
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I have not read all the posts on this. A few on the first part of it were saying they prefer the drought to the rains we are getting now. I am wondering why anybody would want animals suffering and many dying in a drought so that they would have an easier time shooting a Deer. What have some of us come too?
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Re: The rain ?
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08/21/16 11:09 PM
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Rain like this in August in Texas is nothing but and absolute blessing from God. Green Augusts are rare as hens teeth. And absolutely a blessing.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/22/16 05:04 PM
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16" of rain is a little more blessing than my neighbors needed for August. Can't harvest. Looks like it's going to cost us more time and money to fix washed out roads than it would to feed deer. I don't mind rain but 16" in 9 days is tough to deal with. I have 3 neighbors either stuck outside their place or stuck in their place. I haven't been able to get to mine but I was able to get on the tractor to get close enough to deliver supplies to the neighbor.
don k: I'm sure nobody wants animals to suffer or they wouldn't supplemental feed or water. This doesn't guarantee an easy shot either. There are few of us in my area that feed and water, without us some of these deer would be in trouble. Coming out of a 7 year drought we are in good shape for all this rain, but isn't good when it comes all at one time.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/22/16 05:29 PM
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16" of rain is a little more blessing than my neighbors needed for August. Can't harvest. Looks like it's going to cost us more time and money to fix washed out roads than it would to feed deer. I don't mind rain but 16" in 9 days is tough to deal with. I have 3 neighbors either stuck outside their place or stuck in their place. I haven't been able to get to mine but I was able to get on the tractor to get close enough to deliver supplies to the neighbor.
don k: I'm sure nobody wants animals to suffer or they wouldn't supplemental feed or water. This doesn't guarantee an easy shot either. There are few of us in my area that feed and water, without us some of these deer would be in trouble. Coming out of a 7 year drought we are in good shape for all this rain, but isn't good when it comes all at one time.
This is what I'm talking about. Rain is great however some soils can't take this much at one time. Don't mind me asking where about are you located where you got this much rain? I'm deeply sorry and hope everyone recovers
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Re: The rain ?
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08/22/16 06:47 PM
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16" of rain is a little more blessing than my neighbors needed for August. Can't harvest. Looks like it's going to cost us more time and money to fix washed out roads than it would to feed deer. I don't mind rain but 16" in 9 days is tough to deal with. I have 3 neighbors either stuck outside their place or stuck in their place. I haven't been able to get to mine but I was able to get on the tractor to get close enough to deliver supplies to the neighbor.
don k: I'm sure nobody wants animals to suffer or they wouldn't supplemental feed or water. This doesn't guarantee an easy shot either. There are few of us in my area that feed and water, without us some of these deer would be in trouble. Coming out of a 7 year drought we are in good shape for all this rain, but isn't good when it comes all at one time.
This is what I'm talking about. Rain is great however some soils can't take this much at one time. Don't mind me asking where about are you located where you got this much rain? I'm deeply sorry and hope everyone recovers Robertson County Tx.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/22/16 11:02 PM
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All in all, rain is better than no rain.
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Re: The rain ?
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08/23/16 10:49 AM
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Caught another 2 inches at the house and the radar showed the center going over the ranch, good chance it's 4x4 all day!
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