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Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
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09/03/17 04:57 PM
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nocknload
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I am so bummed. Haven't gone out this weekend due to gas shortage. How many are hating themselves by doing the right thing by staying home???
Last edited by nocknload; 09/03/17 04:58 PM.
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6877270
09/03/17 05:42 PM
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Old_Town
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We stayed home. I am hunting about 10 miles from the house tis weekend
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6877302
09/03/17 06:36 PM
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8pointdrop
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All the gas is gone in Texas and there are no birds anywhere. Everybody should just stay home.
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6877431
09/03/17 09:21 PM
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reeltexan
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Came and went as we pleased. Gas everywhere we went. Going again tomorrow. Gas everywhere I went today, the price is even coming down.
TV bad. Dove hunting good. GO.
"If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6877472
09/03/17 10:31 PM
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Wacm
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We left Dripping Springs on Thursday night after we all got off work. We saw all the cars at gas stations on our way out of town. We just figured it was crazy Austin folks. The media has done a number on people these days. You don't know what to believe anymore. So we roll out and decide we will fill up in Llano. When we get to Llano we were low on diesel. Like 20 miles to empty low. We pulled over in the middle of town and start calling gas stations. We find one 18 miles away but my bro was scared to run his truck out of diesel cause it will damage the truck. We had a friend with us who had triple A so we called and waited a few hours. While the tow drove in from Liberty Hill area. Tow driver said it's been a crazy night lots of wrecks from people sitting on the side of the road with their lights off. We just made sandwiches on the tailgate in the Lowes Market parking lot. We had to unhitched the trailer so the truck could be towed to the station. I waited with my UTV while my bro was towed. While waiting were approached by all sorts of weird people while we waited. Amazing how much attention we got by drunks while we waited. When my bro got back we headed toward Abilene calling stations as we drove. Turns out Colman and anywhere North of there had plenty of fuel. Everyone was so happy to see us.
So we hunted and did everything we wanted to do. Had a great time. Shot limits every day. Now we are headed home and I've been calling around to make sure. Turns out Llano still has no diesel. We filled up in Brady and that will get us home.
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6877486
09/03/17 10:55 PM
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Txduckman
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Lots of places still out today. Drove down 287 and didnt see any places with gas. Luckily I didn't need any. Bucees looked out too. Only had a few pumps open on Friday.
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6877516
09/03/17 11:30 PM
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Halfadozen
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Plenty of fuel out in Parker and Palo Pinto counties.
Freedom is a fragile thing ...Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again. -- Ronald Reagan
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6877524
09/03/17 11:43 PM
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Stayed home. Ain't been hunting yet. I worked on my cars this weekend, which is another hobby that I enjoy.
I need to go hunting because I've researched enough Jeep projects to 'bout bankrupt me this weekend and started a few. Worse yet, bought parts for a few more.
Every station I've passed with gas today was full of cars, with maybe a couple folks waiting.
Thought for the day: Ducks were almost hunted to extinction long before camo was invented.
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6877802
09/04/17 11:07 AM
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Guy
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I am so bummed. Haven't gone out this weekend due to gas shortage. How many are hating themselves by doing the right thing by staying home??? There was never a shortage of gas. The issue is everyone panicked, driven by social media (posts like this) and rushed to fill their tank. If everyone acted normal, including going dove hunting if they wanted to, there would not have been an issue. Where I was in west Texas I never saw a line. From what I heard from my wife in Dallas on Friday all stations were out of gas, 2 days later no problem finding gas, so it is getting better now that everyone filled their tank. Most people fill their tank once a week, so if everyone rushes to fill their tank same day you will always have this problem. Not only that, everyone fill up the gas cans in their garage, and bought all the gas cans at Home Depot and filled them up too.
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: Txduckman]
#6877812
09/04/17 11:38 AM
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Guy
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Lots of places still out today. Drove down 287 and didnt see any places with gas. Luckily I didn't need any. Bucees looked out too. Only had a few pumps open on Friday. Check link below to see where there is gas. If I search for Dallas, 75 to 80 percent of the sations have gas. http://tracker.gasbuddy.com/MobileSearch.aspx
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6877828
09/04/17 12:19 PM
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I hope the publicly flog the outfit, or individual who started this gas craze thats sweeping all across texas, LA, Ark.... Engineer friend who works at Mobil says there is not shortage, fact is theres too much gas, soon refineries are going to switch to winter blend, yes price my jump for a short on that, prior to storm, demand was down, vacations winding down, people doing less driving. Supply and demand rules!
Now we are all effected!, now some clown purchased all the Ag diesel we buy in Brenham for your haying tractors, bailers.
What a wonderfull world of having a panic attack!
"Buy more ammo, save it for a rainy day."
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6878261
09/04/17 09:29 PM
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claypool
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There as no gas shortage. Therefore no impact.
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6878298
09/04/17 10:32 PM
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pervis
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The birds heard about it so they panicked and left too. No gas keep moving!
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: pervis]
#6878331
09/04/17 11:20 PM
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Buzzsaw
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The birds heard about it so they panicked and left too. No gas keep moving! Ha ha !! you're right
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: Guy]
#6878333
09/04/17 11:21 PM
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Buzzsaw
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I am so bummed. Haven't gone out this weekend due to gas shortage. How many are hating themselves by doing the right thing by staying home??? There was never a shortage of gas. The issue is everyone panicked, driven by social media (posts like this) and rushed to fill their tank. If everyone acted normal, including going dove hunting if they wanted to, there would not have been an issue. Where I was in west Texas I never saw a line. From what I heard from my wife in Dallas on Friday all stations were out of gas, 2 days later no problem finding gas, so it is getting better now that everyone filled their tank. Most people fill their tank once a week, so if everyone rushes to fill their tank same day you will always have this problem. Not only that, everyone fill up the gas cans in their garage, and bought all the gas cans at Home Depot and filled them up too. pretty much true !!! Allsups in Throckmorton had gas all weekend
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#6878369
09/04/17 11:45 PM
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bobcat1
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I am so bummed. Haven't gone out this weekend due to gas shortage. How many are hating themselves by doing the right thing by staying home??? There was never a shortage of gas. The issue is everyone panicked, driven by social media (posts like this) and rushed to fill their tank. If everyone acted normal, including going dove hunting if they wanted to, there would not have been an issue. Where I was in west Texas I never saw a line. From what I heard from my wife in Dallas on Friday all stations were out of gas, 2 days later no problem finding gas, so it is getting better now that everyone filled their tank. Most people fill their tank once a week, so if everyone rushes to fill their tank same day you will always have this problem. Not only that, everyone fill up the gas cans in their garage, and bought all the gas cans at Home Depot and filled them up too. pretty much true !!! Allsups in Throckmorton had gas all weekend Same for the Graham Walmart. They never ran out of gas. Diesel they did though.
Bobby Barnett
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6878416
09/05/17 12:30 AM
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cy100
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Met few hunters than normal in the opening day, even the second day. The far we were from Austin, the more stations had gas We decided to go and got limit in the opening morning, Then, I filled my tank at Taylor before headed back and saw few stations had gas in Liberty Hill as well. No need to be panic.
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: Buzzsaw]
#6878429
09/05/17 12:40 AM
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Guy
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Allsups in Throckmorton had gas all weekend Allsups Stamford ran out of burritos sunday, some city slicker bought them all the guy said!
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: nocknload]
#6878878
09/05/17 02:38 PM
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LarryCopper
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Once I got to Decatur and points heading west there was no problem. Drove from Seymour to Snyder, too, and didn't have any problems. Luckily I had 3/4 tank when the "crisis" set in so I knew I could get out far enough. I did call a gas station in Wichita Falls before I left Thursday to check on them. The lady I spoke to had no idea why I was even asking.
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: Guy]
#6879116
09/05/17 06:35 PM
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john paul
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Allsups in Throckmorton had gas all weekend Allsups Stamford ran out of burritos sunday, some city slicker bought them all the guy said! I would kill for an Allsup's chimichanga right now. There was no gas crisis or dove here. After helping out with flood victims all week we snuck out Sunday and saw 4 dove in 2 hours. It was just nice to get out and relax.
I'm with GK because I like salty old dudes.
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Re: Opening Day impact by GAS shortage
[Re: Guy]
#6879154
09/05/17 07:04 PM
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zaptorque
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Lots of places still out today. Drove down 287 and didnt see any places with gas. Luckily I didn't need any. Bucees looked out too. Only had a few pumps open on Friday. Check link below to see where there is gas. If I search for Dallas, 75 to 80 percent of the sations have gas. http://tracker.gasbuddy.com/MobileSearch.aspx for what it's worth - I tried using GasBuddy yesterday to find gas near me in Austin. The first 7 stations I tried that GasBuddy said had gas did not have any...
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