Recent content by twraska
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Have a single seater, son has a double seater, no cab, just a windshield. We use them on the farm and abuse em when we are irrigating. So far they have been relatively trouble free, with only one fuel pump taking a dump for no apparent reason. They’re smooth for slow work like spot spraying...- twraska
- Post #7
- Forum: Hunting Rigs - Truck Talk
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And there go the prairie potholes....
And you realize I said the birds here relied on the gleanings from grain harvest to come in the area right??? You added a whole lot of other things.- twraska
- Post #103
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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And there go the prairie potholes....
You do realize that nothing is tiled in this area,,,, right????- twraska
- Post #101
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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And there go the prairie potholes....
Well, you obviously have your OPINION and I have mine. Looks like we will have to agree to disagree on this. But you also brought up the prairie chicken refuge. There are many other factors leading to their decline, mainly predators eating the eggs.- twraska
- Post #97
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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And there go the prairie potholes....
My point, there were not the big numbers of birds there before the rice. BTW, the rice came in pre-WW2 with the big expansion during the war. POW labor was used to help expand the canal system.- twraska
- Post #83
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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And there go the prairie potholes....
I’ve lived in the area for 66 years. Maybe you need to take a look at the bigger picture. Now for you saying that other factors are in play, I don’t deny that, but this whole discussion has been how bad crop farming is for waterfowl, and that is not the case. Crop farm helps feed the birds.- twraska
- Post #79
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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And there go the prairie potholes....
I don’t have the time to explain all the dynamics of water movement in soil. But basically think of it as having a drain in the side of a barrel. You start putting water in the barrel, water won’t run out until it gets to the hole in the side. You might get a splash out before that by at ripples...- twraska
- Post #75
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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And there go the prairie potholes....
This decline was over a decade.- twraska
- Post #73
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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And there go the prairie potholes....
You need to study soil science before you go and make statements that are incorrect. The tile doesn’t run water until the soil profile is saturated anbove the level of the tile and even then it only lowers the water level in the very top of the soil.- twraska
- Post #70
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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And there go the prairie potholes....
Well, believe what you want, but decline in rice acres coincides with decline in birds here. How often do you see geese landing in native tall grass prairie when there is a rice, corn or milo field with leftover grain from the combine? If you can’t see that I don’t know what to tell you. And...- twraska
- Post #69
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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And there go the prairie potholes....
It seems like the majority of folks here forget that without the grain loss that the waterfowl eat, there would be a lot less birds. Don’t believe me? Just come here to Eagle Lake, a town that used to call itself goose hunting capitol of the world. DU built ponds all over the prairie but drought...- twraska
- Post #51
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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And there go the prairie potholes....
A lot of bold statements painted with a very broad brush in the replies. So just a couple of things so y’all know and don’t sound foolish. There are different types of wetlands as defined by NRCS and Corps of Engineers. Some cannot be touched without mitigation, making another wetland to take...- twraska
- Post #31
- Forum: Public Land Issues
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Are Irrigation Canals Public Access Points?
Not in Texas, must be considered a navigable stream. However, even if it dry, but considered navigable, you can walk down it. I don’t think it’s legal to hunt a riverbed, and I know for certain you can’t shoot across or have your bullet leave the ground you have permission to hunt.- twraska
- Post #55
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Are Irrigation Canals Public Access Points?
The only correct answer would need to know the location and ownership. Some here in Texas are open to hunting, some are private property (even though they cross public roads) and some are irrigation district owned but still no access allowed.- twraska
- Post #19
- Forum: Fireside (A Place for Friends)
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Texas congressman introduces plan to create National Recreation Area along Gulf Coast
I sure hope you are correct on this.- twraska
- Post #9
- Forum: Public Land Issues
