Creating a Lake

[wushaw]

Eddie, My theory on the loss of water in the tank is it has soaked in the ground and wants the ground has had its fill then you won't see any more drastic changes...only standard evaporation.

 

[Bird]

Yep, Eddie has about as big a private collection as I've seen. I supposed the biggest overall collection I've seen was the International Wildlife Museum in Tucson, AZ, and one of the most interesting, to me, is the Buckhorn Saloon & Museum in downtown San Antonio, TX. And I thought the Buckhorn was even better when it was on the grounds of the Lone Star Brewery in the '60s.

 

[3RRL]

I got a kick out of Pat's suggestion to put a water snake in the bucket. That would get Eddie's attention, knowing how he feels about snakes.

 

[EddieWalker]

David,

I never did make it to Fosters. I duck hunted on Grizzly Island quite a bit and was in the area, but never took the time to stop in. One of those "next time" scenerios. Now I regret it.

I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures. Kind of off topic, but she did kill her second hog in the lake bed during construction of it!!!

Eddie

 

[MarkV]

Talking taxidermy. Do any on you in the Denver area know of a restaurant that serves wild game and is the oldest existing saloon in Denver? It was by the rail road tracks and as I recall the story the miners would come to town by rail to drink up their pay for the week. They had hundreds of animals on the wall and a real interesting menu with history of the different events that had happened at this place. It was 25 years ago I was there and can’t come up with the name.

MarkV

 

[RobS]

Talking taxidermy. Do any on you in the Denver area know of a restaurant that serves wild game and is the oldest existing saloon in Denver? It was by the rail road tracks and as I recall the story the miners would come to town by rail to drink up their pay for the week. They had hundreds of animals on the wall and a real interesting menu with history of the different events that had happened at this place. It was 25 years ago I was there and can’t come up with the name.

MarkV

If it's the placeI recall, it's The Buckhorn Exchange. Was about 25 years ago for me too. Great place though, somewhere I have a pic of my climbing buddy and I in front of it. First place I ever had elk and have loved it ever since!

 

[patrick_g]

International Wildlife Museum in Tucson, AZ.

I'd have to see Eddie's collection in person to render a final judgement but if it comes close to the Tucson Wildlife it is a vast treasure.


That resturant... isn't that where PETA has its annual awards ceremony?

Pat

 

[MarkV]

If it's the placeI recall, it's The Buckhorn Exchange. Was about 25 years ago for me too. Great place though, somewhere I have a pic of my climbing buddy and I in front of it. First place I ever had elk and have loved it ever since!

Thanks Rob, that is the place I was thinking of. Buckhorn came to mind but I was afraid that because Bird mentioned the place in AZ.

Well Eddie I do hope my post has helped with your lake.

MarkV

 

[RobJ]

Well, it would be funny to sneak into Eddies pond and drain out water from the bucket.... or add more....

jb

add more to the bucket..eddie is pretty smart, he might figure that out. how about we add water to the lake at night!! with no rain. hehehe i'll bring my pump.

 

[patrick_g]

I don't recall the name of the movie but one of the gags was a guy with a VW Bug who was really I-N-T-O gas economy. His neighbor and neighbor's son used to sneak over and put gas in his tank which gave him high mileage calcs and an ear to ear grin but he was nearly suicidal when they took the extra gas back.

Now I wonder why I thought of that?

Pat

 

[bmac]

I'm just a small time collector that's had a little luck in what I've been able to do. Maybe when things work out, I'll be able to go on trips again, but for now, it's not possible.

Eddie

Well, Eddie, I've got an idea to remedy that problem. Let's see, you're going to have a game preserve at the park. Due to the size, it will only support a limited number of animals. So, you order whatever species you ultimately want to add to your trophy collection, let them graze and enjoy life on the preserve for a while. When you are ready to make a change in the preserve herd, you just "take" whichever one you want to add next to the trophy collection. This way, you have periodic variety in the preserve collection for your return guests (who wants to see the same animals year after year?), you get to add to your trophy collection, and you save the time and expense of traveling all over the world to get your trophies.

Now, I know what you are thinking - "What's the sport in taking animals that are in a fenced pen?". OK, here's the twist. You do it with your bare hands - no weapons. Custom ordered trophies, tremendous sporting opportunity, no travel. What's not to like? AND you could even charge your guests to watch you wrestle the game to the ground. So, we now have added income.

You can thank me later for this brilliant idea.

 

[EddieWalker]

Hi Bmac,

The best part of the collection is the travel to get the animals. Shooting a Chamois on top of a mountain in the Southern Alps of New Zealand is way better than taking one in a preserve. Not that I'm agains preserve hunting, my Axis deer is from one in the Texas Hill Country. It's just that each trip is an adventure with the killing of an animal as the goal, but it's never required.

I've hunted for moose in Alaska twice without shooting one. Both trips were awesome and I can't wait to go again. If I don't see one big enough for the collection, then I'll come home empty handed again.

I found that collecting is more about the total adventure than just killing something. I can do that here if I wanted to, but in four years, I have never killed a deer on my land. I'd rather see a HUGE buck walking around out in the open more than I'd want to shoot him.

The preserve for the RV Park is the same thing. It's what got me onto the idea of building the RV Park. I've been asking myself the same question for years. How can I have some pet exotic animals and afford the land and taking care of them? The answer came to me when I combined that idea with owning an RV Park. One feeds off the other.

My animals will die of old age in my preserve. They will be single *** and selected on their ability to live in my climate and survive primarily on grass and hay. I'll supliment there feed with minerals and other forage, but grass will be the main thing for them to eat.

Of the speicies I'm looking at, I have most of them already in my collection.

Eddie

 

[patrick_g]

What is wrong with allowing primitive weapons made on site by the hunter. Maybe a rock tied to a stick with strips of bark or similar... primitive bow atlatl or whatever.

Pat

 

[Hagar]

I don't recall the name of the movie but one of the gags was a guy with a VW Bug who was really I-N-T-O gas economy. His neighbor and neighbor's son used to sneak over and put gas in his tank which gave him high mileage calcs and an ear to ear grin but he was nearly suicidal when they took the extra gas back.

Now I wonder why I thought of that?

Pat

I believe it was "World according to Garp"

 

[3RRL]

I believe it was "World according to Garp"

Perhaps, but I thought it was Disney movie? They added gas so when he checked his mileage it was astronomical and the next time, siphoned some out and it would blow his mind.

 

[EddieWalker]

I don't recall the name of the movie but one of the gags was a guy with a VW Bug who was really I-N-T-O gas economy. His neighbor and neighbor's son used to sneak over and put gas in his tank which gave him high mileage calcs and an ear to ear grin but he was nearly suicidal when they took the extra gas back.

Pat

I saw that on Gomer Pyle. They gave Gomer extra gas and he was getting unbelievable mileage, but when the Seargant had the car, they took out gas and he had terrible mileage. Lots of laughs.

Not funny for a lake owner!!!!!!

Eddie

 

[Bird]

If it's the placeI recall, it's The Buckhorn Exchange. Was about 25 years ago for me too. Great place though, somewhere I have a pic of my climbing buddy and I in front of it. First place I ever had elk and have loved it ever since!

I'd never heard of the Buckhorn Exchange but it sounds like an interesting place.

 

[midlf]

I'd never heard of the Buckhorn Exchange but it sounds like an interesting place.

The Buckhorn Exchange is a very interesting place. If you are ever in Denver give it a try. Bring your wallet, full. Way more animals on the wall than Eddie's shop. The more interesting features of the place from historic times are no longer in operation. That was the upstairs "hospitality" operation.

Agree that their elk is very good.