Creating a Lake

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Had some color in the sky tonight. Ponds are really good for pictures!!!!

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Eddie
 
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Eddie - How does Oscar feel about those feral hogs being in his territory?
 
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Hey Eddie,
Looks like you need to start pointing and shooting with a smoke pole! Those sows can have up to 3 litters per year and have up to 12 or 13 per litter.
Your sunset shots are some of the best I have seen. Must be a great way to distress at the end of a long day!
Mike
 
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Eddie - How does Oscar feel about those feral hogs being in his territory?

He doesn't seem to care about them at all. I've seen him hit their sent and he's worked the area like a dog might, but then he loses interest and wonders off in another direction. He likes to follow us around on our walks, so if we get too far away, he will run to catch up. He is a very odd animal!!! LOL

Eddie
 
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He doesn't seem to care about them at all. I've seen him hit their sent and he's worked the area like a dog might, but then he loses interest and wonders off in another direction. He likes to follow us around on our walks, so if we get too far away, he will run to catch up. He is a very odd animal!!! LOL

Eddie

Oscar doesn't think he is a pig. LOL You are his "herd" and that's that.
 
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After sitting in my deer blind this morning without seeing anything, I went for a walk around Lake Marabou and took a few pics.

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Eddie
 
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Eddie - Is that the lake Marabou monster and child in the sun pics? They appear to be heading to the island. :eek: :laughing:
 
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Fall in East Texas at Lake Marabou

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The water level is still down from two summers ago when it was 100 degrees or more for three months. That was devastating, but then we didn't get very much for rain the following year. In the past couple of months, we've received a few good rains and the water level is coming back up and it's starting to look nice again. I'm still four feet low, so maybe winter will be good to me?

Eddie
 
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My how the time flies. Just seemed like yesterday you were starting out. I think your vegetation is making a great comeback. It sure takes a long time, and about a thousand feet of my dike is still bare and this is five years old. I know the spoils came from salt water, but five years and it is barely beginning...great pictures, and I wonder how Oscar is doing? Tony
 
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Hey Tony,

Oscar is doing great. He's almost 500 pounds and content to relax all day and night.

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I've enjoyed seeing what grows around the pond, but I also struggle with some of the undesirable plants. Nutsedge was really bad at first, but now I've got it under control with chemicals. I also have Johnson Grass coming up and I have to spray it or it spreads and takes over. Two of my really nice oaks fell over a couple months ago. No reason, they where close to the dam, but not at the edge of it like some of the trees I expected to die are. Of those, I've lost a couple, but most are doing fine. What's really amazing is seeing the water plants that show up because none where there before I started building the pond. Obviously the birds bring them in there when they visit. It makes me wonder what will be next?

Have you posted any pics of your pond lately?

Eddie
 

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