Congrats. Hope the new life is grand! And it helps the Cowboys! Man do they need it......

Congratulations! Let the good times begin!

Congraulations Ryan...I can tell you after 25 years of marriage a Godly wife is one of the greatest blessings a man could have.

ryan, after 20 years....my wife karen is STILL my best friend..i hope you will be able to say the same 20 years from now....congrats

Buzzard,

I understand your concerns but as the old timers will tell you there is always another side to each and every story. I have hunted with Ryan out at Doc's for close to 10 years now. It has really only been in the last few years that there has been any "friction" with the horse owners on the place. For example, the the crazy lady in the blue Chrysler van that was driving around the pasture honking her horn and chasing the horses while doing donuts in the grass the Friday after thanksgiving this year. And that is after driving past by me as I clearly sat in my stand  with rifle in hand. Her reason was that she wanted to show her grandson how the horses could run. We are not even sure she has a horse boarded on the place. Or how about the two eldery gentlemen who walked over to me, while talking loudly, asking me if I was seeing anything; chasing the only deer I had seen away. They stood around talking for 30  minutes. One of them even decided to do me a favor and took a piss right next to my stand. Then they walked out into the pasture between me and the feeder and looked at the flowers for another 10 minutes before walking on down toward the river. And best of all, how about the lady who brought her grandkids out with her and let them run all over the place while screaming like little banshees while waving to me in my stand. Yep, there is always two sides to every story.

Denny

Denvas Keep the sun to your back and the wind in your face.

Wow. Denny, thank you for clearing that up.  Glad I had someone else there to wittness that. 

As someone who is out on the Brazos river several days a week for the past 10 years, I can tell you that the number of gunshots reached a fevered pitch Thanksgiving weekend.  Mostly because it was one of the biggest hunting weekends of the year and does were legal to take that weekend.  Most of the gunfire came from across the river and surrounding pastures.  Only one round was fired by me, or anyone I was with, and that was at a Russian boar that had made quite a hand at rooting up the pasture.  95% of the meat went into Doc's freezer, I kept 1 tenderloin and ate it that night, it was quite good.  Also, he was NOT shot at a feeder, he was coming out of the river bottom into the pasture in broad daylight.

The hogs root up the grass, tear up fences, and do all sorts of other damage to the pasture.  Unfortunately, they are a fact of life in Texas now and they have to be controlled as best as possible.

I have sat and observed, unseen, the various people who own horses driving around the pasture, honking, yelling etc and never made mention of it.  I've sat still as riders rode right by me never knowing I was there.  I've seen folks who are supposed to be horse people totally disreguard anything remotely resembling horsemanship or respect for others.  I was raised around horses, I got my own when I was seven years old and have rode them in my service to the State of Texas.  I know a thing or two about horses.  Mini-vans honking in the pasture is NOT how you gather your horses, it may work for yours but there are about 25 others out there for you to consider.

I also have a news flash for you, those horses OFTEN bolt and take off running for no apparent reason what so ever. No sudden sounds, no one in the pasture, no gun shots, no planes flying over, nothing. However, they will OFTEN will stand perfectly still after a shot is fired.  Some of them have approached my location after I've fired a shot. 

I've also seen the "training" that goes on.  Most of those horses go unridden for months at a time.  Spend a little more time with your animal being a quiet and calming horse owner instead of a disruptive one.  Gunshots do not affect the training of an animal, I've fired a weapon from horseback many times.  The handling and care of a horse is what makes him "rideable", not my deer hunting.

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Buzzard if you don't like it than move your horses elsewhere, no need to talk garbage this is a hunting site not your personal whinning site. Sounds like Mr. Campbell has done alot for the land owner. Just what have you done to improve the land that your horses are grazing on.

Rusty,

No,I didn't actually talk the to lady who was driving the van myself. However, she was gracious enough to stop by Doc's house and talk with him. According to Doc she apologized and asked Doc to apologize to us for driving around in his field while honking her horn. As far as the horn honking for the last 25 years to draw the horses in to be fed, I call LIE!!! Each person that has their horses out at Doc is respobsible for feeding their own horses, not everyone else's. That is why they all come out to feed at different time. Over years of going out to Doc's to hunt, vist or simply do some work for Doc on the place I have only seen someone honking for their horses two times. Most of the horse owners are cool with the hunting that is going on out there. The interaction between these horse owners and the hunters has actually been on a very friendly basis. It sounds like you have a bitter attitude that is due to a lot more than someone having permission to hunt on land owned by someone else that you have no control over. I do hope that one day you are able to find what ever it is you are searching for that will five you happiness in life.

Denny

Denvas Keep the sun to your back and the wind in your face.

Rusty,

After following through these posts for the last 30 minutes or so its time to give it a rest...rather than create a safety hazard sounds to me like Ryan's tried his best to honor and help this this older landowner, an example we all could follow. 

On this thread he's talking about getting engaged and here you are trashing him for no apparent reason.  Pretty sad to me.

Rusty, congrats on the engagement!  Buzzard, Buzz off!

rusty your a dumb ass