Monday, July 30, 2012

Looking Good





Pictured are some of the 2012 bucks.  I see that I need to set the current date on some of my cameras.  I haven't been running them for a few months.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

What does a dog do?




On a hot day after a good run through the pasture, Ella jumps in a water trough for a cooling soak.

Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Proud Property Owner



Sandra stands at the entry gate to her "SL" Ranch.  Nice colors on the gate too, think?  WhoooooHooo!

Co-Pilot


My companion, Ella.  I told Sandra that one of the things I like about her is she has brown eyes.  I started to name her "Chula".  We call her our "wild child".

Saturday, June 02, 2012

Ella my "deer" dog


Here is Ella my daily companion.  I'm talking to her while taking this picture and she cocks her head like she is trying to understand what I'm saying.  She is a Blackmouth Curr and shows all of the characteristics of her breed.  I think she will make a good one.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

"Shiner"

 Pictured is Shiner before the rut.  Then................. after the rut.


Thursday, January 12, 2012

Some Poth family history

 My Poth ancestors came to Texas and the United States by ship and landed at Indianola, Texas.  There they traveled by foot to the Guadalupe Valley near Yoakum, Texas, and settled on fertile land that became known as the Hochheim Prairie.
The picture above shows St. Ann's Catholic Church which was built on land that was donated by my Great Grandfather and his wife, Jacob and Anna Poth.
This stone is erected in the center of a burial plot where some of my family are buried.
This stone marks the grave of Jacob Poth who served in the Confederate Army.  As a kid, I remember traveling to reunions held near the above church and meeting cousins, both close and distant. Some even had the last name of "Leissner", my Grandmother's maiden name.  She had a brother named Ferdinand Leissner for whom my Father, Leissner Ferdinand Poth, is named.  Now Levi is the fourth in the line. And I'm betting that the four of us, Dad, Me, Lex, and Levi are the only four who have been on this earth.

Now, like Paul Harvey used to say, you know the rest of the story.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Sprinkle out some corn and wait for the bucks to show



Even though he looks like he is artificial, the buck facing left IS alive...he is focused on something interesting in the brush to the left.  The other buck is not concerned about what his compadre sees.









Thursday, December 08, 2011

Levi is 1 Month Old!!

Check out how Levi is growing!  You can tell he is a contented and happy baby boy!  He weighed 8 pounds and 7 ounces at birth and now, at one month, is 10 pounds and 13 ounces; also, he has stretched out from 21 inches at birth to 23 inches already!  He is doing so well!