Clyde Tipton

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1,800+

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Buc-ee's has more gas pumps than they have signatures. :lol:

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do they neigh with a Spanish accent?

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Si.

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Fort Polk (Kisatchie) Horses and Their Spanish DNA Background
The Fort Polk Kisatchie horses — also known as the Kisatchie, Peason Ridge, or “trespass horses” — are a small, wild herd living in the Kisatchie National Forest of Louisiana. They are not Mustangs but are believed to have originated from Spanish Colonial-era horses brought to the region during the 1700s HORSE NATION.

Spanish and Colonial Origins
Genetic and historical research suggests these horses descend from Spanish Barbs and other Spanish-derived breeds, possibly including North African Barb crosses that were prized in Europe for their intelligence, natural carriage, and hardiness HORSE NATION. These horses were highly valued in Colonial Spain and later in Louisiana before the Louisiana Purchase.

Genetic Uniqueness
Ongoing DNA analysis by the Pegasus Equine Guardian Association and experts like Dr. Gus Cothran of Texas A&M has shown that the Kisatchie horses carry markers consistent with the rare Colonial Spanish horse type, which is considered globally rare Facebook+1. This genetic diversity is seen as vital for health and adaptability.

Conservation Status
Because of their centuries-long presence and unique genetic profile, the Kisatchie horses are considered a “high priority to conserve” Facebook+1. They represent a living piece of North American equine history and may hold clues to the ancestry of the original horses in the continent.

Threats and Efforts
The U.S. Army, which occupied the area as Fort Polk (later Fort Johnson), has at times promoted their removal. Between 2018 and 2020, over 360 horses were removed under an Environmental Assessment HORSE NATION. Conservation groups are working to protect the remaining herd and raise awareness of their scientific and cultural significance.

In summary: The Fort Polk Kisatchie horses have a strong Spanish Colonial heritage, with DNA linking them to rare Spanish-Barb lineages. Their survival is critical for preserving a globally unique genetic resource and a piece of Louisiana’s and North America’s equine history

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My brothers and I went and fished it blind a few years ago, all of us caught one over 7lbs with big fish being 9.5lbs. Some folks at the ramp got skunked. It’s not a gigantic lake, but it’s still fishing not catching. Give yourself a long weekend if you want to be absolutely sure you’re gonna catch, but a guide will know what they’re doing at any given time.

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Good advice. I've been fishing it for years and never used a guide.

Yes, I've been skunked. But more often than not if you go for a weekend or longer 3 day trip you have good odds of catching a big slot fish. 16-24" is a ridiculous slot. Meaning it has a ton of "protected" 4-9 pounders. My personal best there was a 7 lbs 14 oz.



My buddy got sick one time so his dad filled in last minute and caught this nasty slaunch on Fork in the back of my boat. :lol:

Just shy of 10 pounds...

This smells like BS. Were the kids enrolled at the school having the graduation? Or were illegals being chased by ICE and decided to pull into a school parking lot think it was some sort of sanctuary?

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Wondering if people have recorded impacts? Never seen one on any media. Interesting.

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Not once.

Why don't we ever get the heads up to pull out a telescope and watch an impact?

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I might as I’m in Houston for work. Get released tomorrow and debating driving straight home or watching the game.

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I'm in Lufkin with the same situation/choice.

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How long do the quail usually live? Interesting idea to just kill them off every once in awhile, eat them?, and then start off new? The issue with chickens is they turn pets and stop being food/ livestock pretty quickly

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I wouldn’t clean a chicken if you paid me. They’re nasty. My mom has 14 laying hens and a rooster now. If they cull they just toss them. They’re not meat birds anyway.

As to quail, this is my 4th time raising some in the last 2 decades. I made a lot of mistakes. I’m getting it dialed in though. About a 15 bird covey is all I want to take care of. The guy I got my eggs this time from told me he has over 700 quail at any given time. :ahh:

Nice. I have 3 roosters and 11 hens right now. I’m pickling about 9 dozen every week and a half. I sell a dozen pickled in a half pint jar to friends and family and the demand is higher than I can keep up with.

The extra roosters I butchered I egg washed, rolled in flour and fried. Those are my personal stash, I don’t sell those.

It’s a fun hobby, but I can’t go out of town more than 3 days with the feed and water situation. I’m going to start collecting eggs to hatch June 15th, set the incubator on June 25th and butcher my remaining adults before we go to the beach for the week of the 4th of July. Eggs should hatch a week or so after we get back. So I don’t have to ask anyone to look after them while we are gone.

I got one Celedon egg layer. I did an experiment where I took out a different hen each afternoon and put her in a storage tote until she laid her egg. Regular egg layers got a pink zip tie band. After about the 6th one I finally figured her out and put a different color zip tie on her.

I boil my eggs in my shrimp pot so I can lower the basket and drop them all at once. I like to have my water boiling, drop them for 5 minutes, remove from burner but leave them in hot water for 5 minutes, then an ice bath for 10 minutes. That's the easiest peeling egg tip I got from a facebook group. I can peel one egg in under a minute.


Candied pickled beets and jalapeno pickled eggs...


Habanero, cayenne and crawfish boil spicy pickled eggs...


Some of my quail...


I have a light on a timer that kicks on at dusk and stays on for 4 hours so they get enought light to lay all year...

I remember those middle school dances.

The OG arse man. RIP

Caddo Lake


Lake Fork


Cross Lake