Double B Ranch - 2025 - July through November

Here's pics and vids from another five months of ranch visits. Jacqui and I have been lucky enough to have the kids join us a few times. And with the weather being as nice as it has been, we enjoyed a lot of outside activities. Good old family fun. I'll start with a few pics from my trail cam and after that pics from our river trip down the Llano - setting up a new blind - clearing some views....and well.....just the usual stuff. It's pretty big update, so grab a cold one, sit back and enjoy.

Here's something I don't see often - a big crane and a deer enjoy a drink together.

I've had my eye on this guy. A nice looking 9 point (or more?) with drop tine. Note the date

Nothing special - I just thought the lighting was pretty

Turkey!

Yep - he's still around

Here he is in the day light

And look at this nice 10 point!

Hey big guy!

Another odd pairing of animals - pigs and crows

What is going on here?

Mr drop tine again, looks like he may have more points on his brow tine

OK - enough trail cam pics! Here are some pictures from when Austin was with us. He and my brother helped me set up my new two person "blind with a view".

That ain't going anywhere

Bill helps me tip it into position

Hard to see but we are using the wench on the Polaris to pull the stand into place

My new favorite place at the ranch

"The View"
I put the new two person blind on one of the few 'high spots' on our property with a view

CLICK HERE to see Video #1 - the view from the blind (before clearing any cedar)

My other favorite place at the ranch
Jacqui and I enjoy the dipping pool with Reese puppy

The deer are still in the felt stage

Nice young buck

After the July rains, the yard was overdue to be mowed

A picture never really does it justice
Also, notice the burn piles and cedar. I will clear that out and move the feeder to the right of the tree in center frame

I got 'em, and he went that way
But those damn pigs are tough, and I never did find 'em

Reese!!!

Another sunset view from the new two person blind

Let's make some drinks and hang out at the dipping pool again!

We had so much fun our first time, we decided to kayak down the Llano river again.
This time, it was Jacqui, Lauren and I with Bill, Ilonka, Trey, Blake, and also Tim, Kathy and Grace

Hey Jacqui!

Y'all wait up!

Love your hat Bill!

CLICK HERE to see Video #2 - Floating down the Llano River

Lauren soaks up the sun

It was a beautiful day

Why am I always last?

Later that night, we got all dressed up for the big event - the Junction, TX Rodeo!

The prettiest cowgirls around

CLICK HERE to see Video #3 - A funny video of the crazy calf scramble

It really was a neat place for a rodeo, and I loved the small town charm

Lauren works from the ranch while Baily looks for deer

Some don't seem to mind me much when I'm refilling the feeders

CLICK HERE to see Video #4 - The deer son't seem to mind me much

Finally got around to borrowing this trencher attachment from my brother
I needed to bury the wires from the landscape lighting

Pretty handy - makes digging small trenches a breeze

A tiny picnic table?
No, I made a stand for the solar panels that power the waterfall

That's not a bad looking waterfall if I don't say so myself

A couple pictures from when I re-stained the front porch

Kayaking the Llano again??
Yes - this time it was just Jacqui, Lauren, Austin and myself.
Austin hadn't gone - so we talked him into it

Hello family!!!

Austin - my man!

Hello Beautiful!

Oh gosh - suck in!

Good times!

Again, I somehow get left behind...

Ah - hello Lauren

Relaxing at the dipping pool after a long day on the river

A very foggy morning

We met up with Tim and Kathy for a day out on Canyon Lake

Austin rode the tube!

CLICK HERE to see Video #5 - Austin flips the tube

CLICK HERE to see Video #6 - Austin catches some air

And even this old man rode around a bit - wooohooo!

CLICK HERE to see Video #7 - I'm not too old to try

Back on the ranch, something always breaks.
As I was clearing, I hit a branch that separated this hydraulic hose

Yeah, that's not good

Doing some clearing to improve this view - removed the 1st burn pile in front of those cedar.bushes

Now working to clear the second burn pile

Sometimes, you gotta show 'em who's the boss
This laptop decided to stop working for me
I showed him

And I showed these two pigs a thing or two also - heheheh

If the cedar. is small enough, you can rip it out without having to use a chainsaw

The second burn pile is gone

And here is where I'm dumping everything

YeeHaw!

Looking much better

CLICK HERE to see Video #8 - the view from the blind after clearing

A clean tractor

Now I've moved the feeder to a better spot

CLICK HERE to see Video #9 - the buck is nice, but the star of the show is the view

Reese loves going to the ranch

She pretty much hangs with me wherever we go

Deer at the feeder

I decided to sand and oil the old Cobb porch swing

Looks like I have a leak....darnit

A truck drove by, and the dust looked like fog

This guy came by just strolling along

Y'all come back now - ya hear!