My South Texas ranch isn't located near any public roads. The nearest is roughly six miles away. I got a call Sunday morning from a neighbor saying a bunch of fences and gates in the area had been driven through. There had been a chase that went off-road several miles south. Mine was probably one of them.
I happened to be working on some fencing on my home place so loaded my stuff up and headed south. My buddy who owns the ranch door came down as well. Here is the first spot we found on the north fence.
We were able to get the gate bent back good enough to close up the spot. Then went looking for the breach in the south fence. We checked the gates but all of them were still hanging. So back we went to following their tracks. The looked like they dead ended into a wall of brush.
From the other side it was hard to tell that anything had come through. Going around to the other side we found the spot.
The neighbor from that ranch had hooked a strap and pulled it back up before we got there. Just amazing how they can drive through a fence and keep going. And going through that wall of brush and not punching a tire. The truck was found on another neighbors ranch where it went into a dry creek but didn't come out. They went through at least 10 gates/fences and covered at least 10 miles off-road. I wish I knew what kind of tires were on that truck!
It really burns me that I about to send this worthless government a fat check in about two weeks. It's their job to control the border. Maybe I should deduct what the expenses will be to fix what all they broke.
I happened to be working on some fencing on my home place so loaded my stuff up and headed south. My buddy who owns the ranch door came down as well. Here is the first spot we found on the north fence.
We were able to get the gate bent back good enough to close up the spot. Then went looking for the breach in the south fence. We checked the gates but all of them were still hanging. So back we went to following their tracks. The looked like they dead ended into a wall of brush.
From the other side it was hard to tell that anything had come through. Going around to the other side we found the spot.
The neighbor from that ranch had hooked a strap and pulled it back up before we got there. Just amazing how they can drive through a fence and keep going. And going through that wall of brush and not punching a tire. The truck was found on another neighbors ranch where it went into a dry creek but didn't come out. They went through at least 10 gates/fences and covered at least 10 miles off-road. I wish I knew what kind of tires were on that truck!
It really burns me that I about to send this worthless government a fat check in about two weeks. It's their job to control the border. Maybe I should deduct what the expenses will be to fix what all they broke.
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