 
        Ted Dantzler
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	U.S. Beef Industry in absolute crisisTed Dantzler replied to Horn Under a Bad Sign's topic in Daily Texan Side story - My dad grew up on a farm on the high plains before moving to the big city after college. We now have part of that farm and he is retired, he spends a lot of time out there and decided to buy 3 feeders at the local sale barn to put in one of our pens with about 40 acres of grass and water. The TLDR is 2 got sick, he called the vet out and got them shots, one died and the other 2 escaped when he went back to his big city home and he had to drive back to collect them. The whole experiment lasted less than a month before he took them back to the sale barn and sold them.
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	U.S. Beef Industry in absolute crisisTed Dantzler replied to Horn Under a Bad Sign's topic in Daily Texan As someone who has family in the beef/ranching industry but lives in a city its pretty simple. The high plains (where alot of cattle are raised and fed at feedlots) went through a really bad drought for a couple of years. Ranchers didn't have enough grass/feed to keep their cattle fed through the winter so they sold alot of them off because they couldn't feed them Decreased supply sent prices through the roof and now all the ranchers are selling their cows at high prices now instead of holding them back to rebuild their herds because prices are so high. If this was chicken or hogs it could correct itself pretty quickly due to gestation cycles but cows give birth once a year, do you hold your heifers back thinking prices will go even higher than now or sell them at the highest price you have ever seen?
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	Legacy SEC Teams Had to Prove It on The FieldTed Dantzler replied to Huckleberry's topic in Football My brother in Christ..."No need for us to carry other programs".....Texas just spent almost 30 years in the Big12 and won exactly one more title in the league than Kansas Fucking State.
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	When they get buried down in the grass they don't want to come out especially if the weather is bad. One time it had just snowed a dusting and I was hunting the edge of a corn field and CRP area. I saw some tracks lead into the CRP and followed them about 20 yards until they ended...Nothing, followed them back again and ended up in the same place. The dog didn't pick up anything and was milling around a different area. After about 30 seconds of pondering where the bird could be I decided to take a piss and the second I pulled my zipper down a bird flew up from about 1ft away and almost knocked my hat off with it's wings. I missed that one out of shock as well.....
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	I ended up getting 6 birds over a couple of days hunting solo with 1 dog and the highlight was definitely on Sunday. Went hunting in the morning and got one bird then decided to watch the chefs game. At halftime I decided to do a quick hunt across the street and ended up bagging 2 birds in 30 minutes before heading back inside to watch the second half. Token pic of the birds and the windbreak where all hell broke loose.
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	I was out in NWKS at our old family farm for the Pheasant opener 10 days ago. We have a large windbreak right behind the house that I hunt a couple of times a day because it's so close and takes 5 minutes but I rarely see any birds there, at most a single bird. I got in on a Friday night and it had rained all day into Saturday morning which apparently had the birds looking for shelter. When I woke up I made a cup of coffee then walked outside to get my gear ready when I started to hear a couple of cackles coming from behind the house. Sweet! An easy bird to start out the day! I grabbed my shotgun and started creeping around the house to the windbreak where the cackles were coming from. When I got to the woodpile all hell broke loose for about 20 seconds. There were birds flying out of tree tops, birds busting up from the ground, birds running across the road etc etc. Just complete pandemonium, maybe 15-30 birds total and lots of roosters. Guess how many I ended up getting? ZERO. Just complete panic, do I shoot that one, wait there's another, is that a hen or rooster, is that tree in the way, is that one too far now? I think I only shot twice and didn't hit anything.
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	Yes. We also have a windmill lease on our land, they ended up building the windmills a mile north and a mile south of our land so no actual windmills but they did bury a power line through our land next to the road. Since they didn't build any on our land they gave us an extra "good neighbor" bonus for having to look at them....I don't mind though. As far as I know the only condition is we can't build any structures over a certain height. From looking at neighbors land some of them have windmills and oil wells on the same section so I don't think that would be an issue. Token windmill sunset pic
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	Thanks for the input, definitely looks like we should be looking for more. My dad's going out there next week to talk to some neighbors etc to see if he can get any details of what is standard out there. For reference its 620 acres of pasture/cropland.
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	Hello Texas oil barons, it's an old big12 friend here with some questions. Is there something new going on in NW Kansas? My parents have owned the grandparents old place by Colby KS for 5+ years and just had a landman knock on their door in KC inquiring about leasing the land. Basic conditions seem to be $20 an acre upfront for the right to drill for 3 years and then 1/8 of the oil if they find any. Here is the company that would eventually end up with the rights https://www.jfredhambrightinc.com/ Is this a pretty standard lease agreement? We would have an attorney look over it before signing anything but just figured I'd see what the shaggy collective has to say. This map shows a record of every well in KS and while there are none immediately next to our land there are a couple about 2-3 miles away that average around 2k bbls per year. https://maps.kgs.ku.edu/oilgas/index.html
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	Game Week Thread Week 9, 2023: Kansas State @ TexasTed Dantzler replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football 
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	Game Week Thread Week 9, 2023: Kansas State @ TexasTed Dantzler replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football Jordy Nelson
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	Game Week Thread Week 9, 2023: Kansas State @ TexasTed Dantzler replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football Did you know that Kansas State's offense coordinator Collin Klein was a 2 star WR recruit and started his first collegiate game at QB against Texas in 2010? Collin went 2/4 passing for 9 yards (That was it, no one else threw a pass) and the Kansas State Wildcats won 39-14. Collin Klein went on to beat Texas 2 more times in 11/12 and has as many Big12 Football championships (As a player) as Ricky Williams, Vince Young and Colt McCoy. Collin Klein also has a Big12 Football championship as an OC last year (2022).
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	Ted Dantzler started following Hunting ‘23/‘24: Bag ‘em and Tag ‘em and Week 9, 2023: Kansas State @ Texas
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	Game Week Thread Week 9, 2023: Kansas State @ TexasTed Dantzler replied to Wulaw Horn's topic in Football Did you know that Kansas State has as many Big12 football Titles as Texas? Wow, crazy stat when you compare the relative prestige of the hayseed school on the plains to ultra elite rich good smelling smart Texas school.
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	Prairie rattler in NW KS while my dad was planting some wheat at the edge of the pasture. This one lived as it was well away from the house. I've seen a couple of rattlers out there but always in the crp or pasture well away from the house/out buildings. Only thing I have seen near the house/buildings are bull snakes.
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	What are your guys thoughts on CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease, basically mad cow but deer) in deer? I've never deer hunted but my family has some land in NW Kansas where I go pheasant hunting and I see plenty of deer while chasing birds. My concern is that 1/3 deer in that part of KS test positive for CWD and while there has been no transmission to humans yet maybe it takes like 10 years to develop or something. Anyways I'll probably kill a deer at some point but it's not on the top of the priority list. Last year while pheasant hunting I watched 2 bucks fighting in a Milo field long enough for me to walk up almost next to them with a dog...here is the winner.
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