timbercruiser and bruce_smith60 yes, most (90%) is my land and the ajoining land is farmers that I know well. We have talked and they had nothing to do with this, so they say, I believe them. Time now is against me along with the coming elements. Today the swamp is down so far that the time for it to recover will be long. The heavy rains we've had over the last several days over come the dam and washed most of away. The amount of fish I just found just alittle while ago is devastating and made me about puke. It just makes me sick.
I have some family in Chatham Co. that are bringing me 4 beavers this weekend (Friday) they have trapped recently but the damage is done.
DNR will take a few days to send someone to evaluate the area before they would deliver is the way I understood them this morning. I'm still going to let them come but, as I said the damage is already done.
It hurts my heart. Its not just me you see, we have the church youth group that comes here regularly to spend time just to watch these geese come and go. It absolutely blows some of them away to see real nature at its finest, live, not on TV. They come here to fish, hunt, and campout here. This has been going on for the last 3 years. My family and I took over 2 years to get this area clear enough to do these things for the kids man. Alot of them look foward to "Mr.Tony's Outback Retreats". Its not 10,000 acres of prime land but 60-65 acres of swamp water that backs up to 121 acres hard woods and fields covers alot of area when stetched out.
It just hurts, really hurts my heart. <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>
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