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KDixon
1952
Journal
Feb 2. Atascosa County to Bastrop County, Texas
Driving NE out of Seguin, I noted the first black-
jacked oak in the uplands approx. 3 miles NE of the
Town on U.S. Hgwy. 90. After a point 1 1/2 miles
beyond that point, deciduous oaks were the prominent
cover.
[Kingsbury, Guadalupe Co., Texas.] - snake (KLD
669 picked up on W edge of town on shaded side
of road -- cultivated fields in area.
At huling, we turned N on State Hgwy 29, then onto
farm road 86 and 20 heading toward Bastrop.
Area N of huling had some mesquite growth, but
somewhat stunted deciduous oaks the chief cover
over most of the route.
We reached Bastrop about 4:00 pm., called for
mail and then tried to locate the County Agent (Agric
Extension) Mr. D.B. McCombs. We eventually caught
him at his home as he returned from an afternoon
of crow-hunting. He had contacted Mr. A. Young
of Smithville and had obtained tentative permission
for us to hunt on Young's property in the western part
of the county.
We drove to the area 15 miles W of Bastrop where I
had hunted last April and called on Mr. Ed Schanhale
who lived on the N side of the road bounding Young's
land to the north. Schanhale readily granted us
permission to pitch a tent on the property near
his barn so we made camp for the night.