They call it a Missouri Gate
Sep 3, 2021 12:26:56 #
druthven wrote:
Nice shot Quixdraw. In Texas those are called gaps and in some cases require almost a gargantuan effort to close.
Thanks! and for another name for the gate. I think the ones that are really hard to close were installed by really big, strong guys. I doubt they even think about it. I've encountered a couple I had to struggle with.
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Sep 4, 2021 00:31:43 #
couch coyote
Loc: northern Illinois
Nice shot of beautiful country, that track looks enticing! It's a whole different culture here in the Midwest, where every acre is cultivated. Any gates here only lead to farmers' crops, and we would be viewed as rude at best, and up to no good at worst, to go through someone's gate. 25 years ago every little farm had livestock, but that's not true anymore, and gates, fences and barns are all being torn down. An entire way of life has changed drastically in that time. But it's still not polite to trespass.
Sep 4, 2021 05:25:28 #
quixdraw wrote:
Another one this morning on my successful dog quest. D3 AF S 24 85 1:3.5 4.5 G
In Missouri we call that a Poor boy's gate!!!
Sep 4, 2021 05:38:10 #
alawry
Loc: Timaru New Zealand
Fascinating. Here in New Zealand we have the "Taranaki Gate" although it's a long time since I've seen one. If you look at a map of NZ, in the left side of the North Island there's a big round sticking out bump with Mount Egmont in it's centre, now sometimes known as Mount Taranaki, dairy farming area the home of the Taranaki gate. The term is usually used derisively.
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Sep 4, 2021 07:34:24 #
quixdraw wrote:
Another one this morning on my successful dog quest. D3 AF S 24 85 1:3.5 4.5 G
Great photograph quixdraw; they may call it a Missouri Gate in Missouri in South Carolina we just call it a gate.
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Been through lots of them. And yes, there is a "rule" about when to close them. I find them easy to open and usually quite hard to close! The loop at the bottom keeps it all together but can be a toe catcher.
Sep 4, 2021 10:19:10 #
you have to close them....otherwise the antelope will have to jump over them........what a nuisance! 
Sep 4, 2021 10:26:16 #
couch coyote wrote:
Nice shot of beautiful country, that track looks e... (show quote)
Thank you! There are plenty of crops, dry land and irrigated both, but nothing like the Midwest. Lots of cattle still, beef is a big business, though the Packers, not the Ranchers are making the big profits. The track leads to a well in a box canyon, probably a bunch of cows toward the back. Property rights are generally respected out here. With Deer season coming, all it takes to say "No" is a splash of orange paint on the gate or posts. Hard to imagine the changes you describe, but I haven't been in Midwest farm country other than on an interstate highway an an awfully long time.
Sep 4, 2021 10:32:03 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
In Missouri we call that a Poor boy's gate!!!
That name makes sense! It takes a lot of land to raise beef cattle, a ranch can be hundreds or even thousands of sections, miles and miles of fence and countless gates. Factory made or even home made welded gates are expensive, these are cheap.
Sep 4, 2021 10:35:56 #
alawry wrote:
Fascinating. Here in New Zealand we have the "Taranaki Gate" although it's a long time since I've seen one. If you look at a map of NZ, in the left side of the North Island there's a big round sticking out bump with Mount Egmont in it's centre, now sometimes known as Mount Taranaki, dairy farming area the home of the Taranaki gate. The term is usually used derisively.
Thanks! Interesting! I'll look that up! I always think of Red Stag and Sheep, not cattle in NZ.
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