We Had to Cut the Pond Dam Again!

[@patrickhartman6818]

I have to say , (THANK YOU) for keeping Ron's message alive. It almost brings tears to my eyes every time you say it. I believe it was Ron's dream.

[@JerryDechant]

Ron lives on in our memories and Danial's reminders. Lost but not forgotten.

[@goodcitizen64]

Amen!

[@carolynnance2376]

What an exciting adventure! Building a pond that will always be there! Leaving a legacy for your kids. You’re a good man Daniel Arms! This grandmother likes you and your videos and your family. Been watching you for years! Fill my life with good wholesome videos. Love the videos Daniel. Thank you for hours and hours of great videos.❤

[@ChristySandquist]

I love your videos....I'm a single mom of a 12 year old and she is in the 6th grade too....I enjoy watching you hunt and trap...God bless you all!!!

[@pattyholbert8547]

I am absolutely loving the pond build. My father was a large equipment operator his entire life. It brings back many memories

[@Kiko020576]

Awesome job Houston. You are a great Teacher/Stuent combo. Keep up the great teaching

[@dellring1218]

I just love Gemma. She is definitely a good gem❤🎉

[@williamaustinkidd4183]

Merry Christmas and HAPPY NEW YEAR.

[@wedicotrucker2003]

There is just something so satisfying about watching heavy equipment work.

[@DesertNails]

Trapping wasn't done in the suburbs where I grew up, so I like learning about it. The way you explain things makes it educational. Thanks for sharing.

[@Apchestangenightout]

You know Daniel you and your wife are raising a very bright young boy and one thing I've never seen Huston doing is using a phone like many young kids today they're always playing games or they're on social media but not Huston he's into the outdoors and I think you're doing a wonderful job with him . God bless you and your family Happy holidays 💯 2025 .

[@carolinedevlin1577]

It’s amazing how much water went into the pond in one day like you said Daniel it won’t take much to fill it once your done , hopefully they can get the bottom cleaned quickly before the next rain comes .😊

[@gmacook8095]

😊

[@FishNwithNitro]

😊

[@cindywest9773]

I never would have guessed that 2 inches of rain would fill up your pond that much. It’s incredible!❤

[@brandonburdette7895]

Huston you done amazing on your trap line the turkey and quails and all other ground nesting anmials will benefit from your success 🇺🇸

[@deweycourterjr9651]

I, too, am no pond building expert, but after watching your video, i have a few suggestions to help reduce the mud and sludge from building up at the bottom of the pond and trenches. 1. Plant some vegetation on the hill sides to reduce the amount of mud from being washed down hill into the pond when it rains. It will die as the waterline rises. The root might help the soil to be firmer. 2. Add a few brushpilies/dikes upstream of the ditch to collect some of the mud/sludge from flowing down into the pond. This will help keep the pond deep for a longer period of time. It will also help keep the fish habits from being filled up with sludge. 3. Burn the leaves in the "duck hunting area." This will keep the bottom from getting mucky as fast. An ounce of prevention is a pound of cure. Fix it now or fix it later.

[@williamgahman5028]

Hi Daniel and Family. Great video. Pond is gotta lots of water in it. Great job Houston with your trapping Pond is going to be beautiful when it's done. God bless and love yall ❤❤

[@mariemcclure151]

Poor Gemma, glad she didn't get hurt. She is having fun. Glad Houston is getting a lot of trapping done. That pond is a big mess right now. Good to know that it will hold water when it is done. Gemma is your little shadow. Thank you for keeping Captain Rons memory alive

[@goodcitizen64]

Lil coons can be very feisty! Peanut and Fred are watching from critter heaven!

[@johnkirby6547]

Nice trapping Houston. The pond sure did capture some water in a short time. Good progress 👏

[@janicehaas4618]

Congratulations Houston on all the trapping. Thanks for the smiles 😊. Have a blessed day ❤️

[@MosaicRose99]

I love when Gemma gets to get out like Kelsey and Earl, but I do get nervous because she is just a little one. Gemma doesn't think so though, she wants to be one of the gang, lol.

[@DebDeBoop]

Gemma is a totally normal Dashie! She thinks she’s as big as all the other dogs….lol…and if there’s a varmit to catch they will not quit till its finished.

[@thunderstickhomestead]

These wiener dogs were bread to hunt badgers and as you can see them genes are still there. My Harley is the same way he loves going toe to toe with coons. Lord knows I’ve tried to stop him

[@Corvinwhite]

Your pond will look amazing when it is finished and I appreciate everything you do for the environment

[@AZJH8374]

Aren't you glad Granger Smith is back doing daily videos!! I am!!❤❤❤

[@LorettaBrail]

Great video! Was fun watching Huston trap those critters! Jenna is awesome! Nice job on your property! Huston sure is a good looking fella! Tickles me that he likes duck hunting! Brings back such good memories!

[@Orca2019]

It is so amazing to think that "Two Inches" of rain created that much water in the pond!! Wow!! Can't wait to see how long it will take once the pond is totally fisnished and needing water! Now about the possums and raccoons that was totally terrific trapping! You will be able to buy all you are wanting in no time at all Houston! Way to go!!🤗🤗💞💞💙💙

[@brendahogue5487]

Daniel love and enjoy your videos. May the lord bless and protect you and your family and the animals and the homestead and the pond wet and sitting the traps for raccoons.

[@williamleopold507]

This is a great way for my husband and I to spend part of our Saturday evening , we are seniors . Thanks for sharing .

[@lisajackson6825]

I had a dachshund years ago and they tiny but mighty. Gemma I think is my favorite. Bear is a close second🤣. All your animals are. Glad to see Houston making and saving money as well as protecting your land

[@venidamcdaniel1913]

I could watch equipment all day. Don’t know why but find it amazing.

[@LoriM222]

Me too!! I said so in my comment also. It would be great if Daniel could set up a live feed so we could watch!!

[@johnthompson9032]

I think it’s because we want to have a go, I’m the same 😉

[@gthornton3]

Hope y’all’s Christmas was Merry and Bright

[@paulwebb1724]

I'm a trapper have been for over 30 years and it does my heart good to see a young person get in to trapping good job

[@johnblount1347]

im 50 and would live to learn it..

[@sm7171369]

It’s amazing how much water the ground can hold. I’m a be doing the same w my pod this coming year. Wish I could have done it this past year w all the drought we had.

[@sharondrury5676]

There is something mesmerizing about watching big machinery. Never get bored. I used to take my grandson to watch them. Thank you. We got our “Slayer kit” I was not one of the lucky ones to get a signature label. 👵🏼

[@Danaharper-nm2hb]

Daniel it's going to me beautiful when it's finished. God Bless. Happy New Year.

[@EdKirkpatrick10]

Rainey, wet, damp evenings have always made for the best for trapping in my years of trapping

[@nellspeiss175]

Cool to see how much water it will hold. Can’t wait to see what it will look like when all finished. As always love your videos ❤❤❤

[@silverbullet7434]

Huston you may want to build some wood duck nesting houses. . They like trees with holes in them but in the water some houses will atrack ducks to nest. you have to use tin cones to keep raccoons from raiding them. Yes they will swim out to your nesting boxes.

[@kar702]

Well I hope they wouldn’t shoot them, we go to a lot of trouble at our cabin in Mn to have many wood deck houses all throughout the woods around our lake.

[@SamOutdoorsReal]

@@kar702there ducks and there’s duck hunting womp womp

[@SadieCarpenter-ft4he]

Incredible job, you always deliver the best stuff.

[@mikemiller8440]

I could watch this all day thank you so much for sharing this awesome video with us

[@scottturbeville6509]

Game management is Key. Thank you boys for your content. I love you guys. I watch you every day.

[@EyglóÞorvaldsdóttir]

Hi from Mary Iceland 🇮🇸 😀. This is huge for you Houston 8 indeed, thanks for sharing 👍, Daniel your a good dad ❤, wow the pond yusing the water 💧 too filling up wow . God bless you wery much dear family friends ❤️

[@johnking8679]

Thanks for sharing, Daniel and Houston !! As a 'City Slicker' you don't often get to see how one can expand a pond from little to BIG !! Very interesting !!

[@mikemiller8440]

Great job on the trapping Houston keep it up I love watching the trapping videos I can't wait to see the coyote being in the traps Thanks again for another awesome video I really enjoyed it and as always I'm really looking forward to seeing the next video

[@juanitaziegler7016]

Pond digging is an art. Enjoyed the trapping, poor Gemma, she learns fast.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Thank you Danial,Houston and a little Dog called Gimma..........God Bless Old F-4 Shoe🇺🇸

[@trudiharmon7640]

Hi Daniel. Great trapping Houston. Me thinks you’ll break dad’s wallet with your trapping record. Well done. Gemma just loves coming with you she’s such a character. More ferocious with age 😂. The pond is coming on so well. Amazing how it fill right back up again. Thanks for sharing have a fab day take care God bless 💕🙏

[@bowed305]

Great video from start to finish. Thank you for sharing!

[@dominicregos4902]

3 to 4” inches of rain might fill the pond now but once those trees have leaves on them again it might take 4 to 5 times that much rain to fill the pond. Trees drink a lot of water during the growing season

[@douglaswilliams4735]

Have you considered putting the pond drain pipe in now, at the bottom of the dam with an elbow on the end in the pond? You could put a stand pipe on it at the correct length for the water depth. It would also allow draining the pond in the future without digging out the dam as you could pull the stand pipe off and drain it.

[@knotengajin7359]

Every earth mover I watch puts them at water level. I haven’t caught an explanation but this is probably because the pipe is a weak point for potential leaks to happen which would be very bad at the bottom, but easily fixed at the top.

[@fillg]

I used to have a small section of my roof draining into a 55 gallon rain barrel and I could fill that entire barrel with just a tenth of an inch of rain. It's amazing how much water is actually coming down. I can't wait to see how the pond turns out when it's all done.

[@ellenhood1356]

Good job Houston. You keep this up and you'll have the money for golf and duck hunting gear❤❤

[@kathyhayes7369]

Wow that's insane that it filled up like that. Wow incredible. Once the pond gets done it will be amazing. Houstons such a wonderful kid. Way to go on the traps. Man Gemma is a gem. Love her she's a great dog.❤

[@BryantChapman-s7n]

I have been watching you guys for years now and it's really cool to see everyone grow love the pond good luck with it all and God bless

[@oldben6086]

I enjoy the trapping videos almost as much as the fishing, but not as much as the deer hunting! Been following y'all for years now, and without doubt y'all are by far my favorite channel. Never miss a video, even the merch-focused ones!

[@NeilMaclachlan]

Very good trapping Houston...well done...ponds holding water Daniel...lol... gemmas some dog...not frightened of anything...stay safe and see you soon

[@joycedellinger2528]

Wow, that pond really filled up! Here on the eastern side of Washington State, we've had a lot of rain too, and a creek near my home is high and could flood if anymore rain falls. Houston is getting to be a great trapper! Four possums and four raccoons that's impressive! Gemma scared me when the raccoon went after her. She's loving the mud!

[@scottburk4083]

Great day of trapping,not so much for pond building.Take care, have a great weekend and God Bless you all 🙏❤😊

[@jeffrussell2337]

Great videos. Keeping them coming. God bless

[@catherinebrooks9910]

Way to go Houston!! Thank you Daniel for sharing so many of your adventures.

[@dwainmorgan8550]

As usual, excellent video, good luck on the trapping, can’t wait to see more.

[@1summitcity]

I hope you guys had a blessed Christmas. Just some advice from many years of experience, I would leave the dam cut open to drain until you have everything else done. Then fill in the dam to cap the deal. I know a lot of people will have different opinions just seems like your best bet on this one.

[@MaxiFitzjarrald]

Well, I enjoy.watching all the progress on the pond build…not boring at all. Hey Houston, great job trapping.

[@bigcliffadventures]

Great video and I know your qual will be happy too.

[@gorangers18bates2]

Gemma is living her best life being outside running around and helping Houston with his trapping. Hope she's ok after getting bit by the raccoon. ♥️🙏🐶🐾

[@edwardh1591]

We are expecting the rain tonight. Houston keep up the good work with the trapping.😊

[@2873lonewolf]

Wishing you the best for weather to hold up and allow some changes to occur with pond. When it's finished, it's going to be some great memories made fishing.

[@sharonhemsley19]

I love that you are teaching Houston about real life! Great Dad!

[@gordondollman3606]

Glad yas are doing well stay safe and warm everyone ❤️ 😊

[@MasonTravis-r4v]

I love this channel so much you always post the best content and keep it up 👇

[@rickashford4005]

Daniel... Houston... you guys need to talk to Andrew Flair about getting a couple of dozen of his new DUX decoys, and feature them on the AFH channel. It never hurts to ask.

[@ashlingofAsh7580]

Gemma is a little bad azzzzz! Love little dachshunds! I had one my whole life growing up. One lived to 19. And rescued one off the streets wandering. Best tiny dogs

[@nealnichols7529]

Great trapping Houston! The pond is coming right along and I believe it's going to be bigger than ya'll thought.

[@leann4925]

So proud of Houston being able to get rid of the Posiums and Racoons. We have a lot of them in my neighborhood but one of the neighbors set out cage traps. Then another neighbor gets rid of them. Yes the pond did fill up. Oh Boy Huh. Enjoyed watching and thanks. Love y'all

[@johnbeam-d3v]

Great job on your trapping Huston. Here in Shelby N.C. got a big river. Broad River< starts in Ashville N.C. Used to trap on it and a really big creek called Buffalo Creek, trapped on it also. Lots of fun. Thanks for the ride buddy and good luck on your trapping.

[@edieboudreau9637]

Yep. Rained here today. Creek rises. Plans change 😅

[@izzy1949]

Well done Houston you are protecting the turkeys and any other birds nests on the ground…well done Minnie Ron ❤

[@marylouise890]

Houston…. You Done Good! Congratulations Ron would be very happy you said his signing out, without ☝️ mistake that I heard. You for sure are growing up fast. 👍🏼

[@cyndybutler7330]

Raccoons can really hurt small dog but it’s how they learn ❤ pond will be great , love equipment 😂❤

[@julieduree9210]

If they survive the first lesson.🥴

[@cyndybutler7330]

@ true had a golden around 10 months old I had to make him drop the raccoon lol , but Golden’s are much bigger then this little girl , raised raccoon babies as a kid once they hit 6 months it’s time to send them on there way , they do great sense there scavengers

[@KeepingItAlvie]

It definitely looks like your catch basin is looking to be designed well.

[@lindapetersen1800]

Danny slick as snort there that mud !!! I think you all had 3-4 inches of rain !!! Great to have the generator powered on up for using !!! HEY there Danny ??? Last part is Ron's message THANK YOU for that if more people would be like this it would be a GOD SENT TO ALL!!! Happy New Year to You all Arms Family Homestead @Shermans Homestead & @Jimmy Houston Twin Eagle Ranch also !!!

[@Gayle.McConnaughey]

Wow. That is A LOT of water from (just) 1 day or so of rain. Geepers. It’s going to be huge and such a great pond/lake for you and Houston to enjoy. Be blessed.

[@johnsandell4501]

Nice trapping successes. Protect the nesting birds. Thanks👍👍👍

[@julieduree9210]

And the snakes will thank him too,no more possums killing the rattlers.

[@chipseiler1766]

After some "renovations" on a back yard pond we used to have, the biggest problem I had was the clay. The pond filled up before we could treat the bottom of the pond and we didn't drain it. It NEVER cleared up. Some ponds just get red after a rain and then clear up within a week, some just don't ever clear up. I'd recommend checking on what you might need to do to as far as putting something on top of the clay goes. You may need a different "liner" other than the clay. I never did that myself, and it was costly.

[@WesleyLaGrone]

We sure did have a wonderful christmas

[@marywalsh1054]

Pond looks huge. Houston hope you catch lots more.Thats a good deal you have made with your dad. I think inside Gemmas head she thinks she is a bear.She is a great little dog. 😂

[@LindaHollister]

Someone above you got a lot of rain😢😢. It's like you had runoff coming from someplace else.😮😮. I sure hope the rain holds off for a couple of weeks for you.🎉🎉🎉.

[@marygordon3032]

Way to go Houston, thanks Daniel! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯🎄🎄🎄

[@WesleyAPEX]

Those slow all day rains create much more runoff than a heavy fast rain. You actually might’ve only had 1.5” of rain.

[@pdm1289]

I fished gravel pits as a kid and you will never regret any gravel bars and gravel points you can create in your pond.

[@donnashields2397]

Wow that is absolutely crazy how fast it filled up!!! Gemma is one crazy little dog. She is crazy about those possum and raccoons. Thanks for sharing, love the video's

[@louGriggs1944]

Well, with regards to the pond, at least you flushed out a lot of debris that you won't have to deal with later. Loving the build.

[@JarredSisemore]

Awesome video. I enjoy watching work being done like that

[@morganus62]

Hey watching others working outside is one of my favorite ASMR videos, I could actually sit and watch these guy work for hours.

[@orasmiller1273]

Very tiring work watching others

[@carybrown3192]

Houston is Daniels " yes man, all he ever really says is " yeah"!

[@chrisryan5339]

Great video most entertaining thanks folks. Chris from England

[@TheRealFireTurtle75]

I know Flair did it first, but those plane fuselages would be awesome structure & they would be light enough to move around pretty easily to place them where you want. It would be really good structure in the deepest part of the pond for catfish if you're planning on stocking them.

[@carlapierle8623]

Oh, Gemma, you were making me nervous! I know you're a big dog in your Dachshund mind! So cute!

[@lindaconner5955]

Hello Daniel Thankyou for shareing an hello to Huseton 😅❤

[@marciaborg77]

Love seeing the pond getting rebuild again. I'm glad that Houston got 8 of the animals for trapping. Which you may need to buy an Argo like Lester and Jake have when it rains or it gets flooding that you guys can go thru it.

[@Mightgetannoyed]

add a few of your trail cameras around the pond and link a live feed for folks that enjoy watching the machines do repetitive work, pretty sure lots of folks will periodically check in

[@JesseZirkle-j4l]

Glad you are teaching him these things. I use to run a trap line when I was a kid. The big thing to catch then was fox and beaver.

[@howardscottramey7198]

Thanks you for sharing the video with us and looking good on your pond and nice kill on yall possum and yall raccoon and love yall very much and god bless yall and happy new years to yall