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Tell us how you really feel, after you have another drink lol

First the squatty potty, now the crap strap. I prefer to launch a soaring falcon straight off the tree stand myself. It makes a heck of a cover scent.

Game of inches, as Tommy always says. Any bowhunter who tells you they've never lost one is either a newbie or lying through their teeth. I'd guess it's actually much more common than most of us would like to admit. I went almost ten years without a loss, then had a couple in a row shooting a new bow (not that I should be blaming the equipment; it's a poor dancer who blames his partner). I do hope they find him, for closure at least.

To co-opt a quote from Buffy the Vampire Slayer - it's been a year, linoleum gets me excited.

So, you're going to shoot him in the first couple days...AGAIN? Was it last year you nailed your buck early? There's nothing beats having a big guy patterned, but I just can't bring myself to pull the trigger in the first couple weeks. Every time I've done that, I've missed the excitement of the rut. And then I have to perch fish with Brian lol. We had a bachelor group of big bucks on camera since mid-August that have dispersed now, so exactly the opposite of what you're seeing. I expect that we will start to see migratory animals soon. Last week they all had velvet hanging, just prior to disappearing.

Note the beautiful absence of pins just above and behind the shoulder? Those are all the deer that died clean and didn't need to be tracked. Aim there lol.

We did half a dozen browns, but nothing for the board. Temp in 30' was 56F down 20 - I suspect she's close to turning over and might flip with this hard South wind today. We didn't go out past 45'. That might be it for us this year. Nothing But Net is clean and ready to be pulled. Squirrel opens tomorrow, and there's lots of other stuff on the docket. He$$ of a year.

Doubtful. The seller's profile is a young lady who's active online and an avid fisherman (lots of pictures with walleye and salmon) - and the boat she fishes is "Hope Your Ready", which has a history in Rochester, placing in the Offshore Classic. This looks to be a legit listing. Good to keep an eye out though.

Why'd you white out the lure that you used to smash the king? It wasn't one of those X-rated lures was it? Tell the truth!

Condolences! Alan was a gentleman and contributed greatly to the sport. He will be missed.

Brian, do you know whether Tim is using the same transparent covering as Big Al? You probably remember that I demo'd some of these as he was going through vendors trying to optimize the product. The first couple he sent me, the plastic covering got brittle and shredded over the winter, whether it was stored inside or out. But Al was really trying to make a great product and he replaced them for me as he updated vendors. This last round I've had for five years and it doesn't poke easily (ie, no hooks in the leg while leaning against it), it stays transparent, and it's still in great shape. Whatever he settled on, it's the cat's meow (or cat's a$$ as Scotty would say).

If it was tuna (east coast) we were talking about, the guys would laugh at your 30 lb teeny, weeny fish. If it was flyfishing Wyoming, those 20 lb kings would be the trophy of a lifetime. There's no inherent value in 30 lb kings. It's all what you make of the experience and the tools that you use to get it done. I'm glad to see great fishing. Even with the downshift in size, there's still no harder fishing fish in the lake. I also think that the exceptional fishing has led to better recruitment...of fishermen. And kids. I've never seen so many pictures of happy fishermen than this year.

I have checked with my State Farm agent several times to make sure that my homeowners policy DOES cover items off my boat, however as I found out when a tree fell on a small trailer I used to haul wood, neither the homeowners or vehicle policies cover trailers. You definitely need a separate policy for those. And of course a boat policy itself is a separate thing, too.

There's no medical remedy for stupid

I don't think they stopped making them, but instead the latest model is the UHD2. There's always money to be saved when a company rolls out the next iteration lol. I have friends who run these and IMHO they are great units.