bpinson

I'm doing it. My wife of 40 years passed this January. I'm traveling a good bit. So far, hunting the hill country of Texas, red fishing in the marsh, Utah and Wyoming for a week. I'm going to the Pendleton Roundup rodeo, (oldest rodeo in the U.S.) in September, back to Wyoming fishing for lake trout in October. I want to hunt ducks in Nebraska or South Dakota also. I'm going to travel until I die or run out of money.

I gave it up last week. I woke up with a hangover Thursday morning and said enough is enough. I'm done. I'm not quitting, I quit. Actually, I don't miss it. I feel better, I'm saving money and life is good sober.

Thank you, Wayne Thornhill is my first choice if he can make the trip. Wayne is the best.

In my younger days "Opening Day" was like a holiday. I couldn't hardly sleep. Deer camp was an old school bus in the piney woods of south Mississippi with my grandfather and cousins. That morning the tailgate would drop and the hounds were in hot pursuit.

I worked with a lady from Lafayette back in the mid 90's and her grandfather had to go in a nursing home so she took his dog. Grandpa told her the dog was very smart, but she couldn't get him to do shite. She went to visit Grandpa and he asked about the dog. She said Grandpa that is the dumbest dog, he won't even come to me. He said Cher, he only speaks french. After that all was well with the dog.

My BIL needed $3k for his son's dorm and my wife, (no pics) and I "loaned" him the $3K. He assured us he was gonna pay us back really quick. This was in mid August. He posted a FB pic of him and his wife at the MSU LSU game all decked out in LSU gear. I talked to him a few days later and he told me they had free tickets. Ok so I let it go. I called him this evening about his Mom's house we, (I) are cleaning out and he said, "hey man we're out to eat..in Orange Beach, I thought what the fing hell. I got off the phone and told my wife, shite we're financing his vacation. Oh well live and learn. I'm the dumbass, but it was for a good cause for my nephew. Like they say don't loan money to friends or family and expect it back. BIL did call me back and said he would start paying me $200/month. I guess that's something...we shall see.

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12 ga 3" mag Federal Sabot slug rifled 50 Cal 300 grain. Deadly at 100 yds. 0 buckshot for close range. But what do I know, I've been killing them for 50 years. Most shots in the woods are less than 50 yds.