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I live on the edge of some heavy woods that are loaded with deer during the winter months. A couple times a day some of them wander out into my yard and there's anywhere from 6-10 each time. Mostly doe's and a couple younguns, but the odd buck wanders out too and that's always great to see. The last couple days I've had a large buck in the yard with only one antler, so I assume that one will be falling off soon too. Anyhoo, I decided to take a couple pics of them today. These were taken from about 150' away but you should be able to see the missing antler. Here's a couple doe's And here's the buck Maybe it's just me, but I like this kinda stuff.

That's fantastic TJ, really great stuff Congrats to the happy couple !!

My grandparents had a water front home on Simcoe many years ago and "ole gramps" used to get alot of big fish back in the day. Biggest pickerel was 18 pounds that he caught and I netted. We measured it on a couple different scales. That was way back in 1961 and I doubt there's any like that left today.

There was something on the news last week where a 15 year old boy playing house league was slammed into the boards from behind and ended up with 3 broken vertebrae in his neck. He's gonna wear a brace for a few months but will evidently be OK, although they say he'll never be able to play contact sports again. He's definitely lucky though, it coulda been a whole bunch worse. Good to hear your daughter's OK too Matt, that stuff is scary.

I was just having some fun with ya, guess it didn't come out right

600,000 KM and you never cleaned the engine, checked the engine or tranny fluid or even added windshield washer fluid ??

Thanks for that Roy, some interesting stuff there.

I've got 20" wheels on my new truck for the summer tires but run 17" winter tires on steel wheels. I just ordered a new set of very nice 17" chrome wheels and am having the winter tires installed on them this afternoon. If anyone is looking for a good set of 17" steel wheels with a 6 bolt pattern for your winter tires I'll be listing them in the classifieds in a day or so.

Lotsa cheap alternatives for carrying big baits. Plastic storage box with wire hangers works well An old bag with pieces of square downspouts cut to length You can even put the downspouts in your livewell. Or if you've got some lumber laying around it's pretty simple to make up a cheap box and rig it with some wire to hold baits. You can even hang them on your boat

I always use winter tires, they definitely make a difference.

Nice job, very impressive work !!

Outstanding MB !!

That's fantastic Pete, your really doing well.

About the only time I need to worry about my phone is in the boat and I just toss it into a dry bag if it's gonna get wet.

Congrats to Avery on landing the dream job TJ, he'll have a ball. Lookin forward to your Jiggy reports too, as always.

For anyone looking for rods at SAIL, just be sure you know what the other stores in the area are charging for the same thing. I bought a St. Croix Legend Tournament musky rod from Gagnons last summer for about $65 less than SAIL was charging for the same thing.

Best of luck with the up-coming treatments Mike, we're all pulling for you.

Maybe I'll actually have to turn on the TV

Guess I was one of the spoiled ones as I had the owner of our trailer park install my own private outlet right at the end of my dock. Sure made life easy when it came to charging boat batteries every night.

I'm with you Rob, I don't use live bait and never keep fish. My baitwell holds my tool box and my large livewell holds my boat bumpers, spare prop, ropes and whatever ever else I need to carry.

Good to see you've been paying attention in class Paul

Mine's an RR address Phil, just that the driver didn't know how to read a map or use a cell phone and took him nearly a week to put it all together. Thing is, what I was waiting for wasn't really all that important in the grand scheme of things, but waiting nearly a week for something you really need right away could have a huge impact on some folks.

Some encouraging words there and best wishes from my family to yours for more of the same.

You know your always welcome here Shane, stop in anytime your in the area, I'm nearly always here.

Well, if anyone cares I FINALLY got my package. It was guaranteed absolutely for yesterday and when he hadn't arrived by 7:00 last night I called the office once again and was told they cancelled deliveries in this area because we received 2" of snow They said not to worry though because today was the day....no matter what. I waited all day today and it never arrived and I was just getting ready to call them again when the driver called me from his truck to say once again, he couldn't find me. Guess he finally decided to bring his phone to work. He was only a few miles away and with my directions...again...he was here at 6:00 and I finally got my package. 6 days to go 60 miles....not very good in my opinion.