Nick

Wow.....I cant beleive GM is even looking for trades people. I know a guy who has over 20 years in GM as an electrician and has been laid off for 2 years. But good luck if you get the chance.......Thats an awesome opportunity.

Nice ride. My grandma is on her 3rd trailblazer and never had a problem with any of the 3. She loves them.

We've had 8 years of Republican and it has done nothing but put our economy in a dang near depression......why is eveybody so against the Democratic party? With all the issues in our country, gun rights will be the last thing our next president is going to focus on......My votes for Barack.

Yes Sir..........I need to save some freezer space for that elk......but its really hard to pass on good bucks like this one. Oh well, if I have to buy another freezer...so be it.

I shot my buck Thursday evening and wasn't able to recover him until about 4pm Friday. The temperature was mid-70's. I cut the inner tenders out and fried them up that night and there was nothing wrong with them......just as delicious as the last ones I ate and the beer I drank along with them

How was the martini?

Sold it a little over a year ago to a guy around town here and bought a Duramax.

It appears these two programs traded places over the off season. State is looking good with only 1 loss and a 17 point victory over the once 5-0 Northwestern at NW. Then Michigan gets taken out by Toledo....First loss ever in school history to a MAC school!!! Unreal......I still wont make any bets on the U of M at MSU game though.......Michigan seems to get lucky every year in that game.

Michigan 8-point from the 10th of October.

I headed to the woods Thursday evening with a favorable West wind and had good expectations with the sign I found in the area. I sat there patiently waiting for something to happen as daylight was fading. About 7:30 I decided it was too dark to take a shot in the thick cover of the woods I was hunting so packed up and headed back toward the truck after the uneventful evening. The woods was real quiet walking with the rain we had received the day prior. Soon, I could see the front of the truck as I made my way to within 40 or so yards of the wood line. I walk a few more steps and catch movement on the edge of the picked soy bean field about 30 yards to the right of my truck. I realized it was a deer and soon seen it was a decent buck. The woods was dark but in the field it was still light. I knocked and arrow and slowly made my way to within 20 yards of the wood line. I stop and the buck continues walking toward my truck. Soon he stops about 15 paces from my truck and I had a good slightly quartered away shot at an estimated 30 yards. I drew back, settled the pin and let the Mathews go to work. I heard the arrow smack through the rib cage and watched the deer take off. He almost acted unharmed as I watched him disappear around a finger of woods about 150 yards away on the edge of the woods and soybean field. I found my arrow 8 paces from my truck covered in thick solid read blood from the front of the broadhead to the knock. I knew he was dead but opted to back out until Friday after I got out of work. I made it to the woods after work with my dad and friend Rob to look for the buck. We tracked him out from where I shot him and made it about 120 yards and couldnt find anymore blood. The 3 of us paced back and forth looking for any sign of blood along the edge of the soy beans and woodline but to no avail. We were stumped. Rob happebed to squat down and notice a scrape and couple rubs and mentioned "geez, if I were you, I'd have my treestand right in here". I said "shoot, my treestands only 30 yards right.....". I went to point in the direction of my treestand and there he was laying 15 yards away just inside the woods. I was pumped!! He was a better buck than I thought he was and was happy to put a good shot on him and make a recovery. For the area, he is a respectable 8 point. A great way to start the fall!

I'm ready, but wont make it out on the opener....I have bowling leagues. I will get more into it the closer November comes.

That has to be tough. I know when I was 20 and lost my grandpa when he fell out of his treestand hunting......there was nothing anybody could do to keep my emotions under control at that funeral home. Then I had all the smaller grandchildren that I had to comfort and explain. It was terrible. I just hope for peace and that you and your family can come through this tough time. God bless you all.

Thats weird. We have plenty of gas up here and prices are actually somewhat decent compared to what they have been all summer long. I filled up with diesel today for $3.87.

All you need to kill a deer is 25# if the shot is placed right. If 50# is a little tough for you and your legal limit is 45#, then I'd reccommend 45#. If you are pulling back weight that is uncomfortable to you, then your arms are going to be more fatigued after drawing that bow back which will give a greater chance at wounding the animal. Plus, in a cold weather situation......that bow is going to be twice as hard to draw back. I shot 70# all spring and summer long in 2004 and got in my treestand November 13th with a windchill of about 5 degrees........I had a buck come in and couldnt get my bow drawn back. I have since cranked it down to about 63#. Remember...Ted Nugent himself kills deer with clean pass throughs with only a 50# bow.