Randy

Prayers sent Gary.

Makes sense to me... LOL

Randy 37 Sept. 17th - Jan 8th

Prayers sent Steve.

I hope you enjoyed your birthday steve. Sorry i missed it.

Congrats buddy! I know you have been looking forward to this day for a long time.

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My son Avery (Nubbybuck) and I went out yesterday for the youth Turkey Hunt (he is 10 years old). Early in the morning we were within a couple hundred yards of 4-5 gobblers. As soon as they hit the ground they were quiet. They headed directly away from us towards a big swamp. We sat in the blind together from 5am until almost noon when we decided to move the blind. After moving the blind we headed back to the truck to take a little break and stretch for a while. By 2pm, Avery was ready to head back to the blind and sit til closing time. A little after 4 I heard a gobble from the direction that we had the blind earlier. I yelped a few times on the ole box call and he wouldn't answer. 20 minutes go by and he gobbles again! Same story, I yelped a few times but no answer. This happened a couple more times to no avail. Around 6pm I grabbed the slate and was starting a little calling sequence with a few soft putts and right outside the blind I heard the leaves rustling. There he is! Not 10 yards from the blind, he came in quiet. Avery was shooting my 870 12 guage and it's a little big for him so he needed a mono pod to help him steady it. The nice Tom came within 15 feet of the blind and headed out in front of us. (I didn't have the decoys out) By the time I got the mono pod up and gave Avery the gun and got it out the window of the blind, the Tom was about 30 yards walking away at a good pace. I hit the box call to get him to stop and out up his head and Avery pulled the trigger. The gobbler fell to the ground and got up and flew away! Avery was pretty down about it but I explained that it happens and assured him we'll still get one. I looked for the bird for a bit to no avail. As we were walking back to the truck, we spotted his bird! We got with in 20 feet of it and it flew off. It was 20 minutes after shooting time so I didn't shoot to finish it off. Avery and I decided we would look for it this morning so we slept in a little and headed to the land and after 45 minutes or so we found it, still alive but in desperate need of some more lead. I finished it off and Avery got his first turkey! I'm very proud of him as he put in MANY hours in the bling on some chairs that were less than comfortable (my butt still hurts )and wanted to be out there no matter what. I hope this is his first of many more to come. 25 lbs, 3/4 inch spurs, and an 8 inch beard. Congrats buddy!!!

Going to have to guess it's one of Wisonsin's finest deer hunters....

Someone get my gun... LOL I got the lil uh, umm, kitty but it took a lot longer than with my gun! :2guns:

It's looking great William. Are you sick of all the work yet?

Huh... YouTube - Michigan is screwed.

If I wanted a different job, I could have one in a week. There are jobs out there if you will do anything for work. I'll prove it as I'm gonna need a second job just to put clothes on my kids backs. Yes, I did choose my profession and for the most part really enjoy trying to make a difference in some of the inmates lives. That said, I worked construction prior to corrections and really enjoyed that as well. I gave it up knowing I would make less money but, the benefits would make up for it. Over and over I hear people saying that State workers are the cause of our situation. I can't change anyones mind as to their opinions. I can however give mine. Does the State waste money? NO DOUBT! I will never argue that. Does this Country waste money? DUH! It's all politics and if they REALLY wanted to solve the crisis we are in, they could, and they could do it without hurting working people. That goes nation wide. Taking collective bargaining away has nothing to do with saving money. Our retirement is a self sustaining fund that has something like 61 billion dollars in it. Walker wants to tap into that so I can still be working in a prison when I'm 70 years old. Everybody seems to think that we are against paying our "fair share". That is simply not true. That's what Walker is telling you because a few people went out and settled their contracts. The only thing I would have asked is for him to do it over a year or so. Starting March 27th, my house is taking over an $800 a month paycut. He could have used a little grease... Again, to answer your question, I did choose Corrections as a career but, I didn't sign up for this...

Happy Birthday Christina. I hope you had a great day.

Sorry to hear about all that has happened to you and your family Ken. Keep your chin up and I'll send a little prayer your way.

As a correctional officer for the state of Wisconsin I have given up over 14 years of weekends, holidays, and nights for the benefits. They are being ripped away as I write this. I personally can't think of a single reason to continue to work in a prison filled with the worst of the worst of Wisconsins citizens. Maybe someone from the private sector could tell me how good I have it? Or maybe they could work for me Christmas day so I could spend it with my kids? Or maybe someone would volunteer to work a few weekends for me so I could try and find a few friends that have every weekend off and I could feel what it actually feels like to have weekends off again? Huh, I can't imagine the weddings, the anniversarys, church on Sunday mornings, the family get togethers, the weekends at the lake, the BBQ's, playing ball with my kids, actually having opening day of deer gun season off, taking my son out hunting on the weekends as he is in school during the week, the dance recitals for my daughter, going to my parents to just play games, anything and everything that people that have weekends off take for granted that I have missed out on. Yep, I sure have it good...:no:

That ought to help a bit! LOL ; )

I'm glad you had fun Lewis, I was however hoping for more pics!

Glad to hear things are better than expected Ross.

Ok, Heres a thought. I'm not saying it is right or wrong, just a thought. Bill Gates makes Billions a year, correct? Tax him very high. After you make a billion, what's really the difference if you make any more than that? Take that money and pay off our bills. Lower the middle class's taxes and they spend more money elsewhere. This inturn boost the economy, makes Bill more money and he pays his workers more as well. We all can sit here and bash state workers and their benefits but shouldn't you really be asking yourself, why can't I get that too???

I make around 47k a year. If this goes though, I will have to pay about $340 a month for my benefits. That said, I'm ok with it even though (after my divorce :angry::taped:) I will net about $1400 a month. Nice huh... Walker doesn't need to take our union, he's doing it because he's a Dictator and wants to screw state workers because many did not vote for him. He's a very mean person and eventually, he'll get his...

I wonder if Walker included enough money in his budget to keep this project going...

Looks like Jeff stirred the pot a little! LOL I am part of this union as a state correctional officer. I've been there for over 14 years. I'm a Sergeant. I run a housing unit with one other officer there to help me. I'm in charge of about 144 convicted rapist, murderers, cop killers, child molesters, theifs, and whatever else you can imagine. Am I rich? No. Will i ever be? No. Do I love my job? No. Does it pay the bills and put clothes on my kids backs and food on the table? Yes. I am a proud republican that is getting the shaft because Mr. Walker decided to balance his budget the easiest way possible and that was on the state workers backs. I understand that I had great benefits. Why else would I put myself in a job where I get urine and crap thown at me because the child rapist didn't like what was on his tray? Two buddies of mine almost got killed at my institution by getting hit numerous times on their heads with a claw hammer. Ask those two if they are over paid. What Walker is doing is making the middle class get the state out of debt and make the rich richer. It's the American way right? He doesn't care if you have kids in school. He can afford to send his elsewhere. He cut over $800,000,000 from the school districts. That's over $500 per child, per year. Our school is already way over crowded. (much like our prisons) Collective bargaining has little effect on how much you tax payers pay. Don't forget, I'm a tax payer too! What it does have an efffect on is all the little businesses that will not get state workers money. There won't be anymore trips to the corner cafe. There won't be anymore family vacations "Up North". Hunting trips? yeah right... When Walker gets his way and privatizes wisconsin prisons and cuts my pay to $12 an hour, there won't be a lot of things... God help us! Sorry for the vent... :bang: P.S. If we have it too good, the state is always hiring correctional officers and the hunting isn't bad either if you can afford to do it!

I've actually seen that herd. They live just north of Boulder Junction and hang out right by the road most of the time. The year around homes feed them and they have no reason to leave.

LMBO! Never saw that one.