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Seems like a tone of people on other forums are getting crazy winds yesterday and today. I know since Sunday we have had 30-45 mph winds with gust in the 50-60 and one reading on the local mountain of 101. Who else around the country is getting these crazy winds? And for you folks east of me that are curious when they might stop, it's still windy as heck here on the west coast and it's blowing east. It's still on the way.

Why in the world would a dog boarder put this in their advertisement. "Dogs have great views of nice green grass out of their windows." The dogs dont even get walked in the grass and can not go outside, but at least they can see the grass. Some people just make me feel better about myself.

It's still not hot and heavy here, There are the few birds trickling in from the North, but nothing huge yet. We have some pretty high winds, rain and cold temps going on right now and should last through tomorrow. Hopefully it will bring some birds in. I can not wait for Canada to start freezing!

Congrats Randy! Looking forward to the show.

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First off, Tim would like to say "Thank you for all the well wishes and good thoughts about this hunt and the loss of his deer." Second, I would like to say thank you to Tim for allowing me to be a part of his journeys this season, in the past and in the future. It is an awesome thing that a Prostaffer involves us as a forum in his awesome adventures in the field. I am truely blessed to have met a great friend from these forums and feel that we will continue to grow as friends and family here. Thank you as well to all the forum members here reading the post and commenting on these adventures of our very own Tim Andrus. It's been one heck of a ride and the season is not even close to being over. 45 minutes minutes ago, Tim called and I answered like I always do. He had just arrived in Chicago and had a little bit of time on his flight to give me a call to chat and get some food for his final flight; destination, HOME! The first thing Tim asked was how the thread was going and was curious about the views and post numbers. This is something that he ask all the time, because he gets great joy in knowing we the people of RealTree are keeping track of his hunt. He then calmed back down after the news of so many views and replies and said, "I need to tell you something." I could tell in his voice it was going to be hard to tell me and I took a seat on the edge of my bed with Maggie resting her head on my lap ready for the story. Thursday before Tim left his mother called him. She said she needed a favor and asked Tim to drive to his aunts house to check on her. His aunt and mother talk every morning and this morning the phone never rang. As Tim approached the front door of his aunts house to peeped in the window to see his aunt laying on the floor of the kitchen. The door and windows were locked so Tim pushed in the door and went to his aunts side. The water was running and her walker was knocked to the ground beside her. She laid motionless on the floor and Tim knew that she had received the gift of going to a very special place, high above us. He knew what was going on and knew that she was no longer with us, but needed to hear that from a voice of someone who deals with this stuff. He picked up the phone and dialed 911. The EMTs came and told Tim the news he already knew. This was something he has never expereinced and never wants to again. So, Tim's hunting trip to Texas has started out in one of the worst ways that it could have. His head is full of all sorts of thoughts and mental images of what he has just gone through and now he's on a plane to a far off land. I can't imagine the pain, thoughts and memories running through his head at this point. Now we all know the story of the hunt with the deer that he had shot and not being able to find him. Things just seem to be getting worse and the weight of it all is bearing down on him. On his trip back home today, everything was put back into perspective of reality. When he boarded his flight from Dallas to Chicago he sat down beside a man, 5-10 years younger than him, who was sitting in the window seat of the airplane. When the flight attendant came by the man asked for a wine and the lady handed it to him. Tim thought, maybe a glass of wine would be good right now for the flight home. He asked the man how much the wine was with which he got a repsonse of 7 dollars. Tim said, "man, thats pretty steep for an airplane bottle of wine" with whcih the man replied, "Yes it is, but it's ok." The man asked Tim, "Did you see me reach for the glass and barely be able to find it." Tim noticed and said, "Yes." The man proceeded to tell Tim that his vision was going and the doctors did not expect him to be able to see at all come Christmas. Tim was speachless and continued on with small talk. The guy said he was traveling the country trying to see everything that he has wanted to see before his vision was completely gone. Time shook his hand and said, "Man, that is a great thing you're doing and wished him well on his journey." After more small talk the man said to Tim, "There is something else that I have not told you. I hve a tumor in my brain that is taking my vision from me. It is also taking my life and the reasons the doctors say I will not see at Christmas time of this year, is because I will not be around and make it to Christmas with my life." Again, Tim was speachless. Now all the memories and hardships hit Tim and he realizes that it can always be worse. During the conversation the guy was saying that instead of sitting around holding his head down about not living after the next few months, which would be hard on his mom, as the guy put it, he decided to get out and enjoy life. See the world and experience everything that he wanted to see before the end came and he would meet Tim's aunt. Again, Tim shook the man's hand when they were unloading off the plane and wished him the best with everything. Tim is now on his last leg of the flight headed home to his family with a new outlook and life. He is greatful, as we all are, but has been given the gift of seeing things in a whole new perspective. What a rollercoaster it has been of good and bad. It's been hard and I will pray for peace for Tim and his family as well as the man that Tim met on the plane. This was pretty hard to type, like is was to hear, but it opened my eyes up just like it did Tim. I am not sure how to end this other than, be with the lord, hold your head high, be confident in all you do, love your family and friends and live your life to the fullest. RIP Tim's aunt and Lord be with the man that Tim has met and carry him on an amazing journey before he reaches you in your great Kingdom. Again, Tim wants everyone to know he is thankful and greatful for the well wishes and followings of his hunts and journeys. He will hopefully be able to get on for a brief minute tomorrow but has a lot of family stuff to take care of at his aunt's house and needs to spend time with his family. I wish you the best my friend. -Ben, proud member of the RealTree forums. Hug your family and tell them you love them as often as possible. I hope I did not miss to many details of the story and sorry for the typo's if there are any.

If you would please notice in the picture multiple boxes of the action figure. This is showing that the action figure was taken out of a box at THE STORE, held in front it a box and the picture was taken. It was not purchased.

Hey, got a hold of Tim, he asked me to tell you "Thank you!" but the rancher there is already in the process of getting a local dog out there. Tim has just landed in Dallas and now dealing with the lay-over to get home.

Dang, that would be awesome. Wish he was still down there to take you up on that offer. I have not heard word if the guys that continued to look found anything once Tim got on the plane to fly home. He won't be on here til the morning, but I will shoot him a text in hopes of him getting it on his lay over. Maybe they could get a dog sent out even if Tim is not there.

Well, I just got off the phone with Tim. They put in a good 4+ hours of searching and cant find the deer. Tim is pretty tore up about it. They could not find the deer nefore having to leave the field and head back to the camp to pack to be at the airport in 30 minutes. They guys that Tim was hunting with are continuing to look for the deer and will hopefully come across it soon. Guys, Tims down in the dumps, send some love to him! We all have this happen and know its hard. He will be getting on the plane in an hour and heading home. Does not arrive till 1:30am so he will check in tomorrow sometime.

I suggested going to get the landlords dog. Any dog will sniff around and hopefully smell something the boys cant see. Hopefully it all comes together. Tim said on the phone last night that the shot was back, but still looked good. We shall see.

Yeah, that self motivation is hard. It's a lot easier to work out with someone else. Luckily for you, you have your buddy. I bet that will be a great work out. Luckily for me, I have Magster who begs to go on walks every night, so that makes doing my cardio a lot easier. While, I am on the floor doing weights, she is constantly attacking me. Anyhow, good luck!

anybody else still in this thing? I did my Monday morning weigh in and was a little disappointed. I came in at 238.2, so 3.6 lbs less than last week. I would have like to have seen more come off, but I think with the weights and running I have been doing I built up a little muscle mass. I feel a **** of a lot better and stronger. This week should be a good week for me. I have no plans other than hunt Friday, Saturday and Sunday so I dont foresee anything throwing my off track. Anyhow, hopefully everyone else checks and weighs in.

Nope, and he would be on my wall.

Fixed that for you.

You guys remember that huge thunder storm and tornado warning Tim had? Wait for the story on that.......CRAZY!!! Yes, I will leave you in suspense on that one.

Depends on a lot of different things. I have used a grunt call all year and have had good and not so good results. This should be moved to the deer hunting room.

I think I might just be. I might have even called this deer earlier before he went out. I am very curious if he came out from right to left at 26.5 yards. If he did, that would actually freak me out a little. I told Tim before he went in that I could feel it tonight, he was going to get a deer and he would come right to left at 26.5 yards. I am very curious to hear the entire story.

Updated!!!!

Tim shot a deer! 9 or 10 point, but not happy with the shot. It hit a little far back but should be good. They are going to leave him over night. Thought it looked like a liver hit, he went 40 yards and stood for a minute or so and bedded down.

Word on the street is.....

2 bucks in front of Tim, and they are getting bigger, small 8 and a 10. They just bedded down at 30 yards.

So who had some this weekend? I know there was talk from someone about the chance of it. Had a guy on a local forum take these; just down the road a ways from me to the west.

He tasted a little better than the crow I had.

And No, I did not buy this. Pic was taken by someone else.