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There is no end to property appreciation in the Austin in the foreseeable future. In the upper end, there is a severe scarcity of supply. In Westlake, inside 360, the cheapest home available today is $1.984 million. Outside 360, there are a couple listings off Cuernavaca around $750 avg. and three in Lost Creek just under $1 million. Next cheapest house in Eanes in $1.875. In Barton Creek(AISD), the cheapest listing is $1.275(1 day on market), next is $1.95 million and next cheapest one is $3.385 million. Of the 40 listings total in these 3 zip codes, only about 1/2 are not some sort of condo/townhome and the 1/2 of the remainder are not desirable for one reason or the other. If I were representing an executive today, there are 3 total listings that I would show. A couple at $2 mil that would be closer to $1.2 million a year ago and are nothing special and a somewhat nice home at $3.385 mil. Next interesting home is around $5 million. Sellers are panicking all over due to nowhere to go. A home in The Courtyard just went under contract $500,000 over list with 90 day leaseback. The seller is already frantic because he has no shot at getting any home in these 3 zip codes in the next 90 days. In Dripping Springs, there is one listing under $500,000 and two others under $750,000. This is a giant bedroom/commute community and there is no inventory.

The new place is Prime downtown. Backed by the Brookshires and Bergfelds. Manager/minority owner has pretty good restaurant credentials(for Tyler). Love Bernards for dinner and Villa Villagio for happy hour/light dinner. Jucys and Brunos for lunch. The Diner for breakfast. Don't live there but have spent a lot of time there.

As a fellow lefty, a left hand Savage Axis is cheap, reliable and extremely accurate. .223, .243, 7/08, will work wonders on white tail. I load a 75 grain .223 soft point that will exit 80% of the time. No recoil to speak of. I think that is very important with a young hunter.

Back in the day, when I used to shoot these things competitively, we had to use 6 shot at most venues. 45 yard shots are pretty far for #9 to keep the momentum to do significant damage. Not only have to knock it down in the ring, it can't walk out of the ring during your string.

I have a .243 Mohawk. It is a deer killing machine. Mine is bastardized. Suppressed and a 30mm tube scope.

Now that the politics are out of the way, it will become much more clearer that just because you test positive, does not mean you have COVID, does not mean you are contagious. I do not know any time in history that testing was this widespread. I would venture to guess, that pick any random year during flu season and this much testing, millions would test positive for the flu virus, yet would be asymptomatic. I know a personal trainer in Austin that gets the PCR swab every week as a test subject for a lab. He has tested positive 30 times out of 100. Throughout the year. Totally random. Not to say that COVID is not dangerous and the old, compromised should be careful, but millions of people have lost their job, had their career ruined, etc... The restaurant, travel, bar, music venues have carried the brunt of the suffering.

Mine lasted about 6 months. Little bit lower inguinal. Started out as a small bubble I could push back in. A few days later repeat. Next month, little larger and maybe every other day or so. And so on. Finally, got larger and pushing out every few hours. Had to get fixed. Cool little plastic pad on the inside, spacer and then mesh that they sewed into the muscle. No problems since.

As I have gotten older, I don't enjoy the recoil much anymore. For about 20 years, I did all of my culling with the '06. Loaded an 110 grain TTSX at 3500 fps and it is a killer for white tail deer and African plains game. This year, I am using a Savage Axis in .223 loaded with 75 grain Hornady soft points. Killed a bunch of doe, cull bucks with it. It works "most" of the time. Tracking thru dense woods can be a pain because of the faint/if any blood trail. They will usually be piled up 50 to 100 yards inside the woods/draw but finding a few has been a longer than necessary. About 80% DRT or within 10 yards. I have to do better than that. I don't have time to be tracking/dragging out of the woods on a cull mission. I have one more guiding trip starting Thursday, and I will finish up the season trying to build a better penetrator such as Barnes TTSX, Swift A-frame, Nosler Partition or a more violent expander that I can slip behind the shoulder and cause massive pulmonary disruption. Loving the no recoil.

Shipleys glazed donuts are amazing good. My only complaint is having to train new locations when I open a new office or move. I prefer mine glazed and then with chocolate icing. I go in, explain what I am looking for and after awhile, they know me and will make 3 in the back and are usually still warm. I cancel out all the sugar with a Diet Coke.

Supraspinatus complete tear, infraspinatus tear, SLAP and biceps tendon surgery in June. Hitting tennis balls and serve is at 25%. Can do full golf swing. Harder recovery than I thought it would be.

I have a Daniel Defense 15. Changed to a Geissele trigger and put an ACOG on it. Quality firearm that shoots pretty good.

Semi related story. My quail dog is getting old and losing muscle mass About once a month I find a #8 pellet on the floor of the house. About a dozen so far. Apparently they are slowly working their way out of his skin. Thousands of quail, chukar, etc... have been shot over him. Over the years he has picked up some stray pellets from 60+ yards. Lots of people hunting over him. Vet friends tell me that people are amazed when they bring their bird dogs in for X-rays.

I agree. I think he is a 160 class deer. Width and left G4 holding him back from the next level.

I'm curious what this buck scored. Any idea?

I think a lot of it has to do with what we eat here in the U.S. Engineered flour and sugar in everything. I am not an MD, but have my own observations. My grown children are addicted to processed food, fast food, things that are not good for them. They are just like drug addicts. They can't help themselves and don't want to change, no matter the consequence. Every year, I spend about 1 month in Africa doing some work for national parks and game preserves. I typically stay at a nice lodge or someone's farm for the trip. I am thin, in shape and eat like a horse. Typically lose 8 to 10 pounds while there. The flour is ground in the back yard for the breads, puddings and cookies. The sugar cane is harvested nearby. The milk and butter are from the cows on the farm. The preserves are made in camp, and all of the meat was killed that day or the day before. Ate eggs, toast, potatoes for breakfast, some sort of lasagna like meal with bread for lunch, and some grilled meat, potatoes, bread and cake/pie/pudding for dessert for dinner. No processed foods were consumed during the trip. Some of it can be accounted for being very active and outdoors while there, but unprocessed food has to play a large part. My next door neighbor's son wanted to work in Africa as a summer job. I got him a job for 3 months in the summer at one of the preserves. Typical US kid, freshman in college, over 6' and 40 pounds over weight. When he got home, he looked like a different person. Had lost all of the excess weight. I asked the preserve owner if they did not feed him and their response was they had to increase their harvesting/food planning to account for how much he ate. He did not work that hard. Food had to be important in the weight loss.

1974 9422M .22 Magnum and 1974 Colt SAA .22 Magnum. I spent all my mowing, hay hauling, sprig digging, corn harvesting money keeping these 2 fed. Very good times and many thousands of rounds fired.

The Range has a few pallets of 9mm. $650 per 1000 and limit of 10 cases per person.

I doubt it. Probably picked it up somewhere as-is. It has period correct proof marks, desirable inspector initials and pretty good timing. 8xxx main frame, 12xxx trigger frame and 11xxx grip frame. Have the Colt letter. It was not from my lineage so I am just a place keeper for someone on my wife's side to step up someday. Someone who will not pawn it. Have not met that relative yet.

1874 SAA. 4 digit frame. Not factory grips but been on the gun as long as anyone knows. At least 80 years.

My error. I had about 10 thousand rounds on hand when the virus started. I shoot 1-200 rounds a week and try to add to my stash when I can find it. I got a couple thousand rounds from Sig last month. A couple from Federal earlier this fall, a few thousand from MidwayUSA this summer and a thousand or so from The Range before prices got crazy. They are officially crazy now. The Range in Austin has them for 75 cents per round today including tax. They are not making any money at this price. This is up from last month, the month before that, the summer, etc... Components are in very short supply.

I will when I get home. 1874 birth date. Taken apart, barrel cut back and reassembled for Spanish American War. Proper inspector initials, mismatched frames, common for this gun. My wife's great grandfather's carry piece when he was a sheriff in the 1930s. Was just a tool for him. No one in the family knew it was a first year, black powder frame, anything about it until she got it 30 years ago.

ECO was 9mm. A fabulous pistol in the 1911 style. Hammer, grip safety and thumb safety. All have to work in sync. There are great 1911 shooters out there and I really like them. If I were recommending, it would be striker fired. Just easier to learn, run all day and require little maintenance. Glock 19 is my personal favorite and over 90% of the attendees use one when I take a class. 26 is a little easier to conceal as well as 43 and 48. I thought the 365 was super concealable and very accurate. If possible, go to a range that rents many of the different makes and see which works best for you. There are Glock fans, Sig fans, H&K, Walther, S&W, etc... As mentioned above, it is the Indian and not the arrow. Pick a platform, train with it, dry fire with it and practice drawing from concealed 100 times a week until muscle memory.

The change experiment was out of boredom. The 19 and 30S are perfect for me, just wanted to see if the grass was greener on the other side of the fence so to speak. One 19 is Kline Tactical with lightened slide to match weight of RMR, fitted barrel, Taran Tactical trigger, accelerator pads, etc... The other 19 is Boresight Solutions with their own stippled frame, Agency barrel, Arsenal Democracy Switch trigger, lightened slide to match RMR weight, etc.... They run perfectly and are extremely accurate. I just lucked into a pair of 30S years ago that are the most accurate handguns I own and only have trigger work. I carry one of the 19s or 30S every day. I rotate the pairs out between carry, bedside every month or so.

I'm a wheelgun fan. Grew up with, killed deer with and now they reside in the safe. Kept my Python, n-frame Smiths and 1st year, 4 digit SAA.