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My mother, father, and I saw one slowly cross in front of us at about 75 yards while driving down a logging road towards our old deer lease on paper land. It happened on a bright, sunny day during the summer of 1997, west/northwest of Moscow, TX. Never will forget it. I reported it to TPWD, but they never followed up.

Just got back to Texas from a 10 day trip visiting my buddy who lives in Montana. Drew a deer tag this year and got a nice, mature 5x6 mule deer. Deer weighed over 250 lbs on the hoof and had a ton of mass. We also did one afternoon goose hunt in a snow storm. We got 6 greater Canadians. Goose leg/thigh gumbo was delicious. We also did a lot of pheasant, grouse, and Hungarian partridge hunting. All public land/public access, other than goose hunt where we knocked on farmer's door and asked for permission to hunt field. Wishing the trip wasn't over.

I have a UK bank account as well, because I lived/worked in Scotland. It was a pain in the ass to get it even though I was living there. I had to prove I was staying there for an extended period of time and provide documentation on income levels and a letter from my company. I needed a bank account immediately after moving there and it still took about a month. I also went through this same process in France, although I canceled that bank account, which in hindsight was a mistake. Also FYI, you have to report any foreign accounts valued over $10k when you file taxes. From a tariff perspective, with its impact on inflation, I thought about transferring dollars into pounds if warranted, but I think tariff based inflation will affect the global economy, so not really the hedge I want it to be.

Second game for me at DKR, after the NMSU game 2 weeks earlier. Going to the game this weekend. Hoping for a much different outcome this time.

Well this is a states' rights issue, so obviously....

How was she a bad candidate? Agreed, no one really got to pick their choice, but she ran it perfectly.

Bumping, as I am excited to see them for the umpteenth time here in Austin next week. They're playing in Austin/Dallas/San Antonio/Houston. My favorite line has always been: "You could save the highway if you'd crash with me tonight" The nostalgia comment above is spot on for so many of their lyrics.

Great post topic! My grandfather on my dad's side was on the USS St. Lo (escort carrier) when it was sunk by a kamikaze after the surface action. He was lucky to be on the last ship sunk, as they rescued those survivors much quicker than the other ships sunk earlier in the morning. As a kid, I used to talk to him about the battle, the kamikaze, and about jumping off the flight deck before it sank. He talked to me about it, but never really talked to my dad about the whole experience. The "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" book, mentioned above, is one of my favorites. I have read it a couple of times. I keep it on my nightstand.

Nice on the 7PRC. I really like the round. The shot was 315 yards. We were calling from the opposite of the relatively narrow canyon with the sun to our backs. I shot 175 grain ELD-X. I didn't find the bullet, but I got pass through with a good exit wound, got lungs and somehow hit bottom of spine too. Bull didn't move a muscle. Friend who shot the 5x6 that I mentioned above, shot the same 7PRC ammo at 375 yards and I was told the bull didn't really go anywhere either.

Thank you! It's a Bergara B-14 Crest in 7mm PRC. I also used Sandman L suppressor. First year hunting elk with my own rifle. I've borrowed buddies' lightweight 7mm mags and .300 win mags previous years as I didn't want to carry around my Texas whitetail hunting, bull barrel .308. What was your rifle set-up?

Very nice pictures from the elk hunt above. I got an elk on the first rifle hunt in Utah. My 3rd elk and biggest yet. Friend of a friend's ranch at 8500'. It's like an "elk lease". Friend hunting cows helped me call him in after over 2 hours. He eventually got curious and came out of the timber. Made him leave his cows. Elk here seem to have genetics primarily for 5x5. This one has 41" spread inside. Saw about 25 other elk, including two decent bulls and two spikes. Friend I was with on his first elk hunt shot 5x6 shortly after first light on the first morning.

Honest question, if refs giving in to crowd by reversing the penalty "sets a bad precedent", couldn't they just make pass interference a reviewable penalty moving forward, e.g., next season? Seems like the issue would mostly go away and we wouldn't have to deal with bullshit calls by the refs.

Brent Venables treats objects like women.

Same about the memories. That was my first game at DKR. Second UT game ever. Great way to kick it off.

I'm sure he meant it as a compliment, you know, since Vanderbilt has historically beaten Texas...Though you can't say the same for Michigan.