Hey fellas - Cheers to another great xmas holiday in the books. Spent the free time with friends/family. Nothing too exciting. Got the wifie a Coach handbag and I got a $100 toward a new bow, which was pretty thoughtful. I never even mentioned wanting a new bow, but she overheard me talking to my buddy about how I thought I bent my axel when I shot my treestand. Honestly, I'll probably just spend the cash on her, b/c I really don't need a new bow, but the thought was nice.

My big excitement for the weekend: At the annual gift exchange with my buddies, I exchanged a custom hand-made potato cannon and an x-rated DVDfor a Red Ryder BB gun, a December '06 Penthouseand a bottle of homemade wine. Our wives/girlfriends watched in horror, as usual. Haha.

Keep your head upShedster - it's not easy, and it never has been. We both had a rough year man - whenour best shots presented, I shot my treestand and you flung your grunt call. Kinda funny when you think about it. It's not over, and maybe our teammates can pull a rabbit out of the hat.

Congrats on the Doe Ryan. I'm going out to try and fill a doe tag with the bow on Friday morning. It will probably be my *official* final hunt of 06. The swans will be singing when I pack up the stand around 10:30. I really don't even know if I'll shoot one if I see it, just want to get outside on my day off before we leave for New Years' weekend.

Glad you're feeling better Anthony - I had the bug too, but it's gone now.

Dave - you got schooled by the boys eh? Man, you're no good at air hockey eh? Maybe you should stick to deer hunting. Hah.

AR - how's the goose hunting been?

Mike - I have the video in my briefcase - just looking around for a box that will work for shipment.

I never thought I'd say it, but I'm GLAD to be back to WORK!!? I know... Weird...