Wow, what a post! I cried when I read it, and I lived through it all! It was an awesome season, just as you said. For me, it proved I have listen and learned from you and everyone we hunt with that I have the skills to pull it off, but the
BIGGEST gift I received was from Ryan! Since his spring schedule was so busy at VT he
only had opening day to take a longbeard and he chose to give it to me when he could have taken a shot and killed the biggest bird and been in the running with you and Freddy! It so happend the longbeard didn't really want to come my direction, but when I was calling the jakes came rolling in and you and Ryan covered the distance between the when you heard the shot!
Ryan - you are a man of character!!! I can't wait till deer season, maybe I can repay the favor!