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This morning I had to have my dog put down. He was around 8 years old. (Rottie) Ralphie, (named after the boy in "A Christmas Story) had beat the odds w/ cancer over a year longer than expected. He was my buddy and was there for me through out all 3 of my wifes strokes, waiting for me to come...

This is from my in-laws property in SW NY (Alphamax10's parents land). Nick went up for the NY archery opener and checked the cameras. The date is wrong in the pic. This was 10 days ago...

And placed an order with Smokey's Deer Lure in New Cumberland, WV this afternoon. Smokey McNicholas is a dude I met years ago at a sportsmen show here in town. It took a few years for me to hear about the preorbital gland lure he makes, but I do vaugely remember him having some of it at this...