CONGRATS Ryan!!!  Isn't it awesome to be a "QUITTER"  Just take it one day at a time and you can make it through.  I am on day 38 and it is getting easier.  The urges are still there but you find ways of handling them differently than lighting up.  I smoked for 27 years and when I couldn't catch my breath, it was time to put them down.  Like Krystal said, the weight gain is the worst but that will be fixed in time.  I am like Oly - cigarette smoke now smells bad enough it nauseates me and I thought it never would.  Anyway, keep up the awesome work and welcome to the club!!!

Just making an announcement that the 2012 LSWDA Calendars are ON SALE!!!  $10 each and that includes shipping!!

You won't find these calendars in any stores so get them while you can!!!  We only have a few of each one left!!

Thanks Ryan for encouraging folks to sign up and contribute to the cause!!  Very glad to have you on board!!!

You are dead on that organizations like LSWDA and TDHA NEED folks to step up and stand united.  There is strength in numbers and in the political ring, numbers mean A LOT!!!  With the upcoming 83rd Legislative Session looming closer every day, we are going to need everyone to step up, help out, and do their part.  LSWDA is working diligently at getting things ready for this session.  We hope to accomplish some great things and we want everyone to be a part of it!!

DANG ole shep - I hope that Sue is found soon!!!

APPLE PIE!!!!

It is scary how good this stuff is!!! 

I will get more up tomorrow.

Here are some pictures I have uploaded so far - have more to post but photo bucket is acting stupid!!

7 hours home and playing catch up here at work after being gone for 3 days, I am finally getting the results posted up.  Thanks to those that already posted.

Here are the official scores from the Randy Bumpers Memorial/LSWDA Hog Hunting Contest this pat weekend

We had a total of 40 teams sign up.  20 teams weighed in.  152 hogs (plus some after the sow got there...piglets) were weighed in at a total weight of 23,088 pounds.  Average of 152 pounds per hog.  Weather definitely cooperated with no rain and hot days.  

Big Contest - Heaviest Stringer of 10:

1st - High Yella - 1,977 pounds - $4,000.00
Erik Van Dorn - Team Captain
Chance Ward, Tony Shelly, Jason Thompson

2nd - LB Cattle - 1,826 pounds - $1,100.00
Allen Sullivan - Team Captain
Cole McVeay, Justin Jones,Doug Burdette


Heaviest Hog:

1st - 7-D Ranch - 322 pounds - $1,500.00
Wes Dunn - Team Captain
Jamie Dunn, Poyton Newsom, Jarrud Horton

2nd - Matt Silar Team - 310 pounds - $800.00
Matt Silar - Team Captain
Tara Hill, Brian Leathers, Jake Harrington

Longest Stringer:

1st - High Yella - 26 hogs - $1,500.00
Erik Van Dorn - Team Captain
Chance Ward, Tony Shelly, Jason Thompson

2nd - Curr Dog Productions - 16 hogs - $800.00
Jake Sudduth - Team Captain
Nathan Petrey, Jared Anderson, Brandon Beraux

Heaviest Stringer of 4:

1st - 7-D Ranch - 1020 pounds - $1,500.00
Wes Dunn - Team Captain
Jamie Dunn, Poyton Newsom, Jarrud Horton

2nd - High Yella - 872 pounds - $800.00
Erik Van Dorn - Team Captain
Chance Ward, Tony Shelly, Jason Thompson

All LSWDA Team Heaviest Stringer of 3:

Rockin' V - 658 pounds - $275.00
Steven Goolsby - Team Captain
Trampas Rodell, Jarod Kikrease, Shane Pate

Congratulations to ALL of the winners and thank you to everyone that signed up and paid their entry fees!!  

I would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to ALL of those that helped with this contest!!  I would list them but I am sure I would miss some along the way.  YOU all know who you are!!  We appreciate your hard work and support for LSWDA more than any of you realize!!

THANK YOU also goes out to our SPONSORS!!  Tri - Tronics, Henson Chevy, Striker Construction, Nucor, NLDA, Swamp Dawg, and Outlaw Feeds!!!  You all made the contest a success!!!

It's a beautiful weekend for a hog hunting contest!!!  Looking forward a great contest!!!  GOOD LUCK to all contestants!!  The hunt begins at midnight tonight! 

Since I will be traveling all day tomorrow and will be at the contest Friday - All new online entrants, PLEASE fax your entry forms to 903-322-2653.  Thank you!!!

You got that right!!!   

Looking forward to meeting you all and definitely appreciate you guys at TBH helping out and supporting the contest and LSWDA!!! 

We would like to welcome our newest Donating Sponsor to this contest.  OUTLAW FEEDS  Thanks for your support and hope to see y'all at the weigh in on Sunday!!

The Online Registration is back up and running at www.lswda.org/  The discounted entry fee is over but you can still register online and pay through PayPal.  PLEASE remember to fill out the Entry Form and get it back to us as well so we can enter your team and team members onto the list.  Thanks!!!

It got bogged down in the Budget mess of the last Legislative Session.  We have it in the works to be re-introduced this next legislative session.  We will need everyone to pull together, contact your Senators and Representatives, and help us get it through all of the hoops.  It is going to be a busy, busy time starting January 1, 2013.

We have 20 teams that signed up during our online pre-registration!!  We are excited!!!  

Wishing ALL of the teams GOOD LUCK this weekend and we look forward to seeing y'all at the weigh in!!!

Today is the LAST day to pre-register online and receive the discount.  If you are entering up and want to save a little money, hurry up and get entered up.  Tomorrow you will have to wait until the on - site registration on Friday.

We have 12 teams that have entered up online so far!!  GOOD LUCK y'all!!! 

2) Evidence for the above listed exemptions is "self executing," says
Francis, which means that a person does not have to file anything with TDLR
up front if they are claiming an exemption for breeding these type dogs.

3) HOWEVER! If someone files a complaint against those exempted dog
breeders saying they should be licensed as a Cat or Dog Breeder, then TDLR
will ask that breeder to provide proof that each dog is exempt with entry
registration forms or receipts from an entity conducting the event.
[Charles Johnson, TDLR counsel, said the breeder must have the defense ready
"if they come after you."] It will be decided case by case. Such proof
must conclusively identify and relate to the specific dog for which an
exemption is requested.

That is one of the issues at hand that hopefully gets cleared up soon.