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Footprints on back corner of my house I turned on my backyard floodlights and flashed my lights when I realized what was happening. Which I think stopped him from going to my back door . And I did yell about 6 times. Loudly .

I did not grab my weapon until I was sure it was not my son. And I lost sight of the guy And as I was loading it I thought of the guy in Hilton .which is why I did not go anywhere More than on my porch . And I know that I can't just start putting lead in the air . My attached garage has as way in to my basement and I was,worried about that . I never in my 61 years have ever been in the situation where I felt that in my home I may have to defend my wife and my life . And it is amazing the thoughts, and there were a lot, that go through your head when put in that situation . This whole thing lasted 8 to 10 min . Sheriffs response time was 10 min from the call . I was not military ( and thanks you guys for your service ) but I was surprisingly not scared a bit and was clear headed about the whole thing . And I felt a whole lot better once I had my trusty 1100 in my hand .

So I'm laying awake in bed last night at 4 am . Front of the house lights up . I get up and there is a car idle in the driveway half way down with lights on . Could not see what it was , thought it might be my older son . I live in the country with houses kind of close around . I see a guy get out and walk to side of my house where I loose sight of him . I open the door and yell at him a few times , no answer . I know it's not my son now so I go up and grab my 1100 and load with 00 buck . I tell my wife dial 911 I go out on the porch and yell again and see another car across the road on edge of my property line ideling . I held my weapon up so both could see it . Thought very strongly about firing a warning shot but didn't . I don't see the first guy and think he may be in my garage so I go back inside and open garage , gun first . Nobody there so I go back to front door to see the car door shut and car back out and leave with second car leave also . Nothing missing and fresh tracks on side of house . Did not try to get in my vehicles, or boats . Sheriff came and that's the story . As I was loading up I was thinking , man this could end bad .

I have used blacks,cannon,Roemer, walker,Mac Jack, Riviera . Those are what I remember . Now I use Offshore . I like them the best . You can adjust tension by how far back you pinch the line in the clip . When the pads start to wear you can replace them . The cable they come with allows the release to telegraph the hit of a small fish better than a black or one fixed on the rigger cable . Never tried a scotty power grip but plan to ..

I put ball bearings on all of my flashers ends If I use a meat head or my rig , it spins . And I figure the whip and free spin can only help . Also my Hot Spots and Becholds come with ball bearings both ends .

Why would you use a snubber on anything but a dipsy ? And I don't like them on that . A snubber can negate a good Hookset .

I must have been in the can for the pole dancing .

Word on the street is that next year there will be pole dancing !! Can't wait for that !