By Dave Hurteau

You people make it difficult to pick a winner. There were lots of good captions among your140-plus entries to the contest we posted on August 25. I narrowed them down to 12 finalists, and then pared those down to these two, which are similar:

[1] Beer! I said, "toss me a BEER!" Idiot. –Bob
[2] Dominic snagged his backcast on a tag alder as he yelled ashore to his fishing genie: "I said I sure wish I had brought SPAWN to the river!" --michigandunes

Michigandunes, you have the better pun, but what can I tell you--your delivery needs work. Had you gone with…

“SPAWN!” Dominic yelled ashore to his fishing genie. “I said I wish I’d brought a little SPAWN!”

…you’d have it hands down. As is, you have it by forfeit. That’s because –Bob, ever gracious, asked that his entry be considered unofficial, presumably because –Bob, if you remember, won our last caption contest and already has (or is about to get [I finally did send you a package, -Bob]) a new True Talker. In short, you got to hand it to –Bob. Except that –Bob, magnanimous as he is, would hate to steal michigandunes’s thunder.

So congrats michigandunes! Enjoy your new deer call. I’ll be in touch soon.

Here are the other finalists:
Dude, you are doing it all wrong. Here, let me show you. –mvreichard
Discerning flyfishermen insist on using only fresh deer fur. –Blue Buck
Give a deer a fish feed him for a day; teach a deer to fish feed him for a lifetime –gman3186
Are YOU my mother? –jakenbake
Excuse me sir you fly is down –vayotehowler
Only locally grown fresh deer hair caddis imitations work in these waters. –elkslayer
I’d like to help you out. Which way did you come in? –Jim Riter
Hey buddy want to borrow my buck tail? --Tomcoyotes
Pssst.... don't look at me... act like you don't care that I'm here! Now... there is a big buck crossing planned here at 0730 Saturday morning, leave dough over there by the big rock when you leave! --Tamopin

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from buckhunter wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Congrats to Michigandunes.

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from gman3186 wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

congrats michigandunes

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from -Bob wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Congrats michigandunes, and thanks Dave -- the UPS man came thru over the weekend. Although, I don't know if the True Talker is ever going to see the woods...the kids and I are have far too much fun using it to mess with the dog's heads.

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from Jehnifer Quinn wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Congrats very funny!

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from countitandone wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Hurt ~ I agree. Delivery, timing is everything. Except here.

michigandunes ~ Kudos to you. Question: Is there really enough sand in Michigan to have Dunes?

Bob ~ You will forever be known as "Bob, The Magnanimous."

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from Brendan wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

good job man I like the comment

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from FirstBubba wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Bob the what?
What did Bob ever do to you for you to call him THAT!?
Got your back Bob! You know, us B named guys gotta stick together! LOL!!
Congrats, michigandunes, I hope you call in does and spikes!! LOL!!

Bubba

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from countitandone wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

FirstBubba...first, a lesson in diction, if you please. Re-read Hurt's post and within the text you'll find the word both he and I used was a celebratory one. Praise, if you will, for Bob's extending good will.

Geeze, I gotta learn everyone?

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from Don Mitchell wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Congrats,Michigandunes, countitandone,,+ 1 to you on your last comment,as for your question to michiganduns,yup, we have all the sand you could ever use.

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from michigandunes wrote 1 year 36 weeks ago

Yes! Winning on a technicality........being good and lucky at the same time! Thanks for -Bob for stepping down so I can step up. And YES! Michigan is home to the largest collection of freshwater dunes in the world!

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from countitandone wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

FirstBubba...first, a lesson in diction, if you please. Re-read Hurt's post and within the text you'll find the word both he and I used was a celebratory one. Praise, if you will, for Bob's extending good will.

Geeze, I gotta learn everyone?

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from buckhunter wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Congrats to Michigandunes.

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from gman3186 wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

congrats michigandunes

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from -Bob wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Congrats michigandunes, and thanks Dave -- the UPS man came thru over the weekend. Although, I don't know if the True Talker is ever going to see the woods...the kids and I are have far too much fun using it to mess with the dog's heads.

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from Jehnifer Quinn wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Congrats very funny!

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from countitandone wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Hurt ~ I agree. Delivery, timing is everything. Except here.

michigandunes ~ Kudos to you. Question: Is there really enough sand in Michigan to have Dunes?

Bob ~ You will forever be known as "Bob, The Magnanimous."

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from Brendan wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

good job man I like the comment

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from FirstBubba wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Bob the what?
What did Bob ever do to you for you to call him THAT!?
Got your back Bob! You know, us B named guys gotta stick together! LOL!!
Congrats, michigandunes, I hope you call in does and spikes!! LOL!!

Bubba

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from Don Mitchell wrote 1 year 37 weeks ago

Congrats,Michigandunes, countitandone,,+ 1 to you on your last comment,as for your question to michiganduns,yup, we have all the sand you could ever use.

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from michigandunes wrote 1 year 36 weeks ago

Yes! Winning on a technicality........being good and lucky at the same time! Thanks for -Bob for stepping down so I can step up. And YES! Michigan is home to the largest collection of freshwater dunes in the world!

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