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    A good first hour in the pines

    i remember i few years ago, my dad shared an interesting hypothesis with me. on his way to wildwood when he was a kid, by the salt marshes he would see huge black ratsnakes basking, he theorized that the really huge ones loved the marshes because it may be more inaccessable than other places...
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    A good first hour in the pines

    really nice pics, but i believe thats a ground skink
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    manamuskin trip

    i was by the ruins, no luck, and the ponds, thats were the garter was, near a pond, they usually are near water when i find them. The ratsnake had some some scars, nothing serious, but he had about 4, only was was big, he was functioning fine though.
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    manamuskin trip

    thanks for the luck but there was none as far as pine snakes go, i did however find a black rat snake and a monster garter snake(over 3 feet) by far the largest ive ever seen, also tons of lizards, and some toads, i got some pics, cheap camera, not sure if i know how to put them on but ill try...
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    manamuskin trip

    thanks for the tip and i know that its off main road, ill be careful, im gonna try and bring a camera, maybe show some pics
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    manamuskin trip

    goin to manamuskin tomorrow with my cousin if anyone wanted to join, were goin in around the trussle near wayde boulevard, about 10, 9, in the morning, gonna try to find a pine snake finaly, tomorrows the day for sure, wish me luck, any advice?
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    water snakes

    just about every one of them i catch is very nasty, they dont really stand there ground at all, its just when you pick them up, the first thing they do is try to get a piece of you
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    water snakes

    its a nice find, i know how you feel though, i wouldnt normally jump in for water snakes, but when its hard to find herps, those guys are always around, so there cool, cause for me there just about a sure thing
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    Some Herps this year

    is manamuskin around manantico? i shouldnt go into specifics about it, but does anyone have any luck, what do you find there. is there anyone i can leave a private message about a spot i know that wont tell anyone, its a place i heard had tons of pine snake. This place has only turned up a...
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    water snakes

    i was just out fishing and saw another water snake, it was one of the ones from the other day, he had a small scar on his back, it didnt impare his movement or anything, especially since he got away from me and my friend, pretty snake though. bout 1 1/2 feet
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    water snakes

    ya i know i want to get a cheap one, how much is a cheap one that works good, my moms got one, but its so small that you can't even see what your taking pics of, i really want to start putting pics up here
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    water snakes

    saw 3 water snakes yesterday but they were had to catch because of where they were. Caught one and he was very docile, didnt try to bite at all, it was weird, and when i put him back in the water i was gonna touch his tail so he would go to the other side of the creek he was at. Even then he...
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    Making my first trip...

    hi im herb, and im kinda new too, ive lived in cumberland county for 4 years and you can expect to see a ton of reptiles in the barrens, its insane, everywhere you go theres fence lizards and tons of snakes, finding pine snakes and rattlers are my main goals too, havent done it yet. good...
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    herpetologists

    hey im herb, im not sure about who runs the classes, good luck man, hope to see you there
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    herpetologists

    Yes, im 17, junior year, i greatly appreciate your advice. I was considering maybe zoology and maybe specialize in herpetology, so i could work for a university or something like that. I was thinking maybe venom samples, things like that. My plan right now was after saving up after high...
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    Some Herps this year

    those are some really nice pics, i like the salamanders, and the garter pics were real nice
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    herpetologists

    okay thanks
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    herpetologists

    I know well enough that i cant keep a pine snake, i love reptiles and wouldnt do something that careless, if im good enough i just may reach that fame, but i see what you guys are saying, and i at least want to be officially a herpetologist so i can hang it on my wall you know, even if i dont do...
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    Possible Cougar sighting....

    nice article, that would be really cool if there was a mountain lion in New Jersey. I'd like to see a picture, that would be awesome
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    herpetologists

    ya that sucks that theres not much money in it, i dont care about that, if i can earn a living off of it ill have to work 2 jobs. Can't let the money stop me. But ya, i just try and soak in as much info as possible. I also noticed that lots of people here are putting up pics of repitiles im...
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