Search results

  1. wis bang

    A Snapping Turtle and a Spotted Turtle

    It's also the reason you didn't catch any fish...That's one old snapper...
  2. wis bang

    'shine in the pines?

    During prohibition, every small town had a still, some where! My grandfather spoke about a brewery in my home town. they snuck a pipe through a drain pipe to get water from the river...took years and a over flowed vat to get them caught...
  3. wis bang

    Google Satellite photos... wow!

    I looked at my old employer. They were by the Parkway & route 9 bridges over the Raritan river. The New Rt 9 bridge is in the picture. The begining of the new addition to the parkway bridge is not visible and the Rt 35 bridge shows no sign of the new span 1/2 of which was open in 2004. I'd say...
  4. wis bang

    Lumberton man drowns when kayak overturns

    It's still too cold! I'm seeing all the roof racks back on the cars but hypothermia is a real issue. We wern't allowed on the Delaware till Memorial Day. Someone usually dies on the Delaware mid April to mid May each year. Too many people leave their PFD near; that may be OK in July but it...
  5. wis bang

    Wednesday in the pines

    Grab one of the liquid filled compass w/ a split ring and put it on a zipper pull. They also sell little round ones on a pin that can be left pinned to a sleeve...You need to have it and use it 'cause you can't just whip out a compass once you're lost...you could guess where North is...Thick...
  6. wis bang

    I need some advice on GPS.....

    I have the e-trex legend - pre color display - they are still available in the $150.00 range and I think it makes a good 'starter' unit but if I could do it over [and known the color would be out 6 months later] I would have opted for the color screen. I've purchased the back w/ the button...
  7. wis bang

    Spring Afternoon Surprise

    Yearling mortality hapens. That's why most healthy doe have twin fawns. Newborn fawns are sentless and mom 'hides' them while she feeds to keep up her milk. Once they loose their spots and start eating brouse they can be scented and preditors [including cars] come into play. Yearlings stay w/...
  8. wis bang

    Wanta buy a Kayak...

    Come a little north, Harry's Army & Navy on Rt 130 in Hamilton has alot of ocean pacific & old town on display & they're moving to a larger store behind their current location so there should be some sales comming...
  9. wis bang

    Squirrel recipies

    It's all reltive; my mom recalls eating groundhog during the depression.
  10. wis bang

    Waterfowl raise flap with neighbors

    My aunt & Uncle had one used to attack any female visitors ripping nylons & leaving black & blue thighs...
  11. wis bang

    "wolf" killed near Whiting

    This deer season was the first in about five years that I did not see one in the Poconos. First time I thought it was a 'lost' or feral Geman Shepard except is looked so big. Last year's was coal black w/ a small white strip...
  12. wis bang

    Exploring near Pestletown and along Fleming Pike.

    Sadly things do change. I learned my way around our hunting areas walking with my father and grandfather. It was truly interesting this past year to mark alot of our spots in my GPS and later on Street Atlas on my laptop. Most of the 'stands' I find are close to a road except in State Forest...
  13. wis bang

    A double whammy

    Feel my pain I have to Pay $1400.00........
  14. wis bang

    Fishing help

    Two seasons ago my neighbor started fishing and I took it back up after a 30 year layoff. Fished the whole season w/ out buying a licnese. Last year I got one the first time we stopped to get bait and was checked later that same day! I'm sure the $22.00 it cost [no trout stamp] was alot less...
  15. wis bang

    Fishing help

    WoW, we could fill a whole forum and not scratch the surface. there are different lures for different fish and different methods of presenting similar things, just like fishing salt. This early you can do OK w/ minnows and a hook & bobber. I've fished prospertown in March w/ minnows...
  16. wis bang

    Hunters demand a one-deer limit

    There is more deer than ever. Alot of them have become acustomed to livin' in the 'burbs. They also move/feed mostly at night, It only takes one noisy hunter to clear out the woods...
  17. wis bang

    Jersey LIGHTNIN

    They must have been cutting pond ice somewhere...just bury the jug in the ice house for a day or so...They kept Ice around over a season in an insulated building packed in sawdust...
  18. wis bang

    Jersey LIGHTNIN

    Something from a local fruit stand that was not heated to kill the mocrobes it contains...If it was packed in plastic jugs somewhere far away, it was pasturized to keep it from spoiling. a natural cider could give you intestional discomfort if you drink too much as the microbes will overwhelm...
  19. wis bang

    Jersey LIGHTNIN

    You want a unpasturized local cider.
Top