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    Pine Barren Flora

    Gorgeous Pine snake and the savannah a couple under it is as well.Their all good as a matter of fact.
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    Out Bogging

    I have never seen hunters lay deer on anything like this? Usually they gut the deer where it lays on the ground so as to save weight transporting it to a waiting vehicle.Then when they get it home they usually yank it off the ground by the neck or upside down with legs spread according to...
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    Out Bogging

    Gorgeous pics Rooftree
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    Rattlesnake

    I think rats look much shinier also due to the keeled scales where racers look Flat Black.Also rats get much bigger and move differently.Racers kink their bodies when they move no doubt a habit acquired from so much climbing.Racers flow much more smoothly and faster.Also if you grab the snake...
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    Fire in Wharton?

    PS I don't know if anyone has checked but I just did. The State buried the well along Godfreys bridge batsto road.I forget the name of the property but it was the well maybe 30 ft off the road.you can still see the logs that surrounded it but they filled it in.Another historical artifact...
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    Fire in Wharton?

    Just came back from the fire.Those monuments are an awesome find! I had meant to ask you if there was anything in the fire area you had wanted to find.I just drove this road through and checked out a nice little pond i had not seen since the 80's when i had camped in the area and had hiked to...
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    Fire in Wharton?

    Did you go through the big puddle in the low spot on penn swamp road? I chickened out
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    Fire in Wharton?

    Actually i thought the top arrow delineated direction.I went counterclockwise.
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    Fire in Wharton?

    you took the exact same ride I did last evening and the same direction:-)Only I also went partially down penn swamp road.heading back out in an hour to check the interior.
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    Fire in Wharton?

    I just rode around the fire yesterday evening.It definitely cleared out the underbrush north of Penn Swamp.Didn't seem to burn as hot south of the swamp.Didn't look like it crowned,at least not on the perimeter.It was getting dark so I didn't cut through the center on the sand roads that went...
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    Land Preserved In Manchester, Jackson, and Lacey

    I ran into Him once right here http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.80361758930464&lng=-74.24282569091798&z=14&type=nj2015&gpx=. me and another old student were running around the barrens and ran into TBJ at this spot.he was chain smoking with his little son by his second wife.i think his name...
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    Land Preserved In Manchester, Jackson, and Lacey

    and here is the maze http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.80470557147003&lng=-74.2268182675171&z=14&type=nj2015&gpx=
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    Land Preserved In Manchester, Jackson, and Lacey

    I was wrong Guy.Thats why i deleted the post.here is the place he called Hell http://maps.njpinebarrens.com/#lat=39.851933766030385&lng=-74.24368399780275&z=13&type=nj2015&gpx=
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    Rattlesnake

    Any girl that will grab an eel is cool in my book:-)
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    I hate mylar balloons

    The balloons are unsightly and they are literally everywhere.In the deepest darkest swamp but very occasionally I will happen on a bunch with some helium still in them.Party Time! I have entertained many an explorer with bawdy songs sung in the key of helium.
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    More Dirt Preserved !

    There is an aluminum observation tower there Scott.They built it of wood first maybe ten years ago and the locals burnt it to the ground within a week.They then rebuilt with aluminum.The bridge is also new.It is an arch about eight feet over the creek.hand line crabbing is now virtually...
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    Tick Ecology in NJ Pine Barrens?

    Will these medications work for me? I don't know who picks up more ticks,me or the dogs?
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    More Dirt Preserved !

    No I don't.Is that in one of the two mentioned preserves? I know of Tulip Poplar and black gum that big but that tree appears to be neither kind.Hey Scott can you ID that bark?Looks like red oak leaves on the ground.
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    More Dirt Preserved !

    I know where Hollywood Beach is.The old road back there was swallowed by the sand hole.Have to get there by boat now. If you go to Weir Creek bridge on Turkey Point road and look to the left you'll see an island out on the marsh.I spent many a day hanging out there with my dog.barn Owls nest out...
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    More Dirt Preserved !

    Their New Jerseys Big Sky country.Ten minutes from home! Lived in Dividing Creek as a kid and had a canoe out there a lot.
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