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    Spring Hill

    I have always wondered in spring hill was named for the presence of springs.I have found one that dries up in summer but bubbles out of the ground most of the year as a seep.It is the very head of Breeches branch I suspect a possible nother on on a feeder of Papoose branch but have only been...
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    NJGIN Imagery Rmp Files for anyone who wants them

    I have spent the last six months off an on working on making maps from the aerial imagery on this sit https://njgin.state.nj.us/NJ_NJGINExplorer/IW.jsp?DLayer=NJ%202007%20Orthophotography# I had to download all the tiles and then use Globalmapper to make BMP files out of them,each file of each...
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    What is this

    http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=qjppry8rv63j&scene=5239091&lvl=2&sty=b right in the middle of this phtot(I don't know how to post Bing Photos) there is a small white shape that looks like a large bird,zoom in all the way,just east of the creek.could anyone tell me what this is?a plane? a...
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    I'll Tan Yer Hide!

    I am thinking about getting back into an old hobby,namely brain tanning deer hides to make buckskin with. I initially want to acquire about eight hides.I'm willing to pay for good hides.What I mean by good hides is decent size deer of either sex(no fawns please) and hides that have been pulled...
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    Semi wild

    I was driving down 532 heading from tabernacle to chatsworth today and noticed signs along the north side of the road that say SEMI WILD.they were posted right under posted signs.I was wore out from swamping and didn't have it in me to get out and walk back into the woods to read them.Does...
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    Tell me what you see

    This morning while downloading google earth tiles to make reaster maps out of for my triton gps I was calibrating the image to make the map out of it which entails picking points and enetering coords to align the image so when put into the gps it aligns with reality.In any case I noticed this...
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    What is this?

    could anyone enlighten me as to what this is? the link should take you to a birds eye pic and then you can zoom out and see it is north of hampton gate on carranza road.was surfing through aerials for some new spots to check out when i happened on this.looks like some type of camp but i see...
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    Thompsons Tidal Wave

    This is an old article off the Daily Journal website.I knew there is an interest in Thompsons Beach here by a few so i posted it in total. Local News: Tidal Wave Hits Cumberland County (1950) There had been no warning. A perfect or imperfect combination of the elements combined...
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    Constable Bridge road

    last year sonetime i attempted to drive a route i had driven many times in the past.namely I left 206 and headed se along the south side of the mullica river through the 82 burn area.i kept at it till the road bent south and connected with the road that will take you down to constable bridge.I...
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    Batona Trail Extension

    The southern terminus of the Baton Trail use to be where bass river crosses the road next to absegami lake.It now appears from the road ( i followed it about a half mile) that the trail extends south across the blacktop and past the old CCC camp.Does anyone know if this is a legitimate extension...
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    Muskee Creek

    Billy just sat and taught me how to do the picture thing on here and these are his pics of a trip we took today.This was a stone hunting trip that did not pan out.The stone i am sure now is under water or under a very large muskrat nest so there are no stone pics here but some right purty medder...
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    controlled burns

    i was in the barrens monday and there were two controlled burns going on.one was on the east side of 539 between tuckerton and the lower plains and the other was on the west side of weymouth elwood road between the expressway and elwood in the north section of makepeace wma. the first one...
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    Bigfoot sighting...i swear it wasn't me

    http://www.teamnesra.net/drupal/?q=node/24 look at this bunch of crap! One of the night observation spots I caught a pb treefrog before. I wish i knew about this i coulda had fun with these guys.I coulda made some sounds that woulda made em soil their britches.I have yet to run into anything...
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    can anyone tell me where this photo is from?

    can anyone tell mme where this is?
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    stones and snakes

    While out looking for stones in the vicinty of chatsworth yesterday I found something that wasn't quite stonelike though I did find a few stoes too this last one was the highlight of the day,here he is http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/album.php?albumid=3 Al
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    Tracks blocked by thousands of trees

    I was attempting to follow a section of the old central jersey rr tracks today between carranza road and pine crest.most of this section has been blocked by thousands of trees for miles that have been purposely cut down and dropped across the tracks.this appears to have been done at least a...
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    Oak Island

    I went canoeing down to the forks today and was going to head out to oak island on the tidal portion of bass river.never been there as was wondering if anyone has and if so which is the best way to approach it so as to avoid crawling across the marsh to get there.Any one been there? Al
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    Death Threats on Warren Grove Calico Road

    Since finally getting a four wheel drive four years ago I"ve been vastly increasing my geographic knowledge of the barrens with topos in tow.Now most places I don"t even need the maps anymore.earlier this year I decided to visit an area I hadnt been to in quite awhile and before had to hike into...
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    Klauber at Crossley

    I have this book.It"s great!It"s about an old fashioned snake catcher and his exploits back in the 50"s.Admittedly the conservation ethics werent the same back then but it"s full of local barrens snake info in places like crossley,Mount Misery,Forked River...
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