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Beautiful photos Jon. I was in the woods at 5:40 this morning walking the mile from my house to my stand under moonlight. Nothing like it. We usually have an otter or two back here but I haven't taken the time lately to look for sign.

Sadly, this is just another branch of the permit fiasco into which we are all about to submerge ourselves. I suppose we should just lay down and heed the sage words of Indiana Jones and Montgomery Burns, both of whom appeared in the video. :)

Stiltzkin, The coordinate values shown on the monument are X and Y Cartesian coordinates. More importantly, the X value is reduced by a factor of 100 and the Y value is reduced by a factor of 1,000 so that they fit on the monument. You also need to know that X values are Eastings and Y values...

It Iooks like I have been slacking a bit here. :) I started this thread 9 years ago. So, without further ado, I hereby proclaim the start of Six-Day on December 5, 2022! Good luck to everyone and enjoy one of New Jersey's oldest hunting traditions...

Short o sir. ;)

It looks like a cast iron shitometer cover with a nearby witness post so that it can be found more easily when the leaf cover is heavy, as is the case in this photo. When the lid rises above grade, it serves as an indicator that the s%itter is full. Simple and effective technology. :)

I used to spend a lot of time in that area. In most years, it is impassable by the average 4WD truck from late October until May when the groundwater table rises. I used to use my son's beater truck to hunt back there and was able to squeeze it through the go-arounds. The only saving grace was...

$222,000 for that POS ? What a great deal. :(

The Youth Days are one of the best things that NJ F&W has done in my 54 years of hunting. It is harder now than ever to get kids involved in the outdoors and giving them a day to themselves improves their chances of being successful and hopefully remaining life-long hunters. Here is my youngest...

I remember the gravestone Guy. My wife and I visited that cemetery in the late 1970's on motorcycles before we were married. I remember thinking the name Manassas was really cool. If I recall correctly, it was not a very old stone like one would expect. It seemed like it had been replaced. Hard...

1967? Holy Schmoly ! Were dinosaurs roaming the camp at which you worked at that time ? :p

My father stayed there in Ockanickon in the 1920's. He was born and raised in North Camden and it was quite a culture shock for him. My sister has a letter he sent home to his mother (my grandmother) asking her to come get him ! When was the name of the camp changed ? Please don't tell me that...

It is Bob. You can park vehicles on the east side of the river wherever you can find a spot and walk right to the site. I hiked in from Batsto back in '79 for an overnight stay when I was in college with two college buddies. They were both from congested areas of North Jersey and you would...

After two days of applying rust remover jelly, vigorous wire brushing and wire wheeling, I got to see some good metal. I also got all three brass scale pins moving freely. Not quite what I was hoping for because I could not find a manufacturer's name on the base of the blade. My wife thought I...

I've been through that site many times over the years John and I still haven' been able to figure out the hole with all of the vertical timbers. One of the Rusnaks told me a local tale of the people who used to live there that is very chilling, if it is true. Good campfire story:eek:. The family...

I just got back from a job in a stripped old field and I told the guy with me that we are both probably going to get chigged. No spray in my truck right now and I’m usually not thinking about chiggers on November.

I don't think China's quality has spiraled down Bob, it was never there to begin with. I do everything possible to avoid buying Chinese anything. The Chinese are not our friends.

I would say that it was there for a very long time. The scales, which are what you grip on a knife, are long gone and only the pins that held them in place are in the handle. My guess is that it had wooden scales that long ago rotted and then burned away. If it had synthetic scales, I think...

Here it is. A hunting knife minus its grip materials and minus most of its blade. It was probably used to pry something and then it snapped. It was just sitting there in the dirt near our lunch spot.

Beavers will be beavers. Words to live by. :) I applied for trapping permits this year for the second time. The first time I applied for two zones and didn't get either one. I don't know why they are so restrictive. I have a few 330's but I have never set for beaver yet. Off topic, I love 539...