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    Just like the Pines.........

    behr, I was in moose River Plains in july.my first time in the dacks.we were waterfall hopping and theirs several off of the road thru the plains. Al
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    Found a giant spider.....

    saw a huntsman last week with a bright blue egg sac hanging on it"s butt the size of a large marble.he was outside so he lived. Al
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    Found a giant spider.....

    First Stu where did you go in the okie? I was there a few years ago and loved it.The stop on Floyds island was awesome.always wanted to go to Bugaboo islands but thats over a mile bushwack each way and never found anyone brazen enough to try it with me. If the spider was that big and looked...
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    The Great Pine Barrens Wilderness Game

    how many points to they deduct if they have to bring the dogs out to rescue you?:-) Al
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    Volunteering for the USGS

    Hope no one takes you as a terrorist.I was approached by a guy who thought I was casing out the neighbors house for a robbery when I was annotating laurel lake.soon as I explained my position he was very interested but at first it looked as if he wanted to scrap.turns out he was a corrections...
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    Spring Hill

    Boyd, The locals know that spot quite well.they sometimes party there and they like to target practice in the pit.yes a lot of us on the forum know that spot as well.your about as far back in the woods as you can get there.Me and my wife needed to make a call and theirs no cell phone service...
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    Volunteering for the USGS

    Guy, I updated the dividing creek quad for earth science corps for two years till i finished it.Is this what your doing,updating the chatsworth quad? Al
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    Spring Hill

    Boyd, I believe I saw you at spring hill yesterday.me and my wife were in a green suzuki vitara and we were at the eastern overlook.you waved as you went by and had a camera?stopped at the top of the pit as we drove out?yes that is spring hill plains you were in.it"s a very large hill area...
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    Where have all the ticks gone?

    Ben, I was checking out that cellar hole at night last week and got a half a dozen chiggers on each foot. Al
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    Death Threats on Warren Grove Calico Road

    go north on the road from martha past the nash cabin turnoff and approximately a mile before you hit andrews road theirs a right hand turn on a narrower road that runs straight south for about half a mile then hooks a right back toward nash cabin but you want to zig zag back left again.its a...
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    Death Threats on Warren Grove Calico Road

    that story I posted was last winter BEHR.the water in that hole was two and a half ft deep then.I aint been there since.figured the level woulda held though beings it"s flooded because of a beaver dam Al
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    Death Threats on Warren Grove Calico Road

    Behr, I didn"t try the small lake you refer to as a puddle:-) I went up martha road toward ansrews road and hooked a right which will bring you calico via the backside.a lot longer but i do not like the looks of that puddle.i walked thru it and it hit mid thigh.the cutaround isnt much...
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    Death Threats on Warren Grove Calico Road

    Barry, That was Andrews road.the way is blocked in front and to the right and left with gates.Allen road would be straight ahead about a mile.Oswego lake to the left and Absegami to the right. Theirs nothing more inviting then a large block of woods that everyone else is afraid to go into...
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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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    Tulpehocken revisited

    Tulpehocken Tulpehocken River fulla fish!
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    HOW MUCH LONGER TILL CHIGGER TIME

    got me a small dose too out to hampton furnace nightherpin in the field.half a dozen bites on both feet. Al
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    Squealing red ant?

    Renee, Yes I always called em cow ants but I"ve heard them called velvet ants too.I"m pretty good on my latin when it comes to reptiles but insects I"m not.I just know their not to be toyed with like I would a large ant.best left untouched. Al
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    Squealing red ant?

    That ant ain"t! Thats a cow ant but it"s really a wasp.I know from personal experience.Their flightless,solitary except while breeding and their on the ground even when the barrens are broiling,they just move faster then. Al
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    Mountain Lion sighting....

    I saw a cougar on the mullica back in 78 in the meadow below the rr trestle.it was in a tree and on being spotted it jumped out and headed for the east bank and disappeared. Al
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    Drowning at Lake Oswego 6/4/04

    the law is their must be one life jacket per person on the boat(coast guard approved) but you don"t have to wear it. ten feet is about as deep as oswego lake gets.musta been down near the dam.shame Al
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