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  1. manumuskin

    Snakes Alive

    Bill Yes I know bill.he used to work with my wife at santas best.i think he still works there.he runs snake fence and snake traps out there.The man knows his stuff when it comes to pine snakes.he also is a damn good photographer from what i hear. Al
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    cougars in the barrens

    swamp woman definitely hardcore there.raising the youngun to be a swamper too,I like that:-) I noticed that getting wet slowly in the rain is a lot more uncomfortable then being wet so as long as the temp is say 60 or above and I"m caught in the rain I"ll usually find a creek if ones...
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    Snakes Alive

    snakes actually yes the rattlers are endangered but as of last year pine snakes were only on the threatened list which isn"t quite as bad and yes they are both illegal to catch and keep. I have a lifetime project going on to capture and release every type of snake native to south jersey.theirs...
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    cougars in the barrens

    swamp woman renee, your a swamper huh? Never met a woman that would actually take it to the belly slithering stage!Met some damn tough women cavers and some real tough hikers but never met one that could get into a real mean swamp.My swamp boots are off to you!I"ll even wash my feet first:-) Al
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    Snakes Alive

    snakes I seen Gerry"s photos and while he may be skilled at catching them he"s not at identifying them.His corn snakes are indeed corn snakes which are quite a find but his milk snake I"m sad to say is an eastern hognose and his water snake (at least one of them)is an eastern...
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    cougars in the barrens

    stump jumpin this swamp is a particuarly nasty one.mucch time is spent on your belly slithering under blowdowns or holding onto trees while leaning out to find your next solid step and inevitably have the dead tree give way on you and dropping you where you dont want.this is a real good place...
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    cougars in the barrens

    great swamp Me and a friend of mine crawled and slithered across great swamp last fall.we crossed from the northeast corner by the old cranberry bogs to the big meadow on the west side a distance of a mile.this took two and a half hours then we recrossed due west and came out by a small beaver...
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    cougars in the barrens

    Back in 78 when I was 14 years old me and my cousin were canoeing the mullica at the top of the big beaver pond a couple miles below atsion around march because the red maples were just starting to flower when we came around a bend in a savannah like area with a few spindly maples here and there...
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    Bears in the Pines

    bruset bruset, I do believe that the pine barrens is native habitat to bear only they were exterminated here over 100 years ago when the barrens were actually less wild then they are now due to all the charcoaling,iron mining and so forth going on at the time of the extermination.I think...
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    beelcoville powerhouse and dr whites

    whites and powerhouse yes I do know where apple pie hill is but have never seen these ruins.I guess I"ll have to bushwack around the hill and find em.I"ve hiked the erntire batona trail and drive to the top of the hill every so often but I"ve missed it. The powerhouse area I"ve dove in is...
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    Al Brants house

    Has anyone been to the cellar holes and pretty field of Al Brants house?it"s about 2 mi south of washington.Just found out what it was called.knew the place for years. Al
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    beelcoville powerhouse and dr whites

    After going thru bach2yoga"s gallery I realize now that what I dove with a wetsuit and a carbide lamp was the bellcoville powerhouse next to the great egg river.It goes back about 50 yards with a depth of about 3 ft and about 8 inches of airspace.when you get to the back it"s pitch dark except...
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    half way

    old cemetery renee, I can either take you to the cemetery personally or if your real good with a topo map you may be able to find it on your own.about 100 yards from dirt road on map and it is on private property though no one really cares till hunting season.then everybody in that area gets...
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    half way

    kirbys no it"s not fries mill I"m talking about.it"s a hole on kirby"s property just south of menantico and yes he is a butthole.long story there between me an him. is the african cemetery you speak of the one a half mi in the woods south of stagecoach road and about a mi past hunters mill...
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    half way

    yes I have Yes I"ve been to aetna furnace and found several cellar holes up and down the creek on both sides of 49.I"ve also snuk into the old cranberry packing house with a flashlight and found old cranberry boxes and magazines which is surprising with all the locals around there,I figured...
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    half way

    answers to all No I"m not looking for Charle Wills grave. I know where that is.I read in one of my many books on the area (the title escapes me) that there is an old graveyard hidden in the woods around union clay works or old half way and on the gallery section of this website theirs actually...
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    half way

    Hi I"m new here.I"m 39 and have been exploring my own corner of the barrens in cumberland county since I was a wee youngun and all the barrens since I got wheels:-)One place I"ve heard of is that old half way supposedly has an old hidden graveyard with iron headboards but I"ve never been able to...
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