Search results

Trout fishing will open today April 1, 2020 for catch and release ! I saw a post on the NJ Conservation Officer's FB page early this morning and I really thought it was an April Fools prank. As it turns out, it is for real. Bait sources may be under a rock in your backyard for now...

Controlled burns today down here in P'town. Another 5' and I wouldn't have to pay my utility bills this month ! !

Enjoy !! https://www.njfishandwildlife.com/bfwf_forums.htm?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Saw this today in my email. I would highly recommend this to anyone who has not been through the Plains. It's a different world out there. My only concern would be that 6 miles in three hours is a pretty good clip for a mixed group. It might look like the scene when Clark Griswold and his son...

Walked out of the house early yesterday morning to snoop around the woods with the muzzleloader. This is a lowly mud puddle about a 6 minute walk from my door. The conditions were all coming together with a cold, damp fog and a sunrise struggling to burn through it.

https://www.courierpostonline.com/in-depth/news/2019/12/17/zen-buddhist-monastery-samong-nj-pine-wind/2599828001/

On Tuesday after work I was running the dog in the woods across the street. Murph was ranging a little bit and I gave him a yell to turn him back to me. As he turned, a red tailed hawk swooped down out of a tree and flew low to the across the fire cut that we were on and disappeared to my right...

Today is day two of the Ocean County Decoy and Gunning Show. Hurry up and see it while they can still call it a gunning show ! :) https://tuckertonseaport.org/event/37th-annual-ocean-county-decoy-gunning-show/2019-09-29/ My son Mike will be working at the Hunters Helping Heroes Booth and will...

Near Whitesbog. Killed by a "friend". Ouch ! https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/20190827/pemberton-man-found-buried-in-forest-friend-charged-with-murder

For just one short day, it was confirmed that there was a timber rattler in Albion, a section of Winslow near Pine Hill. My wife sent me a Nixle about it at lunch. The NJDEP has now confirmed it was a rat snake...

A sad bulletin from NJF&W. There is nothing quite like the thunderous flush of a grouse. In the late 70's and early 80's it was still common to find grouse in the pines, especially in the oak cuttings around the cedar swamp edges near where I live now. They are very common in the woods that I...

Passed this carcass on a neighbor's lawn around 3 today and it was an all-out buzzard convention. However, three hours later our regal National Bird stopped in for a bite and Mr. Buzzard was pushed down to observer status. It was getting crazy after that with anyone driving by slamming on their...

Hopefully 46er sees this but I am sure other members will know this too. I only really have a grasp on birds that land on my plate but my wife loves her feeders and she always asks me what various birds are when they come to the feeder. I usually say a bird. These birds are slender, medium...

I placed this in Land Use rather than Newspaper Articles because it's pretty significant with respect to land use.. The man certainly changed the face of the Pines in many ways...

For the last 27 years, me and a group of friends and co-workers have been doing a freshwater fishing trip on Good Friday. We have only cancelled 2 or 3 in 27 years for weather or other reasons but for the last ten years or so, it has just been me and few people in my old 18' jon. Reasons ...

Me and a buddy did our first groundhog hunt for the season yesterday. (No groundhogs were harmed.) The good news was that there was a pair of nesting Bald Eagles on one of my favorite pieces. The owner of the property advised us ahead of time about the Eagles so I brought my Phone Skope gear...

As in: Guess who cancelled the Curly Fern Enduro that was to be held yesterday ? Why Robert Auermuller of course ! The man behind the MAP and secretive road closure fame. https://sjer.org/index.html Sad. This is a race that has been part of the Pine Barrens landscape since 1966. I am glad...

Our local funeral director Leroy Wooster was given recognition for honoring one of our Nation's Vietnam Veterans who had passed away in Atco, alone and without family. The funeral drew over 1,000 people who came to honor the Veteran and his service to our country. I know Leroy personally and he...

Early this morning I noticed there were no birds at the feeder. Very unusual this time of year. I looked out back and I saw why. A big Red-tailed Hawk was perched in an oak eyeballing the area. I was able to put my spotter and tripod together and digiscoped these with my phone. A beautiful and...

Of interest this weekend at Batsto. https://www.njfishandwildlife.com/news/2019/fshforumsouth19.htm?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery