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I am vehemently against allowing the use of crossbows by hunters in the state. If I had my way, compound bows and inline muzzleloaders would also not be allowed as well. These seasons used to be referred to as “primitive weapons” seasons. They were given a season of their own due to the...

That might work as well, although extending the season could present other problems. But one of my biggest points was that hunting isn’t necessarily "setting aside" the woods solely for hunters, especially in the case of archery. I would totally agree if it involved shotgun hunting of deer...

We had an extremely successful day yesterday. About 30 volunteers showed up and far more was accomplished than I had hoped. Not only were the shotgun shells on the shooting line and the litter in the tree line all cleaned up, but the fields in front of the shooting line were attacked with a...

Picky picky :) OK, I'll give you that. My use of the term “largely” was intended to acknowledge other funding sources, if not exact ratios. But I stand by the rest of my comments! Incidentally, a similar argument pops up now and then regarding Sunday clamming. The commercial clammers have...

I've taken part in many prescribed burns on county lands as part of my job. Smoldering logs and stumps are extremely difficult to extinguish without wastefully blasting huge amounts of water onto them, then returning several times to repeat the process, as the smoldering interior of the wood...

For my own needs, Sunday hunting would be no great advantage. My work schedule often involves weekends, giving me far less crowded weekdays to hunt. Many of my vacation days are used for hunting as well. But I do feel for those who work for small contractors or other employers who do not get...

Yep. A four-wheel drive vehicle is only a vehicle that allows the inexperienced driver to get stuck even worse. :)

We have some interesting and productive vernal ponds at Wells Mills. They are not natural however, and were created by Tilden Estlow in the early 1990s when he mined clay there. They are close enough to my building so that from time to time in the Spring I can hear Pine Barrens Tree Frogs from...

I’ve been putting the notices up at the range. I pass by every day on my way to work and have checked on it every few since the first notice was posted there three weeks ago. After the first sign was taken down I was pretty discouraged, trying to imagine why anyone would do that. Then, it became...

Those regs indicate wetlands less than one acre being exempt. There's the loophole. :mad:

I still question the efficiency of handling the garbage twice. I do not see the distance being traveled by the trucks now to be that much longer than it would be to the transfer station. After all, the trash is hauled to northern Ocean County, not the Hackensack Meadowlands. And considering the...

They are already protected under freshwater wetland laws, although they admittedly have loopholes taken advantage of by developers. If a T&E species is identified on the site, such as the Pine Barrens Treefrog, there would be another level of protection. There was a vernal pond monitoring...

There are always safety concerns when you do anything in the woods or on our waters alone, not just camping. Going it alone always involves a certain amount of risk, and is generally advised against in any “official” recommendation or outdoor clinic. That being said, I break that rule all the...

At least it's a strap. My wife complains about the old scrap ropes I tie to our dog's collar when I walk him. :)

In most cases, I’d be the first one to agree with you. But I’m one of the people who use this range. Most recently, I took my 12 year old daughter there, where she had a ball shooting a .22 rifle for the first time. I’d hate to see it close. This is a call for shooters to clean up after their...

I’ve actually found those who are the most easily bored to be the most boring people to speak to or spend time with.

On Sunday, March 15, from 9:00am-Noon, there will be a volunteer clean-up of the public target range within Stafford Forge Wildlife Management Area, on Route 539. While many users of this range clean up their targets, empty shell cases, and ammo boxes when done, many obviously do not. This is an...

I used to be amused by such reports but after the tiger episode in Jackson a few years back anything is possible!

There isn’t any “one size fits all” pattern to the frequency of burns on the same tract. Fields of Panicum or other grasses might be burned ever year, such as those in front of the Batsto entrance or on many WMAs. Wooded tracts might be burned on a five or six year rotation. A tract that has not...

I’m also once again amazed by the great information provided by Jerseyman, as well as inspired by this thread. I’ve collected old bricks wherever I picked them up for decades now. But I’ve merely used them for things like informal landscape edging, with little thought to their history. When I...