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by Lt.Mike
July 1st, 2015, 2:03 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: May 8th 2015, 10:45 AM, Burlington County, NJ
Replies: 3
Views: 2046

Re: May 8th 2015, 10:45 AM, Burlington County, NJ

Blacktop is this animals downfall. We had a thriving population in central NJ back until the '70s. It was easy to find them until the state built I-195 running from the shore to Trenton. 4 lanes for an active mobile snake to cross and I have to believe this specific roadway is responsible for this p...
by Lt.Mike
June 26th, 2015, 9:28 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Anybody recommend a good tick repellant?
Replies: 19
Views: 7476

Re: Anybody recommend a good tick repellant?

To clarify what I said earlier when I said... I dont worry about the ticks much, I can feel them on me and see them, I do WORRY about them. But I live in an area where I pull a few off me after mowing my lawn, or go to my nephews little league game, or have a backyard bbq. In south Jersey they are ...
by Lt.Mike
June 23rd, 2015, 4:48 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Anybody recommend a good tick repellant?
Replies: 19
Views: 7476

Re: Anybody recommend a good tick repellant?

I use Deep Woods Off with Deet. Works as it should and while we all know the health risk a tick bite poses this product also works effectively for repelling chiggers. Ticks are bad but chiggers are maddening and have actually deterred me from entering areas I would otherwise would have gone into. Mi...
by Lt.Mike
July 24th, 2014, 5:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Frustration
Replies: 28
Views: 8832

Re: Frustration

Ignorance with snakes is something that will probably outlast my generation. I felt frustration the other morning as i watched NJ news12 report a general interest story on a snake that was found in someones toilet. Of course the homeowner called the police. On the bright side the responding police w...
by Lt.Mike
November 6th, 2012, 5:41 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sandy
Replies: 18
Views: 2852

Re: Sandy

Got my butt kicked. Lost power for a week. Was outside when all h*ll broke loose at about 8:30 Monday night. I was in Florida a little north of the epicenter visiting my parents when Andrew hit, these winds with Sandy were much worse. I saw 100' trees bending like fishing poles and then everything s...
by Lt.Mike
August 2nd, 2012, 4:03 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: If I could do it over ...
Replies: 22
Views: 3550

Re: If I could do it over ...

I think herpin would be radically different from just about anything. :D
by Lt.Mike
August 1st, 2012, 5:48 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: If I could do it over ...
Replies: 22
Views: 3550

Re: If I could do it over ...

Me, well I went to school for forestry. Ended up going for something with a better income to support a family on the way but not without substantial risk. Spent alot of years sticking my neck out for an often unappreciative Joe Public, a good pay check, and someday a semi-decent pension. Its taken i...
by Lt.Mike
August 1st, 2012, 4:55 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: If I could do it over ...
Replies: 22
Views: 3550

Re: If I could do it over ...

BUT ... why didn't I go into a Zoology field when I had the chance? I couldah been Jeff Corwin! ... Oh no Jeff...with your interest in herps with shells.... It'd have to be... Turtleman! ... Eye YeeYeeYee ! http://wdrb.images.worldnow.com/images/11123934_BG1.jpg Yup that's definitely you! :thumb: h...
by Lt.Mike
June 26th, 2012, 6:39 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Annual Visit
Replies: 5
Views: 1164

Re: Annual Visit

Your bound to have a good time there Kyle. Hope you have better luck than us with the weather. I'm actually in Florida now and tropical storm Debby is putting a serious damper on our stay. Went out once when it wasn't nuts out and scored two large and pretty corns. We also got a fat little Florida w...
by Lt.Mike
June 4th, 2012, 6:17 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Not a Happy Herper
Replies: 4
Views: 1321

Re: Not a Happy Herper

Joe ya it s*cks that this is your first pine and its dead. Can't say that there is much of a good side to that, but if there is... what you've found is confirmation that you have been looking in the right spot and that there is a population there. A harder look will eventually yield a living pine. :...
by Lt.Mike
June 4th, 2012, 6:09 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need ID on something stange
Replies: 23
Views: 4959

Re: Need ID on something stange

I've got it! Its from a turtle with posi-traction! Hotrod Cecil turtle. :lol: Seriously, you probably won't know until you actually see something making these makes. If I were to hazard a serious guess I'd think it was caused by a leafy twig blowing in the wind. As far as being from a snake? I think...
by Lt.Mike
May 4th, 2012, 5:45 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My biggest snapper ever.
Replies: 10
Views: 2304

Re: My biggest snapper ever.

I'm pretty sure Mike is fondling that snapper in the picture ... yep, she is smiling ... :beer: She was a he, I have another shot where he leaves no doubt. ;) I didn't see it as appropriate to post. :oops: :lol: If he's smiling its because he wanted to take my face off. No fear at all. I brought hi...
by Lt.Mike
May 2nd, 2012, 5:17 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My biggest snapper ever.
Replies: 10
Views: 2304

Re: My biggest snapper ever.

That shot looks familiar :thumb: Got mine noodling in duckweed, he weighed in at a little better than 35lbs Lots of smaller ones around but these have to be really old. This one was about ten years back and I havn't seen one this size since. http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae159/Lt-Mike/001_Gamor...
by Lt.Mike
May 2nd, 2012, 5:00 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Spring Break in NJ
Replies: 20
Views: 3128

Re: Spring Break in NJ

hockeyrob16, forgive me if I'm wrong but I'm going to make some guesses here. First going with your chosen name I'd say your 16 years old and live with the folks (nothing wrong with that at all ) I'll also say that your folks or ay least someone in your household is not comfortable with snakes. If I...
by Lt.Mike
April 15th, 2012, 8:18 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A letter to my parents
Replies: 20
Views: 3534

Re: A letter to my parents

"Hey mom and dad I want to go meet thse guys I met on the fieldherpforum.com to go look for snakes in the woods".....think about it thats frickin weird as hell...perhaps I'm old school but to me it sounds like you got a real good set of parents and I agree with them 110%. If I had kids th...
by Lt.Mike
April 9th, 2012, 6:12 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: I LOVE New Jersey...
Replies: 31
Views: 4554

Re: I LOVE New Jersey...

Me too :thumb: But not the kamikaze. Nope want no part of that one. :shock: That was the water slide that you would lay down on, cross your legs and arms and drop through that slide straight down barely touching anything till you skipped across the water at the bottom like a rocket sled coming to a ...
by Lt.Mike
April 9th, 2012, 4:05 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: I LOVE New Jersey...
Replies: 31
Views: 4554

Re: I LOVE New Jersey...

Dennis, you must be very old, action park has not been around for years, its Mountain Creek now. haha and the alpine slide is gone too. Hey now, I'm 34 but I remember Action Park fondly. Or should I say Traction Park? Class Action (Lawsuit) Park? Oh, the memories. The alpine slide is gone because t...
by Lt.Mike
April 9th, 2012, 4:02 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: I LOVE New Jersey...
Replies: 31
Views: 4554

Re: I LOVE New Jersey...

so not only am I a LECH, now I am also a BENNY. holy cow, I just can't win anymore. :lol: :shock: :arrow: I do not mean to offend because not all from up north of us are Bennys. In fact few are. But those few stand out. If you are not an obnoxious, rude, drunken idiot, you are not a Bennie and are ...
by Lt.Mike
March 27th, 2012, 2:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Another Florida Adventure
Replies: 9
Views: 2668

Re: Another Florida Adventure

Awesome man. That swamp snake would be all I'd need to see to be happy. Same here. Over the years I've seen two being both northern and southern but I was never lucky enough to get a photo. Good job. Mine were crossing the road and made coachwhips seem slow. Stop and try to find them, :roll: ain't ...
by Lt.Mike
March 25th, 2012, 2:40 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: I LOVE New Jersey...
Replies: 31
Views: 4554

Re: I LOVE New Jersey...

Believe it or not Snookie is actually very smart, she is currently in veterinary school Gee dear, guess it may be time to take our Pomeranian "Pookie" to Dr. Snookie to get neutered. :roll: :lol: http://www.superpages.com/bp/Lakewood-NJ/Jersey-Shore-Veterinary-Emergency-Service-L006773471...
by Lt.Mike
March 25th, 2012, 11:09 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: I LOVE New Jersey...
Replies: 31
Views: 4554

Re: I LOVE New Jersey...

LT. Mike, That map you have of New Jersey with all the stereotypes is funny as heck. The funny thing is, I asked my cousins and a few other people from Jersey how accurate it was, and they pretty much said the student who did it was near dead on accurate. Ya, I know. Like I said, you've got to be a...
by Lt.Mike
March 25th, 2012, 10:44 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: I LOVE New Jersey...
Replies: 31
Views: 4554

Re: I LOVE New Jersey...

Some day when I retire I'm going to write a book on people in NJ from a field guide perspective. :lol: That's already been done! Read through this link, its bad but funny as heck. :thumb: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/12/nj_man_puts_rednecks_hippies_a.html Oh and here's your range map :D ht...
by Lt.Mike
March 25th, 2012, 8:29 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Spring Break in NJ
Replies: 20
Views: 3128

Re: Spring Break in NJ

kyle loucks wrote:Image

My fox is prettier.
Chupacabra!
by Lt.Mike
March 25th, 2012, 8:19 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Spring Break in NJ
Replies: 20
Views: 3128

Re: Spring Break in NJ

I have a fox den at the bottom of my property and through the winter and spring I'll throw them whats left from a butchered deer or as I did this past week a road kill deer to help them along. Racoons, opossum, and a nesting pair of red tailed hawks also partake in the feast. I usually set a game ca...
by Lt.Mike
March 25th, 2012, 7:48 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: I LOVE New Jersey...
Replies: 31
Views: 4554

Re: I LOVE New Jersey...

There are no words to describe this. Oh ya...actually there is! Those of us that actually live along the Jersey shore refer to them as Bennys . "Bennys go home" is the usual catch phrase. Bennys are visitors from up north and do not represent those that live here. True they bring income t...
by Lt.Mike
March 23rd, 2012, 6:14 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Another New Herper on the forum
Replies: 4
Views: 1455

Re: Another New Herper on the forum

Thank you so much Mr. VanValen. I will make sure to post lots of stuff on the forum. Justin Welcome Justin, Good to see your interest and enthusiasm. Just remember when you post not to tip your hand as to where you found what. Got a story for ya, When I was your age all this was new and everything ...
by Lt.Mike
March 18th, 2012, 11:27 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: For those who keep...
Replies: 23
Views: 3912

Re: For those who keep...

but still should not be banned I agree. I am against the general populace / government of enacting laws protecting us from ourselves on every little thing that we may do. We should be free to make our own intelligent decisions, dumb ones too. I'll refrain from going on a rant on how soft society ha...
by Lt.Mike
March 14th, 2012, 5:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: For those who keep...
Replies: 23
Views: 3912

Re: For those who keep...

Mike, my criticism is that the keeping hobby whines more then any other group about everything. It has been my observations that the hobby deserves much of its criticism. Now I'm not talking about the guy who keeps half dozen to a dozen snakes or any reptiles. I'm talking about the guys who has doz...
by Lt.Mike
March 13th, 2012, 5:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: For those who keep...
Replies: 23
Views: 3912

Re: For those who keep...

Excellent points. I'm not a fan of big government and generally think they confuse and micro manage situations. But you make the bed you sleep in, if you don't want to be policed then show actions to support it. Chris we who like snakes are a minority. While all the media reality (?) shows sensatio...
by Lt.Mike
March 13th, 2012, 4:24 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: early signs of spring
Replies: 3
Views: 823

Re: early signs of spring

Dennis Wasko wrote:Peepers last night, first Thamnophis sunning by the creek today.

And people still call robins the first sign of spring.
The peepers started in a big way today here too.
You know on the robins, they never left this year! Saw them all winter!
by Lt.Mike
March 11th, 2012, 7:23 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Everyone else is doing it!
Replies: 12
Views: 2883

Re: Everyone else is doing it!

brick911 wrote:There's been people chasing around a Snowy in Cumberland County, PA for a few weeks now.
Used to see them at liberty park, may be there again(?).
by Lt.Mike
March 11th, 2012, 5:03 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: early signs of spring
Replies: 3
Views: 823

early signs of spring

Wow what a mild winter! I started seeing frogs two weeks back. Wood and green frogs. Today I noticed movement in the pond I dug in my properties bottom land. Couldn't get a good look at what they were for sure but I'm sure they were wood frogs. The minnows were moving too. Looking closer I was doubl...
by Lt.Mike
October 12th, 2011, 8:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Florida Trip!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 2724

Re: Florida Trip!!!

Crocodile! Couldn't get a good photo Hey, any photo is a good photo. :thumb: I am so jelous about your panther sighting! :mrgreen: Don't sweat not getting a photo of it, the memory of it is probably such that any photo wouldn't do it justice anyway. Things like that are sometimes better as mental i...
by Lt.Mike
October 7th, 2011, 1:20 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Artificial Cover
Replies: 19
Views: 3052

Re: Artificial Cover

Stacked/layered tin works well. thank you. few people seem to get this. All too often i find some well intentioned person "improving" my board lines by spreading them all out. :roll: A stacked set of AC has more variation of temp and humidity ranges than a cluster of AC spread out. So it ...
by Lt.Mike
September 15th, 2011, 12:03 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: here's a question
Replies: 70
Views: 9860

Re: here's a question

As lyme progresses neurologically it shows in some (most? many? not sure the ammount) people as an irrational anger. Like taking the fuse on a quarter stick and cutting it down to an 1/8th of an inch. The stupidest little stuff can set you off and it is unpredictable. But it can be bad. Someone bum...
by Lt.Mike
September 4th, 2011, 4:05 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Why on earth...?
Replies: 23
Views: 5250

Re: Why on earth...?

I hope this doesn't cause a bunch of kids, who could possibly not know a thing about snakes or how to care for them, make their parents run out and buy them a snake just because Bieber has one. It will. Not sure he knows anything about them either. Just a fashion statement to him (her?). Probably b...
by Lt.Mike
August 23rd, 2011, 3:59 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: The Quake: Will they be on the move?
Replies: 14
Views: 1842

Re: The Quake: Will they be on the move?

Ok with that said, if the quake does make them move would it happen after or just prior to the quake?
They say animals feel it coming in the hours before it actually happens.
by Lt.Mike
August 15th, 2011, 11:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Condolensces
Replies: 14
Views: 2317

Re: Condolensces

Ryan, sorry to get news like this.
Never met your dad but fruit doesn't fall far from the tree.
I'm sure he had his influence on you so what I know of you, well that speaks well of him.
I'm also sure he'll always be with you.
by Lt.Mike
August 12th, 2011, 10:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: timber babies
Replies: 56
Views: 6214

Re: timber babies

:crazyeyes: :crazyeyes: :crazyeyes: :crazyeyes: http://youtu.be/5DmYLrxR0Y8 http://youtu.be/k2C5TjS2sh4 http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e354/Pinhead22/toolbelt.png Ordinarily I'd just shake my head and stay out of it ... but wow :roll: , So ya Marc, on this response, very well said. ;) :thumb:
by Lt.Mike
August 9th, 2011, 2:14 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Recent finds!
Replies: 13
Views: 1878

Re: Recent finds!

The tail on that catfish seems to extend up the back say a third of the way. (got a side shot of it?) If it does that would make it a Tadpole Madtom. They don't get bigger than about 4". They have a broad range, we have them here in NJ too. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ohiodnr...
by Lt.Mike
July 29th, 2011, 8:44 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Freakish sound
Replies: 26
Views: 5927

Re: Freakish sound

I'd have to hit the Petterson's CDs again but that was a bird for sure. Green heron would be my guess. You were near water weren't you? Not the typical sora call but I won't rule that out either. It was definitely a bird call, wader or rail. They make all kind of racket after dark. Hit Princeton's i...
by Lt.Mike
July 20th, 2011, 9:07 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Question on NJ King Snakes -Monmouth County
Replies: 31
Views: 12613

Re: Question on NJ King Snakes -Monmouth County

Monmouth has a 50/50 mix of e-milks and coastals and I've found them easier to locat here than in the pines. DOR milks are not unusual and I'm the one with the DOR king find in the county so they are here, they are just a ba$tard to find as they are anywhere. Millside don't feel bad, I havn't scored...
by Lt.Mike
July 20th, 2011, 1:16 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Question on NJ King Snakes -Monmouth County
Replies: 31
Views: 12613

Re: Question on NJ King Snakes -Monmouth County

Never ever seen a black rat in Mon. Co. Joe though I agree the habitat would suit them now. If they ever were here it was pre-70s. I remember the mosquito commission spraying heavily in the late 60s by helicopter around here. (DDT?) Its around that time that populations of everything dropped off sha...
by Lt.Mike
July 11th, 2011, 6:11 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A random day from last week...
Replies: 10
Views: 1978

Re: A random day from last week...

Hi Jeff, nice find and a good deed. I don't want to hear any of that "OMG, YOU'RE TOUCHING A SNAKE" nonsense, considering we saved it from traffic! I recently posted a pic of my daughter holding a gopher tort we rescued from being road pizza. It was then recommended by PM that I remove tha...
by Lt.Mike
July 3rd, 2011, 7:38 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Road rescue surprise!
Replies: 9
Views: 2843

Re: Road rescue surprise!

Thats an interesting app. Its not easy measuring a snake at anytime. I have my B.rat in a 120 gal tank that is 6' long. He often lays along the length of the glass front and wraps around the side. I wouldn't be surprised if he is 7' these days. No pics for awhile as I'm on vacation. Maybe when I get...
by Lt.Mike
July 3rd, 2011, 7:24 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: south central fl. herping where & when I can
Replies: 12
Views: 3990

Re: south central fl. herping where & when I can

Got out for a short ride on the bike sat afternoon and finally found a gopher tort. We always see them when we come down but have been here over a week without seeing one and it felt odd. This one broke the ice. http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae159/Lt-Mike/100_0200.jpg Then we went horseback rid...
by Lt.Mike
July 2nd, 2011, 8:02 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Road rescue surprise!
Replies: 9
Views: 2843

Re: Road rescue surprise!

My first thought was indigo too. I love b. rats too and have one I raised from a baby that is now that size, 6 1/2' +. Course he's been fed well with no lean times in the ten years I've had him. It's impressive to see a wild example that has reached that size. Must be old and living well. :thumb: Be...
by Lt.Mike
July 2nd, 2011, 7:55 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: south central fl. herping where & when I can
Replies: 12
Views: 3990

Re: a little off topic but for south central fl.

Got out for a short cruise with my daughter last night. Just before dusk I flipped a couple of boards and a mattress to find a pretty blue tailed skink and a coal or ground skink. Sorry no pics as I'm not about to jam my hands into brush in cotton country to catch them. Got a shot of an armadillos b...
by Lt.Mike
June 30th, 2011, 8:04 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: south central fl. herping where & when I can
Replies: 12
Views: 3990

Re: a little off topic but for south central fl. w/ updates

Ya I'm on my way to looking like one. :D The swelling has finally gone down but it still feels tender. :lol: Took the family to the silver river yesterday and launched our tin boat down river from the spring. We motored up river to the spring and saw more gators than I think I ever saw in one day. A...
by Lt.Mike
June 28th, 2011, 9:04 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: south central fl. herping where & when I can
Replies: 12
Views: 3990

Re: a little off topic but for south central fl.

Just an update to say how we're doing. Sunday we got out for a little road cruise and as we arrived at our starting point we were greeted by this, I'll take it as a good omen. http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae159/Lt-Mike/DSCN3502.jpg getting into the night we found these two cottons about 100 ya...