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- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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. :...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- March 25th, 2012, 8:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Spring Break in NJ
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3128
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- March 13th, 2012, 4:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: early signs of spring
- Replies: 3
- Views: 823
Re: early signs of spring
The peepers started in a big way today here too.Dennis Wasko wrote:Peepers last night, first Thamnophis sunning by the creek today.
And people still call robins the first sign of spring.
You know on the robins, they never left this year! Saw them all winter!
- 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!
Used to see them at liberty park, may be there again(?).brick911 wrote:There's been people chasing around a Snowy in Cumberland County, PA for a few weeks now.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
They say animals feel it coming in the hours before it actually happens.
- 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.
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.
- 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:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...