i will be there.
20mph winds, can't striper fish the bay.

no jonesy. scotts riding in a rodeo on sunday.

man i wish i was going to the convention this week. Got the news today that i got mandatory to work a 48 hr shift starting 0730 sunday morning. have fun guys, and also i live way south in Newport NJ which is about as far south and west that you can get in Jersey

well we had a good convention. good number of guys showed. a little cold and damp, but it's november.
newt had a crowd. at anytime he had 6 or more guys working his area. little buck was put to work, working the cash. newt was running around answering a million questions. looks like snareone had a good day. looked like cash was moving good.
i ran into guys i knew from the cape to the guys up in the northern hills. guys from every part of the state showed up.
our trapping licensse classes the last couple years have been full. i don't know where all these guys are coming from, but the classes have been filling up in days. the sport of trapping has been the biggest growth in this states outdoors area.
one of the state teachers always says,"half of the people taking the class will buy the lic., then in january, half of those left will buy the new years lic., then half of those will dispatch, skin and put up, then never do it again". but they keep showing up for the classes. seems that the trappers are still coming up in the ranks. i saw a lot of kids today, very pumped to get out there and catch fur.

i just started trapping last year and im from central jersey

space was very informative,he talked with me about methods for a good 20 minutes and then i bought my snares turned around and there was 10 guys behind me listening also.kinda caught me off gaurd,i thought i was the only one standing there cuz i was so interested with him and his stories.

trapped the pines in my teen years(many years ago).no coyotes yet,few beaver and otters were restricted

the pines have changed. lots of beaver, permit still needed. otter are everywere, still need the permit. coyotes have taken over the pines. there are very few deer in there now. i walked the pines last winter on a fresh snow. coyote tracks on every two track and fire cut. didn't see deer tracks for 4 hours.

any bobcats left?i mostly trapped between bass river state forest and it was either wharton or lebonan state forest,out by ongs hat

there are cats all over the state.
talk to a coon hound guy.
same with bear. guys tree them all over the state.
with corzine out, we may get a DEP commisioner with some guts and push for a bear season. before some one gets killed.

cant set snares most of sussex for fear of catching cats when we looked for sign on 2 different farms we hunt and trap all were loaded with cat tracks same goes for a couple other areas we trap loaded with tracks
bears way to many in nj only matter of time before someone gets hurt or even worst

no bears in the pines when i lived there,some in north jersey,this was in the 60s and 70s when footholds were still legal.lot of trappers in ocean county back then.