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Hi Bob-on that thread I noted a gun cleaning rod from the house I used to rent on LBI and which you identified as once belonging to Rube Corlies. I have been looking for the cleaning rod for around a month. I actually don't even have a ton of stuff in general these days and thought it would be...

I am doing some work on my AA Blackjack and also need to replace the rub rail, but I want a softer rubber or similar product. What I need to cover is 3/4 wide X 1/4 deep. I am thinking of using automotive heater hose. There was originally some U channel molding on there that was soft vinyl or...

While looking at a company talked about in the recent wader post, I found they sell a neoprene jacket. It was something that caught my eye as I have never seen one before. I like the waterproof idea. No good for warmer weather, but might be good for later season boat hunting. I do all of my duck...

I had a beautiful oak tree in my front yard that I had to take down after 20 years of it slowly dying. It was a magnificent tree and I kept it going as long as I could so safely. At the time I took it down I decided to leave the stump around 6" tall because I wanted to do something unique with...

For those of you that get the Wall Street Journal, here is a piece of writing that I would bet most, if not all of the members here, could relate to. https://www.wsj.com/articles/summer-is-for-salamanders-childhood-turtle-book-baseball-tree-fort-ddc3cc98

So the motor board on my AA Blackjack was rotted, and it needed to be replaced. I initially thought that I could get all of the old wood out and use the pourable transom material to reconstruct it, but have found out for various reasons now that won't work. Mainly, because i can't get all of the...

I bought this from Steve several years ago, and I was reminded of it from another post. This was unlike any other oyster knife I'd seen, and I like oysters. I have a few spots i can gather them at the right tide. Anyway, it works great and looks great, and is very rugged, as it needs to be. I...

Went Wednesday down in way south Jersey with the real rail crew. A special thanks to Rick Henderson for toughing it out, we all appreciate your coming and pushing. A great afternoon of classic Delaware Bay area fun gunning.

Any other mid-Atlantic people have these this year? They started showing up in South Jersey about 2 years ago, and my home is a hot spot this summer. I found out they were attracted to grapevines when I started seeing these little black bugs with white spots that turned out to be the nymphs...

I've been thinking about getting an air rifle for a while, and have decided now is the time. I have no idea what is out there. I would say that I want something that can shoot a couple of inch groups at 30 yards or better. I may hunt squirrels with it, but probably would mostly use it for target...

The pictures here are something that came from my maternal grandfather, who died in 1962. I probably got this about 15 years later when my grandmother died. I would have been a teenager. I had always thought it was some type of casing from some type of artillery piece, even though the brass...

Black walnuts are an abundant tree where I live in southwest New Jersey. I like to collect them in the early fall and after they dry out start eating them in December. I've tried a bunch of ways to crack them, and found that laying them flat and breaking them into quarters with a big ballpeen...

I figured I would ask, I value what I hear on topics from the members here. My daughter is considering BGSU, I've been there with her and really liked it and she did too. Just wanted to know if anyone here has any experience, maybe family members, friends. She has some great options including...

These are not seeds, they are little snails. Black ducks eat more shellfish than anything else in the salt marshes along Delaware Bay. I have found them full of little mussels, snails like this, a few sea worms, and sometimes some plant seeds. Blacks are stronger in flavor in the salt than...

Tomorrow is the first day of New Jersey's south zone 2nd season. I'm looking forward to finally getting out for a morning.We haven't really been able to use our place for a couple of years, but its in full operation now, and I'm leaving to spend the night at the cabin, formerly known as the duck...

Been out a couple of times since the 2nd season started, we have some ducks some days, seems to be a lot of gadwalls this year. Here is a picture of my dog Rose, who is about to turn 10. She still has the juice! Three ducks with three shots, that will never happen again.

Deck is coming along, new siding, we had one hell of a king tide the day this was taken. Minnows in the parking lot! Now we are working on getting the inside finished, and we have to aim the satellite dish again as we aren't getting reception. Probably upgrading the heat to an electric...

not exactly a deluxe apartment in the sky, but definitely better for big tides. after the truck ran into our shack, it was decided to raise it up about 4 feet. more to come.

It's been several years now since my last one. Some times we seem to see a fair number, then none for several years. I shot this one along with a hen greenwing last week on a short afternoon trip. One thing I have noticed about when I shoot one of these is that they always seem a little...

After a really hot and mostly rail-less Friday afternoon push, I got a call yesterday telling me there was an open spot this morning as someone had canceled. So I said sure, I'll do that instead of going to the office. We weren't 20 feet into the wild rice before the first rail jumps. It was...