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News For The Garden State
Outdoors Enthusiast
Vol. 47, No. 6 June 2014
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Surf Casting For Fluke
by Milt Rosko
As the inshore waters begin to warm,
they bring the fluke population from far
offshore reaches and they invade our
coastal bays and rivers, feeding along our
miles of surf, around the jetties and in the
inlets. When that happens, it’s time to
forego waders, put on a pair of shorts,
some sun block, grab a casting outfit, and
enjoy the fun experience of casting for
fluke from shore.
Fluke fishing from beach, bulkhead
or jetty is fun for the whole family, and
with the season open since May 23 and
continuing through September 27, there’ll
be plenty of time to enjoy it. And you don’t
need a lot of tackle to score with this popular bottom feeder. While the current limit
is five fluke at 18 inches each, the State is
pursuing legalizing a two-fluke limit at 16
inches each for Island Beach State Park
this summer, something I advocate and
wish would be put in place for all shorebased anglers along the entire Jersey coast.
For beach fishing in bays and rivers,
I’ll often use a one-handed spinning outfit
spooled with 10- or 12-pound-test
monofilament. For the open surf, jetties,
and especially inlet jetties and bulkheads
adjoining them, I’ll move up to a medium
weight 7- to 8-foot-long surf rod with the
reel filled with 30-pound-test braided line.
Each outfit is light and enables you to
cast and retrieve for hours without effort.
When fishing for fluke from shore I
believe in the walk and cast approach, covering lots of area where fluke are apt to be
searching for a meal.
For more years than I can remember
I’ve been using a multi-hook terminal rig
that enables me to present both a natural
bait and a teaser with ease. In some situations I’ll substitute a bucktail jig for the
sinker I customarily use, especially in the
swift currents of deep inlets.
I begin with a four-foot-long piece of
30-pound-test mono or fluorocarbon
leader material, and tie a small three-way
swivel within a dropper loop approximately 12 inches of one end. Then tie a very
small duolock snap to the short end of the
leader, which ultimately will be used for a
teaser or a Gulp! synthetic bait. To the
remaining three-foot section, snell a pair of
hooks, one ahead of the other and approx-
The author has walked many of Jersey’s 100-plus miles of Jersey surf and has caught
fluke ‘most everywhere he’s fished. The key is patience and persevering, whether you
choose to cast from beach, jetty, inlet or bulkhead, and you’ll be rewarded with a dinnertime treat like the beauty shown here. Milt Rosko photo.
imately two inches apart. The lead hook
secures the head of the strip bait I use,
while the trailing hook is inserted into the
center of the strip bait. Most often I’ll use
a Claw or Beak style hook, or any one of
the many fine bait hooks now on the market. This hook arrangement is such that the
fresh strip bait, pork strip, or synthetic strip
bait will flutter enticingly and not get
twisted or jammed up on the hook, and
when a fluke swims up to and inhales it,
the trailing hook almost immediately penetrates the taker’s jaw.
To one eye of the three-way swivel I
attach a small duolock snap, onto which I
snap a bank or dipsey style sinker sufficiently heavy so my outfit can put out a
good cast; usually two or three ounces
works well. Finish the rig-up by tying the
main fishing line to the remaining eye of
the three-way swivel.
With respect to a strip bait, for quite
a few years I’ve been using Gulp! synthetic bait, cut into seven- or eight-inch long
torpedo-shaped pieces that flutter when
retrieved. I’ve scored on practically every
color they make, but most often I use a
pale green strip, as this color replicates that
of most small forage species on which
State NASP Participants Excel
at National Tournament
Six New Jersey schools sent 63
archers to Louisville, Kentucky, May 8-10
to compete in the NASP National
Tournament. The schools participate in the
National Archery in the Schools Program
(NASP) which teaches international-style
target archery in 4th-12th grades and is
aligned to National Physical Education
Standards. The program is sponsored by
the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife and
covers archery history, safety, technique,
equipment, mental concentration, and selfimprovement.
The competition was held in
Louisville Kentucky with a total of 10,443
students competing; with a shooting line
more than ¼ mile long it is the largest
archery competition on earth.
With an extremely tight competition,
New Jersey archers represented themselves very well. The state's top team
results were:
Oxford Central School (middle
school division): team score of 3263, ranking 25 out of 197 schools.
Angelo L. Tomaso Elementary
School (elementary school division): team
score of 2998, ranking 45 out of 114
schools.
The top shooter from New Jersey was
fluke feed, such as killies, spearing, sand
eels, and rainfish. I’ve also used these baits
whole, placing the lead hook through its
lip or head. If you’re not into synthetic
baits or pork meat, you can use strips cut
from sea robins, squid, or almost any fish.
As for teasers, there are a wide variety of saltwater flies available that are
excellent, and it’s just a matter of selecting
a pattern like the Clouser which is similar
to the baitfish that are available where
you’re fishing. I’ll also use a small Gulp!
minnow or any one of the their many squid
and baitfish replicas, which have tails that
readily flutter when retrieved, and swim up
and ahead of the primary strip bait.
In most of the waters you’re apt to
fish, especially rivers and inlets, you’ll
encounter current, and this makes it important to avoid casually standing in one spot
and just casting and retrieving repeatedly.
This approach keeps continually presenting your rig and bait over the same bottom
configuration and reduces your chances of
scoring.
I’ve found it most effective to cast in
a specific manner. For a beginning, I make
see Fluke, p. 4
Sara Quigley from Oxford Central School
with a score of 286. This placed her seventh out of 740 7th-grade girls, and 23rd
out of 2024 middle school girls.
In New Jersey, teachers in more than
130 schools have been trained to conduct
NASP archery in physical education classes. This year the state had its largest
turnout at a National Tournament with
teams from the following six schools:
Angelo L. Tomaso Elementary
School in Warren, Somerset County (21
archers), Community Park Elementary
School in Princeton, Mercer County (two
archers), Oxford Central School in Oxford,
Warren County (24 archers), Harmony
Township School in Harmony Township,
Warren County (four archers), Warren
Middle School in Warren, Somerset
County (nine archers), and Warren Hills
High School in Washington, Warren
County (three archers).
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Firearms in NJ:
Legislative Updates
NJ Senate Passes Gun Mag
Ban. On May 12, nearly two months
after the state Assembly passed these
same bills, the New Jersey Senate
passed S993 (reduces maximum
capacity of ammunition magazines
to 10 rounds) on a partisan vote of
22-17. The Senate also passed A2777
(reasonable deviations in firearms
transportation), “with a botched ‘fix’
that would worsen firearms transportation law and further subject law
abiding citizens to prison sentences
of up to 10 years under New Jersey's
tangled web of gun laws,” said a
press release from the Association of
NJ Rifle and Pistol Clubs. “A2777
passed on a partisan vote of 21-17.”
“As a result of Senate amendments to both bills,” the ANJRPC
release continued, “the legislation
will need to return to the Assembly
for concurrence, which could take
place as soon as May 22. (Editor’s
note: this issue went to press that
morning, prior to any news availability on the Assembly’s action on
this.)
“The following Senators made
pro-Second Amendment floor
speeches in defense of freedom:
Gerry Cardinale (R-39), Mike
Doherty (R-23), Steve Oroho (R24), and Robert Singer (R-30).”
As this goes to press, NJ
Governor Chris Christie has not stated his intention either to sign or veto
these bills if or when they reach him.
SCOTUS Declines to Hear NJ
Right-to Carry Law Challenge. On
May 5, the ANJRPC released the followed press statement:
“Today, the U.S. Supreme Court
declined without opinion to hear the
appeal in Drake v. Jerejian - the federal lawsuit challenging New
Jersey's firearms carry laws. The
case was brought in 2010 by ANJRPC and the Bellevue, Washingtonbased
Second
Amendment
Foundation.
“While there are several other
right to carry challenges moving
toward the U.S. Supreme Court from
other parts of the country, today's
action is both troubling and disappointing. The Drake case was
uniquely poised for the Supreme
Court, not only because New Jersey's
carry law is one of the most extreme
in the nation, but because there are
now many conflicting decisions on
right to carry in the lower courts
throughout the country which can
only be resolved by Supreme Court
action. The high court usually takes
cases that resolve lower court conflict.
“Given the lack of explanation
from the Supreme Court, there will
be much speculation about the significance of today's action.”
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AT THE OUTSET:
It’s no secret that it’s tougher to be a
sportsman these days than it was a couple
of generations ago. Hunting, firearms
ownership, even fishing (and to a limited
degree such innocuous activities as hiking
and camping) have taken black eyes over
the past few decades. To be sure, there’s
been a resurgence in lawful and positive
shooting activities, and a modest increase
in hunting, but today’s political landscape
is still largely a hostile one.
Yet I stand here, more proud than
ever to be willing and dedicated practitioner of these pastimes, and the reasons are
manifold. There are the easy ones; like
doing our bit for conservation, practicing
and promoting wholesome and traditional
values and ethics, connecting with the outdoors and our natural environment, and
just having plain fun.
Just as important, however, is this: I
am proud to be a member of a community
that does so much for so many, and asks
nothing in return.
The examples of this are manifold.
After the furuncolosis epidemic at the
Pequest hatchery put a serious dent into the
state’s trout stocking plans for this spring,
the Knee Deep Club extended a cool
$5,000 as a matching grant to purchase
more trout, to help compensate for the
severely reduced numbers slated for Lake
Hopatcong (2,360, down for the originally
allocated 9,280).
“Trout fishing has long represented
the beginning of the fishing season, but it
is well understood, here at the Lake
Hopatcong, it is the beginning of the boating season and helps kick-start the lake’s
vibrant economy,” said club spokesman
Rick Everett, according to the Daily
Record.
Readers of this paper have already
read about the Atlantic County Federation
of Sportsmen’s Clubs’ annual Youth’s
Sporting Clays event, held this past March.
In that event, nearly 100 youngsters were
treated to a “free day of gun safety and
Tim C. Smith photo
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sporting clays shooting,” according to
Butch Conover’s letter (see last month’s
issue).
As I write this, I have recently gotten
word that the Raritan Trout Club of Long
Valley, NJ is hosting a Wounded Warriors
event early this month, in which servicemen will be guided by members of the
U.S. Fly Fishing Team. Ray Cappock of
East Jersey Trout Unlimited last month
had also contributed correspondence on
the still-upcoming Ramapo River Day, in
which 4th through 12th graders will be
hosted and guided in a cost-free and handson educational experience on the Ramapo
River learning about aquatic insects, water
chemistry, and botany, all in nature’s original laboratory.
It doesn’t stop there. If you recall any
of the special Youth Hunting Day reports
that have appeared in these pages over the
years, taking center stage at each of these
events (besides the young participants
themselves, of course) are the dozens and
hundreds of sportsmen volunteers and
their families who have tirelessly donated
their time, their efforts, their cash, and
their expertise to help our the next generation.
Even a casual search of one’s memory can provide numerous additional examples. Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs;
the National Archery in the Schools
Program; NJSFSC involvement in any of a
number of benevolent activities (like
recent work with U.S. Strong to seek dedicated funding to help communities ravaged by extreme weather); and the list just
keeps going.
Way to go, guys. Proud to be a
sportsman, now and always.
Dear Oliver,
The state of New Jersey sent out a
survey asking questions about deer hunting; some of the questions included deer
driving. The state says they are gathering
data to study how to make deer hunting a
better experience for hunters.
I am sure their intentions are in the
right place, but this could be one of the
worst possible ideas I ever heard. This
could get the sportsmen fighting among
themselves. We should not only think of
ourself but the rights of other hunters.
If a club or a group of hunters wants
to get together and push deer, we should
stick together and fight for the hunters’
right to hunt the way he or she wants. If a
hunter wants to climb a tree and hunt that
way, it is his decision and not the state’s. If
a hunter wants to hunt on the ground that is
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okay. If a hunter wants to bait and I chose
not to, we should stick together and fight
for his right to do so.
Divide and conquer. The hunters
must stick together; that includes traditional archery, crossbow, blackpowder, shotgun, small game, waterfowlers, upland
game, trappers, air gun… Together we are
very strong; separate the group and we
become weak and broken.
All the sportsmen must stay together,
even if you don’t care about a certain
aspect of a particular method of hunting.
We are not just hunters; we fish, ride horses, shoot trap, etc. We all purchased licenses that help keep fish and wildlife services
up and running.
We are sportsmen and women;
together we are invincible and if we divide
on the issues then we will be contributing
to our own demise.
We utilize the Wildlife Management
Areas and do not mind paying for the privilege to do so. Instead of fighting among
each other with such issues such as driving
deer is not right, or pot hunting is not fair,
or stalking is not the way I like to hunt, we
should be fighting for the right to enjoy our
sport the way we like. The ways our ancestors did these methods are part of our heritage, and we should all agree to sharing
the little woods we have left.
Left: Steve
Struniewski of
Riverdale, NJ
writes in: “my son
Louis caught this
22-inch, 4.3-pound
brown trout, on
May 3 from Clinton
Reservoir.”
Right: the
Kowalskis and
John Jr.’s turkey.
It bad enough that we share our
WMAs with groups and organization that
don’t pay a dime to use them, such as bird
watchers, dog walkers, joggers, quads, etc.
How many times have one of these groups
interrupted your hunt? Maybe we should
be looking for a way for them to get licenses instead of disrupting other sportsmen
and women. It does not make sense to me
for the sportsmen to foot the whole bill
when other groups utilize these WMAs
also.
So keep this in mind the next time
you want to complain about a fellow
hunter’s method of hunting. If you have a
question or problem with hunting or fishing aspects, these questions should be sent
to your country representative of the NJ
State Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs first
and maybe we can handle them without
hurting other aspects of our sport.
By the way, if you or your club is not
a member of the Federation you should be.
We should also join the NJ Outdoor
Alliance; this is another organization that
helps the sportsmen tremendously.
your upcoming newspaper for Youth Day
Turkey.
Johnnie shot this turkey this morning,
which was Youth Day for turkey. This was
his first day hunting and his first turkey.
I've sent you pictures before of all my son's
first hunts; his name is Matthew Duffy.
My brother would be so excited to
see his son's picture as he is also a member
of the Sportsmen’s Federation. So I am
doing this as a surprise for them both.
My nephew's name is John Kowalski
of Highland Lakes, NJ; he is 10 years old
and was accompanied by his father whose
name is also John Kowalski. This turkey
was taken in Vernon, NJ.
If you could print this in your next
paper it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance if you can print this.
It would make my nephew’s day.
Terry Duffy
via email
Tom Weeast
VP, NJSFSC
Nice Turkey
Dear Oliver,
I am sending this to you to ask if you
could put the attached picture of my
nephew John Kowalski (10 years old) in
Middlesex Federation
Holds Fishing Contest
Dear Oliver,
May 10, 2014 was the 21st Annual
Fishing Contest at Cliffwood Beach.
Thanks
to
the
Aberdeen
Twp
Environmental Committee Chairman
Frank Huza for all the time and effort put
in to this great family event.
Although there was only one fish
see Letters, p. 5
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Skipping Overhead
Cover for Bass
by Pete Robbins
During mid-day on dead calm, sunny,
summer days, bass will burrow into the
most protective overhead cover they can
find. As jet skis and pleasure boats clang
together their competing boat wakes, and
every recreational angler hits every obvious piece of cover two or three times,
sometimes there’s no choice but to put a
bait where others can’t go. This is when
many of the top pros seek to place a bait
under canopies – both man-made and natural – in search of fish that haven’t been
pressured.
If you want to get to those fish, often
it’s necessary to learn to skip your lure like
a flat rock into their home digs. Often that
means a boat dock, but the cover in question might also include overhanging trees
or even pontoon boats. If you can thread
the needle, and do it in a natural fashion,
you can present a bait to bass that haven’t
seen a lure in a long time. (Editor’s note: I
was privileged to observe this first hand
and up close, when I was paired with thenrising bass angling legend Mike Iaconelli
who used this very technique to win that
year’s NJBF Lake Hopatcong tournament.
The year was 1998, and observing the
incredible skill with which he drilled unbelievably tiny and – to me – inaccessible
targets was an education of the highest
order.)
An experienced skipper can hit each
crevice in the cover with a near-silent
entry, and then push his lure out of sight.
While it’s impressive to someone who’s
never seen it before, in truth the technique
is fairly easy to learn. Start with spinning
gear, preferably a six or six-and-a-half foot
medium-action stick with a matching
lightweight reel, ideally one with a large
spool so line peels off easily. The rod
needs to have enough backbone to winch
out a fish from the thick stuff, but just
from Fluke, p. 1
a cast of 50 or 60 feet at a 45-degree
angle up into the current. Then I immediately begin a slow retrieve, and on
alternating casts use a stop-and-start
retrieve until I receive a strike. On the
next cast I extend the distance to 70 feet
or so, and keep extending successive
casts until at times I’m practically casting all the way across Shark or
Manasquan Inlets. I then move seaward
30 or 40 feet and begin the process all
over. In this way I’m apt to present my
bait within sight of the fluke that customarily rest directly on the bottom,
often lightly buried in sand and facing
into the current, waiting for a tasty tidbit
to be carried to them.
When walking along the surf and
casting, I’ll often just walk slowly, casting and retrieving, always alert to
retrieve right to the edge of the sand, as
often fluke will be either cruising along
the edge of the dropoff or just waiting
there for a meal to happen by; often I
hook up just a rod’s length from where
I’m standing on the sand.
I’d go so far as to say there isn’t a
bit of surf along our Jersey coast where
you can’t catch fluke. They’re there and
ready to feed, so all you have to do is put
in the time. It’s fun fishing, and for years
June and I have enjoyed casting for fluke
from beaches, bulkheads, and jetties…
all the while knowing that the rewards
would result in the most delicious dinner
ever, especially the deep-fried fillets
when served with garden fresh veggies,
tomatoes, and salads. It’s a combo that
can’t be beat.
NEED TO SELL SOMETHING?
Much like skipping a flat rock. Killy Ridols photo, courtesy wikipedia.com.
enough tip for a snappy action that’ll propel the lure forward. Fluorocarbon or
monofilament in the 8- to 10-pound-test
range is usually a good starting point to
allow for a natural fall, but if you expect to
tangle with especially large fish in gnarly
cover, use a braided main line and a short
fluorocarbon leader for stealth.
The cast isn’t a lob or gentle toss, it’s
a quick snapping action, almost akin to a
wide-angled golf swing. You’re trying to
propel the lure at a high speed as close to
the water’s surface as possible, hitting just
in front of your target and then careening
forward in skips of diminishing lengths.
One piece of advice is to practice this cast
in open water, away from the cover you’ll
be fishing. That takes away the pressure of
avoiding the front of the dock or the overhanging branches, allowing you to concen-
whether you’re using baitcasting or spinning gear, fished both Texas-rigged and
wacky style. They don’t have appendages
to catch the surface on a less-than-perfect
skip, and once they settle in their final resting place they fall seductively with the
action of a dying shad or an insect that
skittered across the surface before expiring. Other lures that work well for the
same reasons are Slider Heads with finesse
worms or centipedes, as well as tube jigs,
either on a jighead or internally weighted.
In many cases, you’ll want to use either
Super Glue or a screw-lock hook to make
sure that the whole package stays together
throughout the presentation.
Light-skirted jigs, especially those
with a flat head, are also excellent for this
technique. Once you get the basics down,
it’s also possible to put a hollow-bodied
frog or a surface lure into spots where fish
have never seen those baits. Obviously, if
you’re using something with trebles, you
run a greater risk of getting hung up. It
should go without saying that you must
ensure that you retrieve all snagged lures –
the very places where you’ll be casting are
places where others swim and wade, so it’s
important to be vigilant in this regard.
Once you have the technique down
pat, even after just a short bit of practice, it
becomes surprisingly easy to put a lure
where you want. After a while, it’s often
not a matter of thinking about how to put a
lure in a particular crevice, but rather just
envisioning it happening and watching it
occur. While that part might become
effortless, it always pays to consider how
you’ll extract a hooked fish from a particular spot. It might be a thing of beauty to
traverse the rungs of a dockside ladder, but
if the bass of a lifetime bites and breaks
you off you’ll have nothing to show for it
– you can’t weigh in, or take a picture of, a
great cast.
Watching someone dissect overhead
cover with surgical precision is a thing of
beauty, and it’s even better if you can do it
yourself, knowing that you’ve gained an
advantage over others who consider such
spots too difficult and too time-consuming
to pick apart, leaving the spoils to you.
Fur Prices Retreat
by Jack Allen
The weekend of March 22-23, 2014,
saw the annual fur auction held, as it has
for the past 51 years, as always, at the
Space Farms Complex in Beemerville,
New Jersey. This much-anticipated yearly
event, hosted by the New Jersey Trappers
Association (NJTA), provides a first-rate
opportunity for our intrepid fur takers to
market their hard-earned peltries to a
group of awaiting buyers.
Volunteer Association members were
on hand well before the announced startup time of 8:00 am on Saturday morning.
After this past arduous, cold, and snowy
winter it would seem the fur take would be
Species
No. Sold
High
Beaver
242
$40.50
Bobcat
24
$132.00
Coyote
64
$36.00
Deer hides
21
$5.00
5
$92.00
M. Fisher
F. Fisher
2
$70.00
Fox - Grey
102
$30.00
Fox - Red
1313
$45.00
2
$85.00
M. Mink
Fox - ranch
237
$23.25
F. Mink
64
$13.00
1
$15.00
Mink - ranch
Muskrat
1307
$12.00
17
$71.00
314
$25.00
6
$1.00
1323
$16.50
5
$13.00
Skunk
53
$6.25
Squirreltail
36
$1.00
Otter
Possum
Rabbit
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trate on getting the form right.
Over time, you may want to learn to
do this with baitcasting gear, which will
allow you to skip heavier lures and handle
bigger lines. This will of course require
substantially more practice and patience.
Just when you think you’ve got it down,
you’ll misjudge your angle and produce an
awful backlash. One way to learn to skip
with baitcasting gear without running this
risk is to “skip-pitch” a soft plastic lure,
using a standard overhand pitching
motion, but propelling the lure close to the
surface so it bounces forward at the right
time. This is particularly deadly when
using lures like Senkos, which have
enough weight to cast, but also a bulk-toweight ratio that makes them sink slowly.
Senkos and similar weightless soft
lures are a key for this presentation
June 2014
Raccoon
Ringtail
depressed, but that proved not to be
the case. Trappers have always been
a very hardy brotherhood. By day's
end, nearly 100 trappers had logged
in, been given lot numbers, and had
their furs graded as to size and
primeness.
Sunday morning saw a dozen
buyers in attendance. The sale was,
as always, a well-planned and very
successful event. The NJTA is to be
commended for providing this very
valuable vehicle bringing trappers
and fur buyers to a central location, at a
designated time span. Both parties profit
by this arrangement.
Sunday morning at
nine o'clock, the aucLow
Average
tioneer's
gavel
opened the bidding
$1.50
$22.66
on the first lot of
$59.00
$95.92
pelts. After last
$1.00
$18.15
year's record high
$5.00
$5.00
prices, many sellers
were hoping for a
$62.00
$69.20
repeat market. The
$57.00
$63.50
only fly in the
$10.00
$23.03
proverbial ointment
was the result of the
$1.00
$30.48
first North American
$76.00
$80.50
Fur Auction held in
$1.00
$19.25
Canada in January.
$4.00
$11.32
For the past
number of years,
$15.00
$15.00
China has been the
$0.50
$9.30
largest consumer of
$44.00
$56.00
ranch-raised mink.
Not too many years
$0.10
$3.00
ago China decided to
$1.00
$1.00
propagate
mink
$1.00
$9.03
rather than buy them
$11.00
$11.40
on the international
markets, and as a
$0.50
$4.22
result they produced
$0.15
$0.17
nearly 30 million
Grading some pelts before the auction
begins. Jack Allen photo.
pelts, depressing the worlds markets for
that item. The price for most other furs
declined accordingly.
Getting back to the NJTA sale, prices
on most items declined; those most affected were mink, beaver, raccoon, and
muskrat. It’s worth noting that not all the
fur pelts offered at this sale were harvested
in our state. A number of fur takers and
buyers from other states send their fur to
be auctioned at the Space Farms site. The
fisher, bobcat, ranch fox, and ringtail,
noted on the summary, are such examples.
Even though prices regressed, most
trappers departed the sale with a positive
outlook. The fur trade has never been a stable undertaking, but for the last 400 or so
years American wild-caught furs have
enjoyed a lucrative market. Ever since the
Dutch Settlers in New Amsterdam first
traded their manufactured goods to the
local native tribes for their beaver pelts,
furs have been a viable niche in the
American economy. Let's hope it will continue to be so.
The NJTA will host their annual
Rendezvous on Sunday, October 5, 2014,
as always, at the Space Farms Complex.
Come early, renew old friendships, and
enjoy the day. Hope to see you there.
June 2014
by Bob Brunisholz
We don’t come across them very
often, but when we do we should treasure
them as though we stumbled upon the
Holy Grail. They just seem to come along
when we least expect it, but need it most.
And thank whatever God you pray to that
they do.
I refer to those folks with whom we
truly enjoy spending a day afield. He or
she is the person with whom you can share
a ride to a distant trap shoot, and feel comfortable enough in each other’s presence
that forced conversation is not only unnecessary but would be detected as spurious
and specious. These are the individuals
who instinctively know it is wrong to
crowd you, or anyone else, on a trout
stream, or to suggest ways to improve your
scores after you’ve had one of those poor
days on the trap fields and you’re feeling
so low you just don’t want to talk about it.
At least, not then.
They also have this uncanny sense
about shared values. They dismiss that $5
million El Greco that was purchased for $5
at a garage sale, but go gaga at the sight of
a restored Model 12 with gold-inlaid
engraving and exhibition-grade Circassian
walnut stock with 28 lpi checkering. And
when you’re making that ride to a trap
shoot and you had a particular thought
about the coming event, when you bring
the subject up, he would say, “you know, I
was just thinking the same thing.” And
he’s not conning you.
In my time afield (which, I fear, has
stretched across more years than I care to
admit), I’ve had two or perhaps three such
individuals enter my life, and I treasure the
memories of our times afield.
Most of us already know the typical
standards that loosely define friendship.
You can find them written on any tablet
(do students still use paper tablets?) by any
eighth-grader, and these sophomoric
efforts are mostly motivated by hopes of a
better grade: Friends are loyal, supportive,
honest, and any number of other things the
puerile mind can conjure up, but rather
than determine the value of true friendship
gained through life’s experiences, that
superficial list is right out of the Boy Scout
Handbook.
There’s nothing wrong with that reputable and time-honored publication. It’s
just that most youthful readers haven’t
been around long enough to judge and
determine just what, to each individual,
makes up the elements important to a binding and lasting amity that is sometimes
forged though ordeal and Homeric hazards
(which, unfortunately, can be painful at
times). That’s when one can judge the difference between a steadfast friend and a
friendly acquaintance.
And make no mistake, the friend you
consider closest must also meet exacting
standards. A person may be extremely
friendly towards you and your avocations
while sharing your likes and dislikes, but if
that same person is known to steal from his
from Letters, p. 3
caught this year, all the remainder prizes,
trophies, and fishing rods were given to the
kids entered in the contest.
This year there were 75 fishermen
entered. The contest has been free for the
past 21 years.
Edward Karecki, Jr.
Treasurer, Middlesex County
Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs
True Friends
The author shared boat decks, streams, deer and turkey stands, and traplines for decades
with his outdoor partner Rob (1916-1982) seen here tallying muskrat pelts and getting
them ready for the bi-yearly auction. The secret to the longevity of their friendship was
a common bond of the love of the outdoors and sharing the same strict code of ethics.
Bob Brunisholz photo.
boss, cheat on his wife or commit the most
unpardonable of sins – ground-swipe a
grouse – perhaps it would be better to go
without an outdoor-oriented soul mate
rather than cozy up to someone you know
in your heart may not be trustworthy.
An example of an outstanding and
upright friend would be a former trapshooting crony of mine, Joe. (Last names
in a column such as this are unnecessary
and inappropriate.)
Joe was a natural storyteller. A
teacher by trade, he had this innate ability
to keep one transfixed on whatever topic
he was addressing, and no one would interrupt to ask a question because no one
wanted to disrupt the flow of his words.
Like many of us, Joe was getting on in
years but was still a formidable rival when
it came to bustin’ clay birds.
Some time ago, there was a young
man who happened to have a disability
that, while not prohibiting him from trapshooting, did offer some challenges as it
did for the handling of any firearm, though
that disability didn’t necessarily translate
into a safety problem. One of the onlooking shooters not only offered vociferous
discouragement, but went on to humiliate
and demean the youngster in front of others by telling him he’d never excel in trap
nor would he be able to obtain a hunting
license. The lad was next to tears.
Enter Joe. Not only did he take the
youngster under his wing, but the lad went
on to become a rather enthusiastic clay
buster, though his disability did seem to
rule out being a top-rated shooter. He went
on to purchase his own gun, though it was
a field-grade as opposed to a costly trap
gun. Additionally, Joe eagerly began the
neophyte’s trapshooting endeavors by
allowing the lad to use the former’s
Perazzi. Most shooters are not exactly
eager to offer the use of their personal guns
to anyone for any length of time, but Joe
did, and then went the extra mile.
Despite the unbecoming diatribe by
an insensitive boor aimed at the youngster
about “never obtaining his hunting
license,” Joe assisted him, and with time
and effort the youngster not only obtained
his license, but on several occasions
trekked into Joe’s world of jump-shooting
ducks, much to the young man’s delight.
I’m uncertain as to whether the lad
had chosen Joe as his personal, or best,
friend, but if he did, he had chosen well.
In my own instance, my uncle Rob
would be my choice, though he is now
tramping the fields and woodlands in a better world.
Rob was for me, as I suppose Joe was
to the young man, the type of friend whose
presence could turn a poor or mediocre day
into a day of delight. And like Joe, Rob
served his country during World War II,
but his tour was the Pacific theater as
opposed to Europe. He was the type who
would hold a barbed wire fence up while
you scrambled under and he’d continue
holding it for the dog. Though most of
wipe out excess lubricant from the bore of
your rifle before you store it.
On the outside of your firearm, a
light wiping with a treated cloth is all that
is required. The surface of your firearm
should not be oily. In addition to gumming
up triggers, oil will soak into a wood stock
and ruin it.
Finally, it is important to note that
WD-40 is not a lubricant. It is what is says
on the can, a rust preventative.
Treasurer’s Report. Motion by
Somerset, seconded by Monmouth, was
made to accept the report as read; this
passed.
Old Business. Sporting Clay Shoot,
Federation shirts have been ordered as
well as those special ordered by individuals. Station sponsors have been coming in;
all of the central region counties are in.
Hoping to have ten stations sponsored for
the shoot. Fliers have been sent to the
region counties as well as State officers.
Fliers will also be passed out at the May 16
State Meeting. Looking for a few more
door prize giveaways. The shoot is set for
June 1 at 9:00 am. A newspaper ad should
be put into the Federation paper for next
year’s April and May editions .
The Manchester Fishing derby went
well except for the low turnout of kids.
Lack of local advertisement probably to
blame. This will be addressed next time
with school notifications and signage.
Region By-laws were read with corrections noted and spelling addressed. To
have third reading at the September meeting, then forwarded to the State for
review.
Election of 2014-15 Officers. Slate:
President Ray Szpond, First V.P. Dave
McCready, Second V.P. Bill Martin,
Sec./Treas. John Messeroll, Board of
Directors 2-year term Sue Rothemel.
Motion by Somerset, seconded by
Monmouth, for Secretary to cast a Ballot
Marty Kurtyka
Wayne, NJ
Kudos on Firearms Storage Story
Dear Oliver,
I read Bob Brunisholz’s informative
piece “Store Those Firearms Properly” in
the April issue carefully, and I hope other
readers did as well. I have seen many good
firearms ruined by lack of preventative
care... choke tubes rusted in place, barrels
pitted with rust, and so forth. This happens
often; just ask any gunsmith.
I would like to add a few additional
comments. First, triggers should never be
oiled. Most modern triggers are of
enclosed design, meaning they can trap oil
and dirt inside the mechanism. The oil
gums up over time and the trigger fails,
sometimes with catastrophic results.
Additionally, long guns stored muzzle-end
up are prone to accumulate oil and cleaning fluids in the trigger mechanism, so
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Minutes of Central Jersey Meeting
Dear Oliver,
The NJ State Federation of
Sportsmen’s Clubs Central Region
Meeting was held on May 12, 2014. The
meeting opened at 8:00 pm with a salute to
the American flag.
Roll Call: Counties present were
Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Somerset,
and Union. Officers present were
President Ray Szpond, First V.P. Dave
McCready, Sec./Treas. John Messeroll,
and Board of Directors members Charlie
Hendrickson and Sue Rothermel.
Minutes of the previous April meeting were read. Motion by Ocean, seconded
by Monmouth, was made to accept the
minutes as read; this passed.
New Jersey’s waterways aren’t exactly
conducive to building streamside campfires, when we fished the Tobyhanna in
Pennsylvania he would be the one to leave
the stream early to “fire up the fry pan” as
he would say, to savor a trout or three
before we called it a day. (No, he didn’t
carry a cumbersome, cast iron frying pan
with him while trout fishing. He relied
instead on one of those fold-up aluminum
pans that neatly tucked into the back of his
fishing vest.)
And finally, there were Rob’s little
“gifts,” or at least that’s what I called them.
He was fascinated by nature and took particular delight in observing things most
folks wouldn’t even look for or pay attention to even if they saw them. No matter
how far up or down stream he may have
been from me, if he found, say mink tracks
along a muddy stream edge, he’d insist I
accompany him to his “find.”
“That’s why I come out here with
you,” he’d say. “It would make a lot more
economic sense for me to go to the A&P or
ShopRite and buy some fish or burgers
than earn my meal this way. I do this
because I love being out here, and don’t
con me; so do you.”
It’s guys (and gals) like Joe and Rob
that become our personal version of a
national treasure; something to nurture as
well as enjoy while they (and we) last.
They are more than friends; they are the
folks who care enough to rally around us
when we need to slay our personal demons
and put to rest the lie that there are monsters under our metaphorical beds, and
they come out during the darkest periods
of our lives.
Admittedly, one of the reasons I hunt
and fish is to net a brace of trout or feel the
weight of a ringneck or two in my game
bag. But in my dotage, the euphoric feeling
of downing a deer, bird or taking a beerbellied bass has, at the end of the day, less
to do with bagging game and more with
companionship and time well-spent in the
field with those who tend to leave indelible
footprints on one’s soul.
I never want to lose the excitement
felt every time a grouse fools me and tries
to fly up my pants leg, or the apprehension
felt when a slab-sided brown rises to a dry
fly. Still, the best part of hunting and fishing is the kind of people attracted to our
chosen afflictions; it is those who will give
up casting before last light to make a fire
over which he will fry a trout or two, or
take a two-minute shower at deer camp so
others have hot water, or quietly nod and
let you know you’ll get ‘em on the next
shot after you blew an easy straightaway.
Or at least that’s the way it seems
from my little corner of the world.
for the Unopposed positions; motion carried.
New Business. November issue to
include a list of budget Items for fiscal
year 2015. Treasurer to list yearly expenses and possible fundraising proposals.
Outdoor Wild display, will the Region
attend this year? A work schedule needs to
be set up. Sign up with the Division as
well needs to be done.
Motion to reimburse Ray Szpond’s
Dinner Ticket to the State Convention, seconded by Monmouth, was made by
Middlesex and amended by Ocean to
include John Messeroll’s ticket, not to
exceed $130.00; this was approved.
Meeting dates were set as follows:
September 8, 2014 7:00 before the Union
County Meeting, and November 10, 2014
at Assunpink, with a possible conference
call set up for April 2015 meeting.
Good of Region. Don’t forget the
Gov. Surf Fishing Tournament, set for May
18 at Island Beach State Park. Beach
judges need to be there at 4:00 am for
instructions and beach section selection.
Looks like fish will be plentiful, barring
bad weather.
Ed Karecki, Sr.
Middlesex Federation of
Sportsmen’s Clubs
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Wrangling Walleyes
by Lou Martinez
In the early 1900’s there were references to a naturally reproducing walleye
population in Greenwood Lake; these
reports ended around the time of the Great
Depression.
In 1988 the Division of Fish and
Wildlife determined that the cold, deep
waters of the newly constructed
Monksville Reservoir would be just the
right place to begin a healthy, sustainable,
walleye fishery. Two million walleye fry
were released into the reservoir, and these
voracious feeders grew so quickly, that
within eight years’ time, 10-pound fish
were being documented.
In 1991, Lake Hopatcong received
10,000 fingerlings, released by the
Division and the members of the Knee
Deep Club. Then, Greenwood Lake was
stocked in 1992. This effort was followed
by another Division stocking program in
1995, releasing fingerlings into Canistear
Reservoir (part of the Newark Watershed,
which requires a permit for fishing).
Bottom line? Garden State anglers no
longer have to leave the state for a great
walleye experience, as everything you
could possibly want is right here, probably
within a couple of hours’ drive.
Reminiscent of the “Old Western”
cowboy movies of the ’50s and ’60s,
today’s walleyes utilize similar tactics to
herd and corral the available forage, in
New Jersey’s lakes, rivers, and reservoirs.
Driving their prey into the shallows, you
can hear the constant “bloosh bloosh”
sounds, as a band of hungry ‘eyes pick off
their favorite food: herring.
How to best fish for them? Casting
towards the shallows, Captain Dave
by Vin T. Sparano
Most fishermen have had their boats
in the water since before warm summer
temperatures arrived. They invariably push
the season and launch for those early
spring species, and persist well into
autumn.
One truth that is hard to accept is that
most fishermen are not dedicated boatmen.
Fishermen are usually interested more in
fishing than boating… and this can mean a
potential danger to themselves and their
passengers.
One distinct danger is falling overboard into cold water. Even if you are a
good swimmer, the effects of cold water
may be more than your body can handle.
Cold water can rob your body of heat
faster than cold air temperatures. When
your body temperature drops, hypothermia
becomes a very real threat to life.
Don't be misled into believing that
water has to be 35 degrees to be dangerous
to someone falling overboard. Cold water,
at least for our purposes here, is anything
under 70 degrees. When water temperature
drops to as low as 35, survival is usually
based on the physical condition of the victim.
Panic and shock are the first and most
dangerous hazards to a fisherman falling
overboard. Cold water can shock the body
and sometimes induce cardiac arrest.
Remember how your breath is taken away
when you dive into a pool? The same reaction happens when you fall head first into
One of Capt. Dave’s very happy customers hoists a nice 8-pound walleye. Lou Martinez
photo.
June 2014
are floating stick bait plugs. He favors an
arsenal consisting of Smithwick Rogues,
Sebile Koolie Minnows, Reef Runners,
Rapala Tail Dancers, Yo-Zuri Crystal
Minnows, and Rapala F-18s.
Live Target’s Threadfin Shads
including their Yellow Perch Floating
models are also favored by seasoned
anglers, as their trigger-provoking action
and vibration can bring on vicious strikes.
As walleyes possess phenomenal night
vision, Capt. Dave believes that the dark of
the moon periods are best for this technique.
I strongly advocate CPR (catch,
photo, release), but this is my personal
exception. Walleyes are an exceptionally
tasty fish, particularly when the fillets are
dipped in an egg bath, floured, and rolled
in some Panco bread crumbs, and lightly
fried in corn or canola oil. Of course,
adherence to all size and retention limits is
a must, and even there some restraint is
well advised.
Walleye can be caught in the
Delaware River, Greenwood Lake,
Monksville Reservoir, Lake Hopatcong,
Canistear Reservoir, and Swartswood
Lake. All of these bodies of water were
again stocked in 2013.
Have a Wally good fishing day!
To contact Live to Fish Guide
Service, call 862-684-5145 or visit
www.livetofishguideservice.com.
Record Walleye A-Waiting...
Vollenweider of the Live to Fish Guide
Service, fires off a cast with his 7-foot,
medium-action rod, coupled with a medium-sized spinning reel loaded with 6- to 8pound-test monofilament line. He engages
the reel, and starts a steady retrieve, working in a few pauses and erratic motions.
This allows the following predators to get
worked up, and when these hungry ‘eyes
slam into the plug; watch out… “’cause
they’ll do their best to rip that rod right out
of you grasp!”
Capt. Dave’s specialty is hunting
these voracious feeders at night. He arrives
at his chosen body of water after most
boaters have already headed home. As the
lake begins to calm down between 9 and
10 pm, Vollenweider listens for sounds of
feeding fish, keeping an eye in constant
contact with his sonar fish-finding unit. He
looks for rising schools of zooplankton; as
these balls of plankton rise, they are closely followed by the herring that feed upon
them, and the walleye are not far behind.
Herding their prey towards the shallows,
the telltale “bloosh” sounds signal that the
time is right to start casting.
Capt. Dave’s most productive lures
In 1993, George Fundell set the
state record by catching a giant ‘eye, tipping the scales at a whopping 13 pounds
and 9 ounces. This behemoth was caught
in the Delaware River. Division employees have since captured and released a
big one in Swartswood that equaled that
weight. That was several years ago.
Wonder what it weights now?
There’s only one way to find out, and if
you’re the lucky one, send your photos
over to us.
-LM
MAN OVERBOARD!
If you find yourself in the water and can’t
get back into the boat, assume the HELP
position (heat escape lessening posture) as
shown (individual as shown above; a
group of people as seen at right) until help
arrives.
cold water. Your first gasp for air will fill
your lungs with water. You may also
become disoriented for a minute or two
before you realize what is happening to
you.
If at all possible, get back into your
boat as quickly as possible; your life may
depend on it. Unless you have a big boat,
this may not be as difficult as it sounds.
The majority of fatal boating accidents
involve small boats with outboard motors.
Most small boats, even if capsized, can be
righted and re-entered.
Small boats are legally required to
have enough flotation to support all occupants. If you can, right the boat, climb
back into it, and bail out the water. If you
can't right the boat, climb onto the hull and
hang on. It's critical that you get out of that
cold water.
If the boat slips away and you can't
reach it, there are certain precautions to
take while in the water until help arrives.
Unless there is no chance for rescue, do
not try swimming. It will drain heat from
your body, and if you're like most people,
you will not be able to swim very far in
cold water.
Your best bet is to remain still and get
into a protective position to conserve heat
and wait for a rescue. This means protecting your body's major heat-loss areas, such
as your head, neck, armpits, chest, and
groin. If there are two or more of you in the
water, huddle together to preserve body
heat.
If you’re in a position to assist somebody recently extracted from the water,
there are a number of considerations to
bear in mind, and treatment of cold-water
victims varies. First signs of hypothermia
are intense shivering, loss of coordination,
mental confusion, blue skin, weak pulse,
irregular heartbeat, and enlarged pupils. If
the victim is cold and only shivering, dry
clothes and blankets may be all that is necessary.
If the victim is semi-conscious, move
him (or her) to a warm place and into dry
clothes. Make him lay flat with the head
slightly lower than the rest of his body,
which will cause more blood flow to the
brain. You can also warm the victim with
warm towels to the head, neck, chest, and
groin.
Of course, it's always easier to avoid
problems by taking a few simple precautions. First, wear a life jacket at all times
when out on the water, and this is especially important during cool weather.
Whenever possible, wear several layers of
wool for insulation. Wool, even when wet,
will retain body heat.
If you suddenly find yourself in the
water, make sure your life jacket is snug.
Keep clothing buttoned up. The water
trapped in your clothes will be warmed by
your body heat and help to keep you warm.
Get into the H.E.L.P. (heat escape
lessening posture) and stay as motionless
as possible until you are rescued. Don't try
to swim unless there is no chance of a rescue.
Keep these pieces of advice in mind
when boating; nobody wants that expedition to be his or her last one.
June 2014
Page 7
Indoor Plumbing Means
Feeling Flush at Camp
I was heading up to the Pennsylvania
camp just after this was written to meet my
plumber on a Monday morning.
Kids, forget that $50,000 a year college education (much to your parent’s fiscal relief), and go to trade school where
they churn out plumbers, electricians, and
mechanics.
You will never, if competent and
punctual, be unemployed.
I was meeting my pipe man in the
boonies because ever since I tried to turn
the water on for the season 12 years ago
and had geysers gushing from inside and
outside the shack, I have paid somebody
who knows what they’re doing to avoid all
that wet mess of my own inept making.
I have him turn the water off in midOctober, depending on the frost forecasts,
and don’t open the wellhead until midMay.
This is a period during which my
wife declines to embrace the rustic life.
She can live without electricity, but not
running water, preferably hot, on demand.
I chop holes in the ice to flush the toilet if it’s necessary during deer season,
then go out and hack a hunk of yak meat
off a tree-hung flank and roast it on a stick.
OK, I made the last part up, but not about
the ice water to flush the indoor toilet. If
the ice is too thick, my neighbor has an
outhouse, albeit I wish he would install
year-round heating.
This annual development, and
thoughts of eventually selling our New
Jersey obscenely taxed home, brings to
mind that bathrooms and toilets are some-
On The Road
what of a very big deal in resales, not to
mention that indoor plumbing is almost,
not quite, as important at deer camp as
olives for the martinis.
America has enough problems, such
as too many lawyers, but what we don’t
have in sufficient numbers are bathrooms.
Specifically, there seems to be an inadequate number of these somewhat necessary facilities for women.
This is why my poor, burdened bother emailed from Vermont to report his
mother-in-law was moving in and he needed to build an extra bathroom. I replied
that he obviously has two problems, the
former spawning the latter.
However, he is the midst of the “project,” which means destroying what once
was a perfectly practical basement for storing roots and salted hams for the winter
and handling laundry chores, into a separate living quarters complete with personal
potty. I have yet to ask just who might be
living in the cellar.
My bro said there was a family of
eight living in his rather small house when
he bought it and they seemed to do just
fine with only one bathroom. Well, perhaps not; they did sell the joint.
If there were some girls in that passel
of kiddies, there was no doubt some tense
moments during certain times of day, usually first thing in the morning. This is not
intended to be a sexist observation.
According to a long-ago study it was concluded that women spend more time in the
bathroom than men. Somebody actually
authorized the outlay of $20,000 to deter-
Two New Books
Fishing the Great Lakes of New York,
by Spider Rybaak. Subtitled “A Guide to
Lakes Erie and Ontario, their Tributaries,
and the Thousand Islands,”
this book comes to print just
in time to plan your trip this
summer to this magical
region of North America’s
fisheries. The Great Lakes
offers, as anybody who has
sampled it already knows,
fishing opportunities to
rival, match, and often
exceed any to be found
elsewhere on the planet.
“Thirty-pound Chinook salmon, smallmouths over five pounds, 20-somethingpound northern pike, 30-inch walleyes,
steelhead, brown trout and lake trout
stretching over three feet long, four-foot
muskies and trophy landlocked Atlantic
salmon are all available in sufficient quantities to make the chances of catching one
a reasonable goal on every fishing trip – if
you know where, when and how, which is
the purpose of this book,” says the back
cover blurb.
Although the subtitle gives a good
flavor of what may be found within its
pages, it falls far short of preparing the
reader for the wealth of
information
contained
within its pages. The two
major sections of the book
concentrate on the respective Great Lakes; each section is broken down to component areas to make the
entire enterprise easily manageable. For a given spot or
area, plenty of useful information is provided: how to get
there, what equipment to use, a
description of the water and its characteristics, what kind of parking facilities are
there, tips on how best to fish the species
present… in short, everything you need to
go there and have a real expectation of
tying into something memorable.
The book is published by Burford
Books, and lists for $16.95. It is available
at bookstores, online retailers, sports
stores, and from the publisher (www.burfordbooks.com).
Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia
(5th Edition), by Vin. T. Sparano.
This venerable tome, appearing in
its first edition in 1972, represents
what may be the best single-volume
source for outdoors sports data and
information. I have a clear memory
of picking up my first one (that was
soon after the third edition came out
in the late 1980s) as a young man,
when my own outdoors library was
still in its formative stages, and it has
remained one of my premier go-to references ever since.
Perhaps the most notable change
from the previous edition (16 years ago) is
the new use of eye-catching, clear, and
attractive images in photographs and
drawings. The use of color accomplishes a
lot more than just looking pretty; much of
that resultant detail is much clearer than it
can be in black-and white (the new spread
on “how to fillet a fish” is a prime example
of this).
And of course there are lots of new
topics that few of us could have imagined
even as recently as 1998 (4th edition),
much less in 1972. Sparano has updated
this edition to include important
new topics like GPS usage, the
new crop of non-toxic alternatives to lead shot, and lots more.
And there’s an entirely new section on wilderness survival,
with discussions on planning
ahead, compiling a survival
kit, medical care, making fire,
and lots more.
This book belongs on a
prominent shelf in any
sportsmen’s library, whether a
previous edition is already there or not.
Published by Universe Publishing and
containing 640 pages with 1,300 photos
and illustrations, the new edition of the
Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia lists for
$35 and is available in bookstores and
from online sources.
Oliver Shapiro
by Rick Methot
mine that those of the female persuasion
lingered in the loo 34 seconds longer than
men. Males took an average of 45 seconds,
women 79.
On that note… when I venture out to
a saloon from deer, duck, or fish camp I
prefer the comfort station not be labeled
“Bucks,” “Does,” “Boars,” “Sows,” and
such silliness to include “Fillies” and
“Gals” for the women who don’t have
enough stalls in the first place and don’t
need to be hopping around busting a blood
vessel trying to figure whether the cute little silhouettes on the doors mean boy or
girl.
Bathrooms are like counter space in a
kitchen, you can never have enough.
Counter space equal to the linear footage
of a football field isn’t enough.
But getting to the bottom of things
(so to speak) for the potty picture, the
study would indicate that women need
more space, perhaps a 60-40 ratio in public places, such as the theater.
Exceptions might be hockey arenas
and other athletic stadiums as well as hunting camp half-moons. Men wait in line to
answer nature’s call, but the line obviously
moves faster, having something to do with
anatomical differences that come with
male and female models. Also, there is no
commode as welcoming as the average
wood plot or field for a man who’s gotta
go.
One pleasure in staying at luxury
hotels or resorts is that they often feature
bathrooms with whirlpools, tubs that could
host Olympic swimming trials, heated
floors, televisions, phones, and enough
room to accommodate a string quartet to
complement the scented bubbles.
Many modern homes have similar
bathroom amenities now considered standard, except for us common folk who are
not privy (sorry) to a McMansion.
Spiffy new bathrooms supposedly
add value to your house, like the aforementioned acre of countertops.
However, with all the bells and whistles, potted palms, and the like, bathrooms
are still pretty basic in that they involve
water and pipes. Water in pipes has only
one goal in life – to get out. And it will;
one way or another.
Last deer season it snowed to beat the
band, and I had to hike in the unplowed
road to my camp.
The light went on at first flick of the
switch, but of course I had no running
water and I had to go, go, go. I did the
quick step through a snow drift to my
neighbor’s half moon.
Good fences don’t make good neighbors, working outhouses do.
Page 8
Stupid Gun Laws, Buyers’ Preferences
and the National Civil War Museum
On the “I can’t believe this nonsense”
front, I have learned that on March 26,
2014, the trial of a man named Mark
Witaschek in Washington, DC on the
grounds of possession of – get this – a
shotgun shell took a turn for the worse.
When the idiots on the prosecutor’s staff
could not open up the offending shotgun
shell to prove there was gunpowder in it
(here’s a hint, clowns: use a Swiss Army
knife… but owning one is probably a
felony in DC as well), the prosecution
turned even more surreal.
The judge, one Robert Morin, shook
the shell but said he “could not hear any
gunpowder inside.” (The shell, according
to reliable sources, was an old misfired
one, with an indented primer.) Judge
Morin then decided that Witaschek could
instead, however, be charged with
"attempted possession of unlawful ammunition." The “unlawful ammunition” in
question was around 25 modern muzzleloading copper-clad lead hunting bullets
which were found in his home.
Of course these were actually bullets,
or projectiles, not cartridges, and thus
without propellant powder or primers, but
Judge Morin, apparently unaware of the
difference between “bullets” and “cartridges,” found Witascheck guilty. Morin
is quoted as saying “I am persuaded these
are bullets. They look like bullets. They
are hollow-point. They are not musket
balls."
Of course the bullets in question are
less dangerous than a butter knife, even if
you threw them at someone, and the judge
is clueless. Morin "sentenced Mr.
Witaschek to time served, a $50 fine, and
required him to enroll with the
June 2014
Metropolitan Police Department's firearm
offenders' registry within 48 hours."
Meanwhile, gang bangers continued
to shoot each other with illegally acquired
automatic pistols down the street.
It should be noted that this whole
fiasco started when Mr. Witascheck’s
estranged wife claimed that he threatened
her, a charge later to be found “without
merit.” The charge resulted in a 30-man
police detachment entering Witascheck’s
home, forcing him to the floor, handcuffing him, and hauling him off to jail. His
son was in the shower and the police battered down the shower door and dragged
him out naked. All four Witascheck crying
children were herded into a room under
guard, while police ransacked the house,
coming up with the shotgun shell and muzzle-loader bullets. Witascheck, a financial
advisor, had no prior criminal record. He
was a hunter, but kept his guns and ammunition at his sister’s house in Virginia, due
to DC’s oppressive gun laws.
One wonders what criteria are used to
enforce the law, pass the bar, or become a
judge these days. Common sense, decency,
and/or the ability to reason are apparently
not part of the criteria, at least not in
Washington DC.
We Buy American – But…
When asked how important it is for
American sportsmen to buy products made
in the United States, hunters and shooters
surveyed by Southwick Associates (the
polling company with its finger on the
pulse of Outdoors America) found that
they overwhelmingly support the idea of
“buying American, with 95 % of those sur-
Some Trapper Stats
A 2012-13 New Jersey Trapper Harvest Survey was mailed to 1195 licensed trappers requesting harvest, recreational and socio-economic information for the 2012-13
trapping season. Seventeen questionnaires (1.4 percent) were returned by the postal
authorities as undeliverable, all of which were forwarded to corrected address, and 1178
were presumed delivered. One survey was returned with responses unusable. Information
presented here is taken from the Spring 2014 edition of the Division of Fish and
Wildlife’s New Jersey Furbearer Management Newsletter.
BLACK POWDER NOTES
by Joe Bilby
underscore the importance of American
companies to be able to compete on an
equal footing with foreign competitors
when it comes to pricing. When all things
are equal at the cash register, most sportsmen will opt for the American-made product.”
National Civil War Museum
veyed indicating it was somewhat important (41 %) or very important (54 %) for
sportsmen to buy products made in this
country.”
Price, however, apparently plays as
much a role, if not a bigger one, in making
purchase decisions than where an item is
made. Asked if two competing products
had the same quality and functional benefits, but one was made in the U.S.A. and
the other was not, how much more would
the “Made in U.S.A.” product have to cost
before the person purchased the other
product? The results were telling.
If the product was up to 5% more
expensive, more than 12% of those polled
said they would buy the cheaper product.
If the American made product was 5% to
10% more expensive, another 16% indicated they would choose the foreign-made
product. At 10% to 20% more, the number
escalates by another 23%... and it steadily
climbs after that.
Southwick’s conclusion from the
data was: “The survey results merely
Governor’s Surf Fishing
Tournament Held Last Month
Island Beach State Park hosted the
23rd annual Governor's Surf Fishing
Tournament on May 18, marking the first
time in the competition's storied history
that it was held in the spring.
Memberships Available
AtlanticCountyGamePreserve.org
I am almost ashamed to say that I had
not visited the National Civil War Museum
in Harrisburg, PA until I spoke there on
“The Guns of 1864,” a presentation I made
series on March 29, 2014 as part of the
museum’s spring lecture. Despite the rainy
weather, we had an excellent turnout of
folks who were really interested in the subject, including several readers of this column, and I had a chance to handle some of
the excellent pieces in the museum collection, including an original Henry rifle presented to a Kansas lieutenant during the
Civil War, courtesy of Curator of
Collections Brett E. Kelley.
The National Civil War Museum
itself is quite impressive, and features displays narrating the chronology of the war,
as well as topical ones on slavery, medicine, weapons, and equipment, and Camp
Curtin, the large rendezvous and processing camp at Harrisburg during the conflict.
The museum also hosts annual lecture
series like the one in which I participated,
living history impressionists, and timely
temporary exhibits and has a well-stocked
gift shop and bookstore.
It is well worth a visit and easily
accessible from New Jersey; just zip out
the Pennsylvania Turnpike or down Route
81. For more on the National Civil War
Museum and its offerings, including directions, see the museum’s website at:
www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org.
"We look forward to having anglers
from New Jersey and neighboring states
come to our beautiful beaches at Island
Beach State Park, which has fully recovered from the damage caused by
Superstorm Sandy," Department of
Environmental
Protection
(DEP)
Commissioner Bob Martin said prior to
the event. "We welcome anglers of all
ages and experience to enjoy a great day
of fishing with family and friends, and
help kick off the start of the summer season at the Jersey Shore."
The annual Governor's Surf Fishing
Tournament, which has long been an
October staple, was moved to May this
year to get a jumpstart on the summer
tourism season and to allow for increased
participation in the event.
"We're anticipating some improved
surf fishing opportunities and a bigger
pool of anglers, including many families
and youths, which should make for a lot
of fun on Sunday,'' said the Director of
Fish and Wildlife Dave Chanda before the
event occurred. "Anglers will have an
opportunity to land some striped bass and
bluefish and be recognized for their fishing prowess."
All funds raised by the tournament
go toward a variety of good causes,
including the purchase of specialized
wheelchairs that provide the disabled and
elderly beach access, construction of
access ramps for disabled saltwater
anglers, surf fishing instruction programs
and equipment, and marine education and
restoration projects.
"Everything is coming together at
the right time for a really enjoyable tournament on Sunday,'' remarked Paul
Smith, a member of the Tournament
Committee representing the Jersey Coast
Anglers Association. " The weather is getting warmer and Island Beach surf
anglers are now catching some good size
striped bass, large bluefish, and even
some weakfish. It should be a great
opportunity on Sunday for some early
season fishing action.
"Moving the Tournament to May is
already paying off, with pre-tournament
registration up over last year by almost
twenty-five percent,'' said Tim Burden,
president of the New Jersey Beach Buggy
Association. "They are in for a treat,''
added Burden. The New Jersey Beach
Buggy Association is one of the tournament sponsors. Their members volunteer
to be judges and drive their vehicles along
designated areas of the beach to measure
and score fish as outlined in the tournament rules.
On the day of the tournament, a nice
bluefish blitz had tournament judges on
the move up and down the beach as they
measured nearly 200 fish. Chris Follmer
of Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, took the grand
prize and NJ Governor's Cup with a 36inch bluefish. Mr. Follmer received two
rod-and-reel combinations and a plaque,
and will have his name engraved on the
Governor's Cup, which is on permanent
display at the park. Lieutenant Governor
Kim Guadagno greeted tournament participants at tournament headquarters and
took part in the awards ceremony.
The Governor's Surf Fishing
Tournament is sponsored by the Division
of Fish and Wildlife and Division of
Parks and Forestry, the New Jersey State
Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Jersey
Coast Anglers Association, and the New
Jersey Beach Buggy Association.
June 2014
Page 9
The Sporting View
by Marty Boa
Herter’s Revisited
There is no doubt about it; outdoor
sportspersons need “stuff.” Hunters,
anglers, trappers, campers, and boaters
need to obtain and maintain an inventory
of activity-specific equipment in order to
remain active in their respective sports.
Repairing old gear and buying new equipment for replacement or upgrade goes with
the territory, and for longer than any of us
can remember the catalog-based mail
order sporting goods business has functioned in the important role of “supply support” for the sporting community, thus
enabling the continuance of our American
outdoor sporting traditions.
Many folks enjoy poring over a printed catalog in the old Sears, Roebuck and
Company tradition, and despite the fact
that online catalogs have their advantages,
in this columnist’s opinion nothing beats
settling down comfortably and thumbing
through the pages of a good “wish book”
in the hopes of finding something to “order
out.”
Today the big guns of the catalogmail order business for outdoor sporting
goods include L.L. Bean, Cabela’s, Bass
Pro Shops, Orvis, Gander Mountain, The
Sportsman’s Guide, and others, but at one
time a company called Herter’s Inc. was a
major player in the mix, and was so for
over 40 years.
Based in Waseca, MN, Herter’s was
founded by George Leonard Herter who
took over the management of his family’s
dry goods business circa 1937, and started
selling fly-tying materials as a result of his
interest in hunting and fishing taking
precedence over his interest in dry goods.
After serving in World War II, Herter made
the move into catalog sales, and eventually transformed the operation into a mammoth retail and outfitter supply company
concentrating on the outdoor sports.
Catalog order sales became a major part of
Herter’s business and made the company
famous.
George L. Herter was a colorful figure and a good businessman, with exceptional albeit unusual marketing and advertising skills and a flair for writing. He
authored a number of books, some quite
humorous, and wrote much of the copy for
the catalogs himself using catchy descriptive words and phrases with a dash of
tongue-in-cheek that made both books and
catalogs interesting and enjoyable to read.
The catalogs included pictures of most of
the items featured therein.
Part of Herter’s marketing style as
expressed in his copy writing was the frequent use of somewhat outlandish, opinionated, and subjective claims and
endorsements in support of the quality,
durability, and usefulness of the items
offered in the catalogs. The use of terms
such as or similar to “finest,” “best,” “rare
find,” “world famous,” and “exclusive”
when describing materials and equipment
was a clever technique aimed at encouraging the catalog browser to believe that
Herter’s wares were superior to those
offered by competitors, despite the fact
that some of the claims may have been
exaggerated.
Most catalog-reading customers were
no doubt willing to overlook a bit of marketing braggadocio in exchange for the
pleasure of reading some very interesting
if not amusing copy, along with the chance
that the products were probably as good as
the text claimed. Herter’s had a reputation
for selling good stuff at bargain prices, and
in this columnist’s opinion the quality usually ranged from acceptable to very good.
Herter’s employed a multiple strategy approach in order to supply outdoor
sportsmen with the equipment and products they needed and wanted. The compa-
ny manufactured many Herter’s Brand
items in its own “factories.” The Herter’s
catalog for 1979 (No.79) featured a section
on the factories where certain Herter’s
products were made, including an archery
factory, decoy factory, gunstock factory,
feather, fur and hair factory, clay target
factory, game call factory, and a gunsmith
service. Reportedly, Mr. Herter had a talent
for copying high-end products made by
other manufacturers where allowable, and
selling them at lower prices. Additionally,
Herter’s Inc. retailed brand items made by
other companies and claimed that members of the Herter’s Buying Group “…
aggressively seek new products from all
over the world, for you our customer.”
Among the most successful and
desirable equipment made and carried by
Herter’s was their line of duck and goose
decoys and their reloading equipment. In
the years with which I am most familiar,
the decoys were made from various types
of foam and hard shell/polyethylene plastic. These decoys were relatively inexpensive to buy, held up well, and did the job
despite being in sharp contrast to high-end
decoys made of natural materials such as
wood and cork. Replacement decoy heads
were sold separately and could be used
other types of decoys. The foam decoys
were and are very adaptable to repainting.
Fortunately or unfortunately, although
many of these decoys are sought after for
gunning, they are also desired by collectors.
As for the reloading equipment,
Internet research indicates that the items
made and sold by Herter’s are still in
demand by many shooters.
My introduction to Herter’s Inc. and
the Herter’s catalog came to me by way of
my late maternal uncle, Dr. James Kirby,
who was a mentor to me as far as fishing
and hunting go, as well a fellow hobbyist.
My interest in a medical-heath related
career goes back to my days as an eighth
grader in the late 1950’s, when Uncle Jim
was serving out his tenure as Chief
Medical Resident at what was then District
of Columbia General Hospital in
Washington DC. Uncle Jim and Aunt
Carol were living in a modest apartment in
the DC area at the time (my cousins Liz
and Sue were toddler and infant respectively) and Mom and I were invited down
for a visit, including me getting a tour of
DC General, the opportunity to observe a
surgical procedure from the gallery of the
operating room, and having lunch in the
hospital cafeteria with some of the staff
physicians. We came down on the train and
spent a night or two.
One evening as Aunt Carol and Mom
were preparing dinner, I kicked back in a
comfortable chair in the cozy living room
for a little respite during that quiet time
when dinner is on the way but not quite
ready to be served. Thinking that I might
be a little bored after a day at a gigantic
and very busy urban hospital, Uncle Jim
came over and handed me a Herter’s catalog asking “Have you ever seen a Herter’s
catalog?” My answer was “no,” and so I
began looking through it.
Needless to say I was amazed at the
number of interesting items described and
pictured. Page after page of all manner of
fishing, hunting, shooting, trapping, and
camping gear was there. Rods, reels, guns,
fly-tying materials, taxidermy supplies,
decoys, tents, sleeping bags, clothing,
boots, boats, bows, arrows, nets, lures,
lines, knives, traps, game calls, cookware,
food items, and more. Many items were
described in the convincing Herter speak
style. I couldn’t put it down.
To put this in perspective, it has been
reported that at the heyday of the Herter’s
Herterabilia from the
author's collection.
Herter's 1979 catalog (bottom center), Herter's Model
63 Durlon bluebill decoy in
enhanced paint scheme (top
left), Herter's "Ancient"
green-winged teal wood
decoy (top right), threeounce Herter's Proteger rust
prevent liquid (center).
Marty Boa photo.
catalog era some volumes exceeded 700
pages. The descriptive marketing language
used in the catalog often claimed and
emphasized that many of the products
were suitable for use “at home and around
camp,” or “in the cabin.” Numerous wares
were billed as “Guide Association” quality,
and
that
“Woodsmen,
Hikers,
Outdoorsmen Prefer Herter’s” and
“Fishing Is Easier With Herter’s
Accessories.”
As the years progressed, I would
order many items from subsequent
Herter’s catalogs, noticing that the company offered a number of unique products,
some with rather strange-sounding names.
“Glodo” and “Vit Glodo” duck calls were
named after a family including an individual member who developed the design for
a basic style of call. “Detrothal” was
Herter’s brand of gun bore solvent and
“Proteger” (“Rust proofs as well as any
cosmoline”) was their brand of rust
proofer for firearms. The latter was a bit
unusual in that it set up to a waxy, shelllike consistency that was especially good
for long term storage. The term “Bull
Cook” was applied to a cook book and a
knife sold by Herter’s. (A Bull Cook is a
camp cook who also performs non-cooking chores around a hunting, fishing, logging, or other type of camp.)
In addition to offering brand-name
cutlery, Herter’s also sold their own,
including the Herter’s Bull Cook Knife,
Herter’s Improved Bowie Knife, Herter’s
Crooked Knife, and the unusual-looking
George L. Herter Knife. The Bowie knife
does not look like a typical Bowie knife
and has a thick oversize handle that provides a good deal of heft, thus enabling
accurate blade manipulation.
Herter’s also sold a Broadbill
Automatic Action Push-Pole Head, which
is a very useful piece of equipment for
duck hunters and crabbers. Additionally, at
one point they came out with a re-issue
series of hand painted “Ancient” wood
decoys obviously intended for decorative
use.
Unfortunately, Herter’s went bankrupt in 1981 and no longer exists as it once
did. Research indicates that a Herter’s
store continued operations in Beaver Dam,
WI for a while after the company went
down, but it eventually closed. There are
several theories as to why this once booming business collapsed. Some are accurate,
being based on events that actually happened, while others are apocryphal. Some
believe that Mr. Herter suffered an illness
which played a part in the eventual downfall of the company. Others attribute the
Gun Control Act of 1968, which virtually
eliminated the mail-order firearms delivery business to most individuals, as contributing to the company’s demise. The
strongest theory, however, revolves around
the implementation of poor business practice decisions that adversely affected the
company.
One is the belief that the company’s
product line became unsustainable due to
over-diversification with offerings such as
a pine-scented aftershave lotion and winemaking apparatus being possible examples. Additional claims centered on unsuccessful plans for a nationwide system of
satellite stores, financed with borrowed
money, contributing to the sad story. And
some say that Herter failed to sell the company for the right price at the right time.
He died in 1994 at age 83.
To say that Cabela’s “owns” Herter’s
may not be the best way of describing the
present situation. Reportedly Herter’s was
bought and sold several times; however,
Cabela’s has been selling several types of
ammunition (both foreign-made and
domestic) under the Herter’s name for a
while, in addition to some outdoor clothing
and a smattering of hunting equipment.
This situation seems to change from time
to time, making it difficult to get an accurate, stable line on it. For instance,
Cabela’s 2009 fall catalog featured
Herter’s floating goose decoys.
Research also shows that the old
Herter’s company has quite a following
today. The fairly large number of blogs,
bloggers, and web sites relating to the history of the company and the desire on the
part of outdoor enthusiasts to obtain original Herter’s products is surprising.
Herterphiles seeking Herterabilia are
numerous, and the old catalogs, reloading
equipment, and waterfowl decoys along
with the duck and goose calls top the long
list of desirables.
From time to time, rumors circulate
regarding individuals or agencies believed
to be in possession of the tools, dies, and
molds, etc. needed to produce original
Herter’s products and that some of the old
stuff has been, or is being, manufactured
and reissued. However, as of this writing I
have found nothing concrete to substantiate such claims.
Anyone wanting to purchase Herter’s
equipment would do well to search the
Internet for offerings of such items for secondary market sale. A search using the
name “Herter’s” and the name of the item
should produce results. Items may be in
unused or used condition with asking
prices set by the seller, and often open to
bidding or other means of negotiation.
Beware of premium prices in view of the
fact that many Herter’s items are prized by
collectors.
Numerous Internet sources are also
available to persons looking for historical
information on Herter’s, Inc. For a concise
informative company history visit gunlore.awardspace.info/gunknow/herter.htm.
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Beavers in NJ
The following was excerpted from the
Spring 2014 edition of the New Jersey
Furbearer Management Newsletter.
The beaver (Castor canadensis) has
played in important part in New Jersey’s
and the nation’s early history. The pelts of
this one animal played a great part in the
economic base for the trade and eventual
growth of New Jersey’s earliest settlements, especially those along the banks of
the Delaware River. The beaver’s range
prior to European colonization was
throughout the forested areas of all North
America from Alaska through Canada and
south to Mexico.
Beavers were plentiful at the time
when over 4,000,000 acres of New Jersey
were forested. Trade in the mid-1600s was
reported to be 9,000 to 10,000 pelts per
season in the areas along the Delaware
near the New Sweden settlements alone.
Beaver skins and wampum (shell beads)
were the currency in the early years of settlement by the people along the river. The
settlers purchased the pelts from the
Indians, paying for them with wampum.
The sellers then used the pelts to purchase
the supplies and services that the settlements required. At the time, the pelts were
worth about seven florins or two dollars
each. Historical reports tell of members of
the settlement of New Sweden who made a
trip to Manhattan in 1643 to purchase animals to work the fields. In Manhattan, the
leader of the expedition purchased seven
oxen for 124 pelts, one cow for 22 pelts,
and 75 bushels of rye for 32 pelts. Trade
continued into the 1700’s. New Jersey had
a flourishing beaver-hat trade with
Portugal and the West Indies. This trade
apparently died out prior to the
Revolutionary War period. The combination of the earlier high and unregulated
demand for beaver pelts and the extensive
deforestation and cultivation of the land
and the expansion of the human population
greatly reduced the beaver numbers as the
eighteenth century came to a close. These
same factors led to the near extirpation of
the beaver in most of the country.
However, the process was greatly accelerated in the northeast because the human
population was greatest in that area.
By the late 1800’s the beavers had
almost disappeared from Atlantic,
Camden, Cape May, Mercer, and
Burlington, Ocean, Salem and Warren
counties. Some of the last sites with active
beaver colonies were in the Great Egg
Harbor, Machesautuxen, Nescochaque,
Big Timber Creek, Wading River, Sluice
Creek, Toms River, Raccoon Creek and the
Assunpink waterways.
Beaver activity was described in
1902 around the towns of Roseville and
Two Bridges in Sussex County. At that
time those beaver represented almost all
the activity in the state. It is possible that
these beaver in the northern areas were the
results of escaped beaver from the
Rutherford-Stuyvesant game preserve in
Allamuchy, Warren County.
Apparently these escaped beavers
were able to gain a foothold and spread
across the Delaware River from Sussex
County to Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Historical reports note that a bill before the
state legislature in 1902 gave total protection to beaver. In fact, the beaver was
afforded complete protection in 1903.
In the first half of the twentieth century, New Jersey, as well as other northeastern states began augmenting the few
remaining beaver colonies with beaver
obtained from Wisconsin, Michigan,
Wyoming, and Minnesota. This restocking
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beaver to reestablish itself
and by 1947,
New Jersey instituted a trapping
season on the animals.
Today
beavers
have
established themselves throughout
most of the state,
excluding
the
most metropolitan counties of
Essex, Hudson,
Middlesex,
Somerset
and
Union.
The
largest
North
American rodent,
the beaver is a
muscular animal
often exceeding
60 pounds in
weight at maturity (The only
rodent in the world larger than the beaver swimming. The second toe on each rear
is the capybara of Central and South foot has a split double toenail that allows
the beaver to remove parasites and groom
America).
A beaver’s vision is weak, although and oil its fur.
Its tail is large and muscular serving
its hearing and sense of smell are very
good. Food is located by smell. Beavers as a rudder while swimming. The tail also
are slow movers on dry land but are very helps in temperature regulation and fat
mobile in their natural element – water. A storage. The beavers do not carry mud
beaver can stay underwater for up to 15 around on their tails or use them to “pat”
minutes. During a dive, the heart of a the mud into place on the dams or lodges
beaver slows and valves close off the ears as old wives tales have related to us
through the years.
and nose.
The fur of the beaver consists of two
A beaver’s front teeth are always
growing; a beaver must gnaw continually layers. The outer layer of fur is made up of
throughout its life to keep them worn sparse, coarse guard hairs. The inner layer
down. The lower and upper incisors are the of fur (undercoat) is dense soft and waterprimary cutters. The lips of the beaver seal proof. The pelage color varies but usually
tightly behind the incisors and the tongue ranges from brownish-black to yellowishfits tightly against the roof of the mouth brown.
The beaver can live anywhere a lake,
providing a watertight seal so that the animal doesn’t choke when gnawing under- stream, marsh or river is adjacent to suitable woodland habitat. In this habitat the
water.
Both male and females have musk beaver constructs its dams or lodges and
sacs, called castors (thus the Latin designa- burrows. The dam is most important to the
tion for the beaver – Castor). These sacs animal enabling the beavers to raise the
produce an oily, heavily scented substance water levels necessary for the floating
call “castoreum” used to mark its territory. building materials and food to the lodge,
This castoreum is used commercially to burrow or cache area. Beavers may raise
produce medicines and perfumes. Beavers the height of the dam to raise the water
also have two other glands at the base of level of their pond so the beavers can reach
the tail which secrete an oil which is used more food without leaving the safety of the
water; or they may build additional dams
during grooming to waterproof it fur.
The forefeet are equipped with claws up or downstream for the same reason. All
that enable the animal to dig burrows and members of the beaver colony, except the
hold food. The hind feet are webbed for very young keep the dam in good repair.
The lodge is constructed by the
beaver by laying down layers of mud and
sticks over a bank burrow entrance or in a
shallow area of already elevated waterway.
The beaver forms a roughly conical structure as it lays down additional material,
leaving the center as a hollow chamber.
The entire lodge may be 6 to 8 feet high
when completed. The bottom is thicker
than the top; the loose top layer allows for
ventilation. Tunnels lead from the chamber
and lead underwater. Each fall in New
Jersey, beavers build a stockpile of tree
branches and limbs near the lodge or burrow. These stockpiles are called a cache.
These caches enable the beavers to continue activity throughout the winter if the
watercourse is completely covered by a
layer of ice.
A beaver eats about 1.5 to 2 pounds
of food each day. Beaver will utilize the
bark of birch, poplar, maple, willow, cherry, hazelnut, viburnum, alder, beech, ash,
dogwood, pine and hemlock. Beavers will
also eat grasses, sedge and roots such as
cattail or water lily in the spring and summer.
Breeding occurs in January and
February. It is assumed that the male and
female beavers form a pair bond for life.
The young, usually 3 to 5 in number
(depending on the quality of the food) are
born about 3 ½ months later. The kits
which are fully furred at birth and weigh
between 1 and 1½ pounds and have been
known to enter the water within the first
week after birth. The kits stay with the
colony until they are 1½ to 2 years of age
and are sexually mature, at which point
they are either driven away by the adults or
disperse on their own and attempt to establish themselves in another area.
The activities of the beaver are often
viewed as points of controversy among its
human neighbors. In areas where beavers
and suitable beaver habitat and human
development exist side by side views of
the beavers activity ranges from beneficial
to detrimental. Normal beaver activities
such as the cutting of trees and the building of dams alter the environment in dramatic ways. The flooding of these areas by
the dams built by the beavers can flood
large areas which depending on the individual and their perception of the situation
can be either wonderful or terrible. The
beavers alter the existing area by flooding
roads and property and areas that once supported deer, rabbits, squirrels, livestock
and other land dwelling animals. But, the
beaver can create habitat that not only benefits itself but also waterfowl, muskrat,
otter, amphibians and many other lifeforms associated with aquatic habitats and
the food sources found there. Beaver
impoundments are beneficial because
stream flow is stabilized and soil erosion is
controlled by the creation of the dams.
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2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Friday
Saturday
6-7
NJWCC and NJSFSC
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Free Fishing Day
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Free Fishing Day
UBNJ 3-D Fun
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Stars and Stripes
Shoot
Fairfield
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Round Valley Trout
Assoc. meeting
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Round Valley Trout
Assoc. Fishing
Contest
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Pig Roast
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June 2014
A Hard Look at the HSUS
You have to have one cold, hard heart
to ignore their pleas, even if you’re dead
broke. If such be the case, the ads make
you want to go couch-cushion diving to
find some spare change, anything of any
amount that will make life a bit easier or
better for those maltreated, malnourished
puppies and dogs staring at you from
inside your TV screen.
May I offer a suggestion as to how to
help these hapless dogs and puppies? If the
ad is sponsored by the Humane Society of
the United States, take that couch cushion
change or folding money for which you
had honest, heart-felt intentions and
instead of sending it to HSUS, put your
change in a jar for your kid’s college education.
In my personal opinion, HSUS is
probably one of, if not the, most insidious
groups to ever foist themselves on a wellintentioned public, and they don’t let the
truth get in their way when it comes to
advertisements, soliciting funds or smearing politicians who refuse to support them.
According to the Washington, D.C.based, Humane Watch, a watchdog group
that keeps tabs on how HSUS obtains its
funding and where the money goes, HSUS
does not operate one single pet shelter in
the U.S. and gives only one percent of its
funds to local pet shelters. The remaining
funds are either squirreled away in its
larders or go to pay high-priced attorneys
who are kept busy filing suits against hunting, shooting, and the agricultural community or lobbying politicians.
The genesis for this column arrived
via email from Anthony Mauro, chairman
of the New Jersey Outdoor Alliance. The
piece was titled Animal Rights Extremists
in Trenton. The release alerted Garden
State sportsmen and women that HSUS set
up camp right here in our own back yards
when they held a so-called “Lobby Day”
March 27 at the New Jersey State
Museum.
Here are Mauro’s comments as found
in the NJOA release. “While the Attorney
General of Oklahoma suspects HSUS, the
nation’s largest anti-hunting and animal
rights organizations, of soliciting contributions from the public under dubious pretense during times of national disaster and
funneling those assets to further its agenda
to end certain types of legal hunting, this
same group recently held a Lobby Day in
Trenton with your legislators.
“This is the group that is having a bill
written in Trenton to end certain types of
fishing, hunting and pet ownership in New
Jersey. This is the group that is going to
your towns in an effort to stop deer hunting,” Mauro commented.
Here is the release issued by HSUS:
“A hugh (sic) thank you (emphasis theirs)
goes out to all who attended our 4th
Annual Humane Lobby Day in Trenton
yesterday—it was by far our most successful yet.
“It was amazing to see how many
first time attendees there were who took
the time off from work to spend the day
learning about the issues, speaking with
their representatives and meeting likeminded advocates from their districts.
“We were also very lucky to have 15
students attend including the Do It Duo for
Pets and the animal club from the Lawton
C. Johnson Summit Middle School. They
are the future of animal welfare.
“Our sincerest appreciation also goes
out to four legislators that were honored
yesterday. Senator Raymond Lesniak,
Senator Tom Kean Jr., Senator Kip
Bateman and Senator Diane Allen, we
thank you for your unwavering support for
animal welfare in the state of New Jersey.
“You have the power to make a difference on legislation.
“Lobby day should be every day.”
The tone of the release would lead
one to believe that HSUS did, in fact,
attain their goals, including fund raising as
well as herding some of New Jersey’s
finest anti-hunting, anti-gun, albeit somewhat naïve, legislators into the fold. That is
where HSUS spends much of its money.
In the meantime, it’s a shame Garden
State sportsman and women don’t have a
governor or legislators such as those found
in Nebraska, namely, Republican
Governor Dave Heineman.
Apparently, Heineman isn’t one to
play political games with outfits such as
HSUS. He governs a state that depends too
much on its agricultural resources to risk
having a shady outfit like HSUS get a toehold in the Cornhusker State, resulting in
that group dictating farming and ranching
practices.
In a March 6 televised address on
NBC (Channel 5 in Nebraska), Heineman
bluntly stated that he (the state of
Nebraska) would not be intimidated by
HSUS. “We will not be intimidated in
Nebraska,” he said. “I want to be very,
very clear, we are very nice citizens in this
state, but when it comes to the Humane
Society of the United States, we will not be
intimidated.”
The televised address was held to
announce that Nebraska is joining a multistate law suit filed against HSUS to fight
the agenda and policies the group is proposing such as dictating the size of cages
or coops used to house egg-laying hens,
but it was a statement Heineman made in
CO Wins NWTF Award
The NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife
has announced that Conservation Officer
Wesley Kille was presented with the
National Wild Turkey Federation
Conservation Officer of the Year Award for
2012. This prestigious award was presented by Lou Gambale, President of the
NWTF's Tri-County Longbeards Chapter
at the April Fish and Game Council
Meeting.
CO Wesley Kille has been an officer
with the Bureau of Law Enforcement since
2002. He is a graduate of Rowan
University and the Cape May County
Police Academy. His assigned patrol area
is Gloucester County working out of the
Southern Region Office.
During the spring of 2012 CO Kille
spent a considerable amount of time scouting his patrol area on foot looking for
potential turkey hunting violations. His
diligence paid off and resulted in the
apprehension of 13 illegal turkey hunters.
Seven hunters were charged and convicted for hunting turkeys with the aid of
bait, three for hunting without the proper
turkey permits, two for possession of
untagged or unregistered birds, and one for
possessing a firearm within 450 feet of a
residence and trespassing for the purpose
of hunting.
Following are details of four cases,
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illustrating the investigative work Division
officers perform on a regular basis.
Case 1. Three weeks prior to the opening
day of spring turkey season, CO Kille discovered a blind baited with black sunflower seeds in Monroe Township (it is
illegal to hunt turkeys within 300 feet of
bait). On the opening day of the season CO
Kille went to the location and observed a
parked vehicle. An inspection of the vehicle revealed two gun cases and a few kernels of corn in the bed of the truck.
He went to the first blind and apprehended a hunter illegally hunting over bird
food and sunflower seeds; not corn. After a
brief conversation the hunter revealed that
he was hunting with a friend, who was also
apprehended for hunting with the aid of
bait. There wasn't any corn located at the
second location so CO Kille asked where
the hunters had parked and what type of
vehicle they were driving. When the vehicle didn't match the description from the
first vehicle he observed, CO Kille realized that there was a second group of
hunters in the area.
After concluding the first apprehensions he went back into the woods and
located a second group of hunters over
bait. Additionally, one of the hunters was
hunting without a permit or a hunting
Tight Lines and
Straightaway Shots
by Robert Brunisholz
2012 that didn’t mince words.
It was 2012 when state (Nebraska)
director of the Humane Society criticized
Heineman for not discussing (animal) welfare issues. The guv then responded,
“We’re going to kick your (expletive deleted) out of the state.”
How refreshing.
California is one of the states joining
the suit, and if you’ve been paying attention, HSUS has already done substantial
damage to the sportsmen of the Golden
State.
In my view, it is understandable that
California would reap the tainted harvest
of HSUS since many of their politicians
have the same undesirable traits as some,
or even many, New Jersey legislators. But
recent news events should have warned
some of the suits at HSUS that while it’s
feasible to finagle legislation on left-leaning pols, you don’t mess with farmers and
ranchers.
Why do I single out California and/or
New Jersey? Let’s take a quick look at
what HSUS has done in the Golden State:
Under “things that need to be done,”
HSUS is pressuring the California Fish
and Game Commission to enact a wish list
of anti-hunting regulations, including a
ban on the hunting of bobcats, the use of
calls for coyotes and other species that can
be “lured into gun range by use of a call,”
and many other similar policies too
lengthy to list here.
Under “things accomplished,” HSUS
has successfully convinced the California
legislature to ban the use of all lead ammunition, which will require hunters to use
more expensive rounds. Translated that
means that all game, even upland game,
must be hunted with so-called “non-toxic”
shot in the same fashion as the federal laws
for waterfowl, and we all know the cost of
a box of non-toxic shot.
According to Humane Watch, when
questioned about their agricultural policies
by someone in a HSUS-friendly crowd, the
group’s Vice President, Miyun Park, said,
“We don’t want any of these animals to be
raised and killed [but] we don’t have the
luxury of waiting until we have the opportunity to get rid of the entire [animal agri-
culture] industry.
“We have a very active cage-free
campaign. Are we saying that cage-free
eggs are the way to go? No, that’s not what
we’re saying. But we’re saying it’s a step
in the right direction.”
As to the goals of HSUS when
addressing hunting, HSUS CEO Wayne
Pacelle candidly said the group’s longterm goal is to ban all hunting.
“We’re out to minimize suffering
wherever it can be done, and wherever our
limited resources can be utilized most
effectively; abusive forms of hunting for
now, all hunting eventually,” Pacelle said.
Then, commenting about a question on the
practicalities of banning fishing, Pacelle
smugly said he (HSUS) isn’t waging “a
campaign he didn’t want to wage merely
because fish aren’t cute.”
So what else has Humane Watch
uncovered? For starters, the list is far too
lengthy to detail in a single column. Let’s
just scratch the surface.
Apparently the folks at Humane
Watch also received copies of tax returns
for HSUS for 2011 and ‘12. They had their
accountant/auditors take a peek at them.
“They can’t do this,” the auditors apparently said. What did they do? They subsequently had to send in revised copies of
their tax returns because the group had
claimed all of their Public Service
Announcements (PSAs) as “contributions.” The PSAs, incidentally, include the
TV ads of maltreated dogs and kittens.
In Iowa, the Humane Society’s
Legislative Fund zeroed in on Republican
incumbent Steve King as their primary target for defeat. According to Humane
Watch, HSLF spent more than $750,000 to
oppose King by insinuating King was a
dog-fighting supporter. He wasn’t of
course, but since when did HSUS allow a
little thing like the truth get in their way?
The result shows just how fed up people
are with the lobby games played by HSUS.
King won by a wide margin.
It’s all there to see. Just plug Humane
Watch.org into your search engine and
read away, while keeping in mind that this
group recently held a “Lobby Day” in our
state.
license and the second hunter didn't have a
turkey permit.
Case 2. On the second day of the season
CO Kille was patrolling Logan Township
when he observed two out-of-state vehicles parked at a home that hadn't been
occupied in some time. Curious as to
whether or not the occupants were hunting,
CO Kille performed a search in the license
database. He believed they were hunting
so he subsequently went out on foot. Three
hunters were located and inspected, and
one was hunting without a license.
Case 3. Just prior to the first Saturday of
the season CO Kille stopped to talk to a
complainant who reported a tree stand illegally placed on his property. While investigating that complaint he discovered two
baited blinds. He collected five shotgun
wads within the baited area at one of the
blinds. Two hunters were apprehended
hunting over bait at this blind on the first
Saturday of the season. An interview
revealed that one hunter had hunted the
baited blind during the first week of the
season without a valid permit.
An inspection of the second blind
resulted in another apprehension for a single hunter using bait. During the initial
inspections he heard numerous shots coming from an adjacent farm so he continued
to that area in order to conduct additional
inspections.
He was able to locate two additional
hunters returning to the farm and both
were observed exiting a truck with
untagged turkeys. Charges were filed
against both hunters for possessing the
untagged turkeys.
Case 4. On Monday of the B segment CO
Kille responded to a call for assistance
from the Deptford Township Police
Department. A Deptford officer initially
responded to a 911 call of a hunter walking
down a residential street with a shotgun.
Upon arrival CO Kille inspected the
hunter whose gun was still loaded and
within 450' of many houses. It was also
determined that the man was trespassing
where he was hunting; charges were filed
for both violations.
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215-840-0655
Wa-Xo-Be Archers, So. Brunswick
www.waxobe.com
732-355-1717
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$295

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