BilletHead Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 A tisket a tasket look what's in Mrs. BilletHead's basket! Eight pounds right there, And all cleaned up, dehydrator is full and will be eating for the next few days! BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
BilletHead Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 Just to let you know Ness I am booking trophy Chanterelle hunts, BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
ness Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 Ha! Let me get out there this weekend and see how I do on my own first. Got a three-day weekend ahead. John
BilletHead Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 Mrs. BilletHead has four, trying to keep her busy. Man you should of seen her in the woods this morning squealing with glee in the shrooms patch. Now we are eating a dish we cooked with some of these. Life is good here in BilletHead land. We will see after four days? BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
rps Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 OK. Enough is enough. I was not raised to hunt morels or chanterells, but I am willing to sweat and breath hard to learn how. I do not want your patches, I want to know how and where to look so I can begin to get permission to hunt around here. I am booking mushroom 101 for 2016 right now. Tell me when to show up and where.
BilletHead Posted July 2, 2015 Author Posted July 2, 2015 RPS like Gavin said in a post. Oak/hickory mixed hardwoods. Did find some under smallish cedars but still in hardwood predominate. Well drained. Open woods. Very seldom in thick brush, maybe I just cannot see them in there? Sandy/loamy soil around here. Moss beds, Between rocks too. Not sure if they will grow in other soil types. Hot wet weather. Last two years have been pretty slim but this season has been stellar. Late June through August if the weather stays hot and wet. My friend in and around the ST. Louis area goes to conservation lands and has been reaping rewards. Other types he has found also. Some that I do not find around here. Find a nice open place, take a trail and start looking for bright orange/ egg yellow colors. They jump out at you unlike morels that hide in brown leaves. No need to wait until 2016. Get a good book, read and get after it, BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Terrierman Posted July 2, 2015 Posted July 2, 2015 rps: here is everything I know about mushroom hunting in one sentence and I am willing to bet no one will disagree - go a lot you will find them where you find them and when you find them that's where they are and will be. No charge. ness 1
ness Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 So true, Terrierman. I posted something similar in one of the morel threads. Put in the time, at the right time and you'll find them. If you spend all your time looking for the ideal spot you won't have enough time left for walking and looking at the ground. John
BilletHead Posted July 3, 2015 Author Posted July 3, 2015 RPS, While the above statements are true you can also rule out non productive ground and avoid wandering there. Not too wet and not too dry. So more wondering around for us today. Another great hunt close to the house. Three more pounds of chanterelles and three other bonus finds. Two of which are new for me. First one which I have found before. A small Chicken of the woods, Next one a first. I am sure I have found these before but passed them up. Not today brought one home to ID and try a taste. Green cracking Russula Another one found before but not tried until today. Hygrophorus Milky, Sautéed a half of each in butter. Very good. One the russula is rated excellent, the Milky choice. They both taste good to me. BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
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