Both "Chickens" of the Woods.

[pikestabber]

My nephew and I smacked a few grouse on Sunday, and I have been getting him into mushroom hunting the past few summers, so we got to merge some summer findings with the fall bird harvest and had a dual dinner of ruffed grouse and chicken of the woods mushrooms, or "Dual Chickens" as we called it. Was fantastic!
 

[reinhard1]

Awesome meal !!!! good luck.

[smurfy]

man oh man I would love to learn how......what to this mushroom picking!!!!!!!!! I love eating that fungus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

hey pikestabber what part of Itasca county you reside at????

[leechlake]

I need to learn/teach myself this mushroom game.  I've been out hunting and seeing all this fungus and I couldn't tell you the best one from the one that would mess a guy up.  I'd guess it's just another outdoor learning game like all the other things.

 

 

[ThunderLund78]

Looks terrific!  Nice work!

[pushbutton]

Bet that is a good combo, well done Stabber!!! Leech and Smurfy. ...it is not rocket science....just have to put in a little time and have a screw or two loose to try any new ones for the first time.... think you two would be just fine 

[bobberineyes]

My in laws found out the hard way last year, make a long story short  the Dr  at the ER told them they would've been fine if they ate something else with the chicken,  or had more of a base in there system when consuming. ...lots of stops in the ditch on the way. 

[smurfy]

Bet that is a good combo, well done Stabber!!! Leech and Smurfy. ...it is not rocket science....just have to put in a little time and have a screw or two loose to try any new ones for the first time.... think you two would be just fine 

what makes you think that?????????? to start with I don't have the first clue about shroom hunting!!!!!!

[pikestabber]

Smurfy, I live in Grand Rapids (grew up in Deer River). Do all my shrooming around here, but there are good edibles that grow all over the state.

Pushbutton, JP Z, Stick in Mud, Matt Breuer and others (sorry if I missed any regulars) have really been responsible for me finally "taking the plunge" a few years back and trying some hunting out for myself. They would advise to never trust the internet or only a forum of knuckleheads like us to positively ID a shroom, but to go with someone who's experienced and soak up all you can. They do mushroom "forays" around the metro area and occasionally branch out to other parts of the state. Get some books, read these forums, and use your best judgment. If you are 99% sure, that's not good enough! I went from picking morels my whole life and ignoring everything else to learning one mushroom (Chicken of the Woods) about 4-5 years ago, to now feeling confident in picking over a dozen species and I learn more each year. As PB said, it's not rocket science. Just takes time to learn (and I have found that a loose screw helps with accomplishing many things in life ). Good luck!

Edited October 29, 2015 by pikestabber

[Boar]

I wish I had more time for shrooming, did alot of it in my youth, but I just cant find the time, I mean your just gone for 6-8 hrs and........wait are we talking about the same thing here?? but seriousy, I get invite from up north all the time to look for morals. my understnding is when the lylacs start to bloom in the spring, its time to start looking.. there a reality show on it out east i think some guys making big money.

[smurfy]

I hear ya boar!!!!!!!!! time , never seems t be enough of it!!!!!