A delicious find that goes great with red meat and red wine.
Food
Smooth Chanterelle (Cantharellus lateritius) – Wild Edible Mushroom
The cousin to the True Chanterelle. I find the Smooth Chanterelle easier to identify than the True Chanterelle because there isn’t the true gill/ false gill question. The Smooth Chanterelle has the same vase shape, and is generally found in… Read More ›
Gem Studded Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) – Wild Edible Mushroom
Another delicious, easy to identify wild mushroom. The tastiest thing with warts!
Wild Edible Mushroom – Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius)
Little edible, yellow-golden treasures that litter the forest floor.
Smoked Wild Hog Pulled Pork – Here Piggy Piggy
A great recipe for Wild Boar that’s perfect for family & friends. It’s hard to beat pulled pork.
Dry Rub Recipe for Smoking or BBQ
The perfect dry rub for anything meat related. Dude, you can trust me, I’m fat!
Wild Edible Mushroom – Black Trumpet
Okay, so I’ve encountered some wild edible mushrooms at random in years past. More as an accidental discovery than as a grand pooh-bah of the world of fungus. So I decided that when the conditions were right, that I’d take… Read More ›
Scouting, Setting Hog Snares, and Makin’ Bacon
Set up hog snares, scouted deer stand, scouted hog stand, shot dinner…Good day to be outside.
Spiny Puffball Mushroom (A Wolf Fart) – Wild Edibles
This past fall, I was walking to one of my favorite deer stands in North Louisiana with longbow in hand, and a quiver bristling with arrows. In my mind, I planned a meal of fresh venison back at the camp… Read More ›
**Video** A Girl’s First Whitetail – Taken with a 6.8 SPC II
Anyone who has followed this blog for any length of time can’t help but notice that I’ve discovered something more amazing than going hunting….. And that’s going hunting with one of my children. Thus far, it’s been the most rewarding… Read More ›
Wild Onion/Garlic Update
In my article Wild Edibles – Wild Onion or Wild Garlic (Allium), I showed some pictures of the plant that my three kids & I found while we were out and about during the cooler part of the Spring. At… Read More ›
Wild Lettuce (Lactuca canadensis) – Wild Edible Plants
Wild Lettuce is not what you think! This ain’t your grandmammy’s salad lettuce. Wild Lettuce is also known as Yellow Lettuce, or Lettuce Opium! The latter is a reference to this plant’s ability to produce a milky substance from a… Read More ›
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