I am 74 and this past fall is the first time I harvested Hen of the woods mushrooms. I fried up a few and dried the rest. The ONLY mushrooms I previously picked cooked and are were Morels. As a boy I would accompany my Grandfather originally from Europe he knew what mushrooms to pick.I can fondly remember him picking LITERALLY a FULL bushel.

I think there's people out there that don't want other people being self-reliant. Good luck with your Channel !!!

21 pounds!?!?!?!?what????? Wow! That is crazy! Awesome finds! 👍

That's CRAZY big. What a find and plenty to last for sometime. Have a BLESSED day and keep SHARING your PASSION

Me and my two boys just found 12 lbs of chicken of the woods...It was our first and we LOVE IT!!!! Clean bagged and in freezer....

Just got 6 nice hens off one tree on Sat. Paddling down the river I grabbed a bunch of chicken off a log hanging over the river. Its prime time and it just rained for 5 days.

Mushroom fajitas for dinner tonight, tomorrow, the next day....Pretty slim pickings in the Grand Rapids,mn area....I picked a nice lobster, a few king Boletes over the last week....

I've never done this but I love these videos! I would love to see how you clean them up, freeze them and what kind of recipes you use with them.

Nice find. Found two nice Lions Mane yesterday, first time ever for me.

Pretty cool find. Love those chicken of the woods. Always wanted to try foraging, but I would have to have someone show me how to tell the difference.

Wow, congratulations and henceforth, you and that tree have a date every September! That was fun to watch! Thanks for posting!

Watching this while eating pickled hen of the woods! So so good, it's been a great year for them.

Oh....and with that hen....try a recipe for onion soup....and add a bunch of sautéed hen.....fantastic with a rich stock....

Not expecting much for fall mushrooms this year. Northern Illinois has been in a severe drought like you had since spring. That hen was a real beauty, pretty close to my own biggest ever. Never weighed it but I had a hard time stuffing it in my daypack. And that chicken looked nice too. I find them on dead and dying hardwoods, sometimes growing in a spiral well beyond reach from the ground. You sure can't miss those! Here the fall oysters are the good ones, they only grow on live now elder trees which are all over the place. Best of all wild mushrooms in my book, great nutty flavor. Ive actually been looking forward to a mushroom video from you. Thanks for that, appreciate it.

That's sweet 330 Maniac. We get to chanterelle mushrooms

Nice find

Rocking a Leech Lake Custom 👍 I’ve had mine since 97 Don himself engraved my name in it at a sport show in the cities.

Very cool…big HOTW! I found three today about the size of a basketball 👍

My favorite mushroom is by far the chicken of the woods ❤️

Also I've never seen one of those in the deep south so that is awesome.. Y'all don't have muscadine vines thou. 😁 Great videos

well scott that was a giant!

Hey if you are looking for other content to make you should try cooking the mushrooms you find on videos. I want to get into more mushroom foraging but unsure what you put them in or how to prepare them. Thanks

@andrefecteau

2 жыл бұрын

lots of videos on how do both....just do a search

@bradgarner9087

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrefecteau in the beginning he said he didn't know what to do with what KZread is doing with demonization of videos. I would watch his videos if he did those types of videos. I'll check out other videos aswell

Ours should be here by the beginning of next week I’ve been out every day checking my spots.. It’s actually good that I have to travel a lot to get them because then I get large ones like yours commonly

this is better known as "maitake" mushroom...for a great cooking idea, just saute it in butter and toss in fresh cooked pasta, top with seasonings and parmesan cheese...

@330Maniac

2 жыл бұрын

It's known best as Hen of the woods throughout the foraging community. Although it does goes by a dozen different names.

@andrefecteau

2 жыл бұрын

@@330Maniac that may be so, but that is the minority...Maitake is what it is known for in stores/worldwide...so you should point that out...furthermore it's known that Maitake is edible..use the common name, not the "oh I'm right all the time mentality"...

Dont know if we have those in Nebraska. How do you cook them or what do you do with them?

I found my first hens earlier this week. There were about 6 Basketball size ones, in a ring around a large oak, but not actually on the tree. I haven't picked yet, but may try them.

@marynagy8072

2 жыл бұрын

Same, tonight, eight bouquets, four large, four smaller ones. All fresh. Don’t wait. When you go back to get them, they might be past their prime. Do go back.

@marynagy8072

2 жыл бұрын

It has been a great year in Connecticut- conditions perfect for hens and mushrooms.

That hen is ridiculous

We plant our ginseng around our mushroom spots. Normally does well

What kind of waders do you use for your trapping

I sure can't understand why if some people don't like these videos all the rest of us , a large majority , have to do without . If they don't like them why don't they just not watch ? Never seen thoughs shrooms in Montana I'm going to have to check on them .

Going into commercial harvest of wild mushrooms. Lady that sells my honey at the farmers market talked her into taking the class getting her lic. Trev and I will do the hunting have her selling it. Might try using pressure cooker this year see if that speeds up things .. love hens but take forever to cook

I'm no expert at all but I'd don't think those are oyster mushrooms the gills don't run down the stems?

@330Maniac

2 жыл бұрын

Elm oysters are a different kind than we normally find in the spring on popal trees. These only grow on elm trees and don't have gills that run down the stem

@wesforker2352

2 жыл бұрын

OK I only have ever found the 1's with the gills running down the stems both in spring an fall but I am in Indiana also maybe that type don't grow here but I'm not sure great finds though lots of great eats👍

@330Maniac

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Haha, as you pluck the ginseng to get it out of the way of the chicken :(

@330Maniac

2 жыл бұрын

That wasn't Seng 🤣

Can U cook those in butter? When u gonna start trapping?

Lord have MERCY!!!!

I found 9 chickens that size on one log today !

Turd of the Woods is some good stuff, and people pay big money for those! Great job!

Are those actually oyster mushrooms?

only found two hens this year. no oysters. dont know what the heck is going on. tons of chickens. more than ever before. weird year for shrooms

@330Maniac

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I think the ground being so dry going unto the fall messed things up

Can I ask what general area of the US you’re in? Personally last week I found about 6 hen of the woods clusters and that's leaving 50% of what I found.

@330Maniac

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in northern part of Minnesota

@blueyed_nomad1176

2 жыл бұрын

@@330Maniac I'm PA so we def. Aren’t competing haha. Great find btw!

@330Maniac

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

I left the upper peninsula!!! ?????? In the Northeast. You tube will be losing my money you should go pro!!! Fishing that is. I’m out East now with the NPS along the Appalachian Trail

I wonder why animals haven’t got to them yet?🤔

i sure hope youtube doesnt start messing with you about videos. I would hate to not see them any more. KZread quit catering to pansys. Thats what they make off buttons for.

The u-tube stuff cancelling bs is because of political correctness in society. I told my Canadian friends it was coming 7 months ago and Minnesota ain't far from that either..