Foulhook Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Just a heads up. I found four large fruiting in the last 2 days and several that will be ready in a couple weeks. Looks like it might a a very good fall seasonš.. all were found under white oaks and at the higher elevations. Lower elevations hadĀ some just starting to pop up. Cool temps this week should really get things going .Ā Ā HAPPY HUNTING! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staveshaver Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Thanks for the info. I checked a few spots here in western Pa over the weekend and found nothing. The ground seems very dry and the springs, and little feeder streams are dried up, even after the rain we got last week. But I'll keep checking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bprzyw Posted September 17, 2020 Report Share Posted September 17, 2020 Thanks for the info!! I have found several in northeast pa so far this year. Hope to get some rain to help them get bigger. Found on beech and maple, up the side of a hill. Chicken of the woods doing great here. Hopefully this weekend will pan out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foulhook Posted September 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 19 hours ago, bprzyw said: Thanks for the info!! I have found several in northeast pa so far this year. Hope to get some rain to help them get bigger. Found on beech and maple, up the side of a hill. Chicken of the woods doing great here. Hopefully this weekend will pan out. Thatās great! Yes I found two more large hens yesterday. Iāve gone into preservation mode now. Need more room in the freezer!Ā Ā I have not done well with chickens this year. I keep finding them a little late. My regular spots produced early this year and I missed them .Ā Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bprzyw Posted September 20, 2020 Report Share Posted September 20, 2020 LOL, need bigger freezer!! Went out yesterday at usual spot, nothing. Then went behind house and found 3 honey mushrooms, in a opening in the forest canopy a bit damp but they were HUGE, still closed, not opened up. Have you tried drying them? I want to try making some mushroom jerky, but cannot find any now, so sad!! The only COTW i saw yesterday was down the road a mile and 30' up a tree!! But it was fresh. I used to pull out the ladders, but beingĀ 51, i did not my wife would have killed me if the fall didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foulhook Posted September 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2020 Nice! I keep finding honeys a day late too. Sooner or later Iāll get the timing right I hope.Ā Ā I have a similar chicken spot. Used to get out the extended limb saw and stand in the tailgate. We are the same age. I have easier spots these days so I also passed this year.Ā Ā still findingĀ tons of hens. I havenāt tried them dried. The consensus I read was that freezing them while slightly damp was best. Iāll certainly find out. I am out of freezer space so I will try them in the dehydrator this week and let you know.Ā Ā we could use some rain! None in the forecast right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bprzyw Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 I remember my grandfather stringing them up and hanging them over the furnace. I have given most of what i collected this year away, except for a hen. (ugg!) I wanted to make mushroom jerky now that i know you can do that. All my spots are dried up. Hope we get some rain soon!! Looks like Sunday is the next day, they should send some up from the south!! I went out yesterday, found 4 chickens, but they were already white, and one honey. Today we had a deep freeze, ice on the cars, so maybe.... Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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