Your dinner is still in the woods.
Each December, two of my high school friends meet up in California for three days of duck hunting. They have been hunting together for years, but I have never joined them. This past spring, in response to some of my posts showing my recent forays into waterfowl hunting, they asked if I would like to […]
I have been on a pretty serious conifer kick lately. Life has felt busier than pretty much any other time in my life. Between working full-time, hunting and foraging, writing, trying to keep up with an exercise regimen, and all the extra tasks that come with the Christmas season, it often feels like I don’t […]
Rose hips are one of those wild edibles that are around us all the time. They are the fruit of a pollinated rose, and wild roses are a pretty widely invasive species. Odds are good that there are some rose hips in close proximity to your home–though they might be in your neighbor’s yard. Rose […]
A few years ago, during a particularly fat fire season for me, I decided that I would put a little bit of that money toward something special for my friends once the season was done. What I landed on was a yurt in State Forest State Park. I booked the yurt, which sleeps around eight, […]