Take Your Children Night Crawler Hunting

Night crawlers are large worms that live in the ground. They are usually used while fishing for fish such as catfish, blue gill, crappie, carp, perch or other fresh water fish. Since night crawlers are “live bait”, they should be refrigerated or kept cool in dirt or grass in a closed ventilated container. Night crawler hunting with children is a great adventure. First of all it’s a very tedious task for adults. Secondly it takes a lot of patience. My suggestion when taking a child night crawler hunting, you should take them one at a time. Once a child gets the hang of this task, they will figure the rest of it out for themselves. You should prepare your yard early in the... [Read more of this post]

Mushroom Hunting Tips & Tricks

This time of year in Indiana and several surrounding states is a time that anyone who has ever walked in the woods gets excited! It’s wild mushroom season! We start talking about it in early February and don’t stop talking about it until late into the month of May. There seems to be a science that surrounds the finding of mushrooms in the wild. Everyone has their own favorite spots, time of the season, ways of hunting, cleaning and cooking. Everyone has their favorite type of mushroom as well. The sponge mushrooms, such as the morel mushroom, come in many variations of colors ranging from black to yellow. Snake heads are another common mushroom you may encounter during your wild mushroom... [Read more of this post]