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in reply to: Wolves #12550

That’s great Bruce, so close to your house and to see the moose bust out of there!

I’ll just throw in the mix here: When biologists survey pups in the dens, the adult wolves usually stay back aways and will bark but never attack. Even when the biologists are pulling the pups out of the den to get fur samples and sex and count them.

Bear spray would definitely do the trick if you had a close encounter with an aggressive wolf. And if it allows you to hunt with peace of mind, then might just be what you need.

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in reply to: mushrooms and elk..i think.. #11445

Dave do you remember or have on hand the names of the books which said they had no value? Just curious if my library has them I’ll take a look.

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in reply to: mushrooms and elk..i think.. #11443

I should add, morels are one mushroom I have no experience with. I haven’t put in enough time to locate them. Here is Stamets nutritional breakdown for morels:

20% protein, 5% fat, 9% fiber, 64% carbohydrates.

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in reply to: mushrooms and elk..i think.. #11440

Dave, here is a quote from Paul Stamets’ book “Mycelium Running”:

“Mushrooms are rich in protein, very low in simple carbohydrates, rich in high molecular weight complex carbohydrates (polysaccharides), high in antioxidants, and very low in fat. They lack cholesterol, vitamin A, and vitamin C. They are a good source of some B vitamins…as well as ergosterols…They’re high in dietary fiber…”

He provides charts for nutritional value for a bunch of popular edible mushrooms.

However, even if they had no value, they sure do taste good. And I’d still eat them! As I’m sure you would, Dave.

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in reply to: mushrooms and elk..i think.. #11129

dfudala wrote: I was talking to a guy here once who guides for bear and he said here in Wisconsin there is a type of mushroom that grows in the fall and on years where they are plentiful, the bears will flat out disappear of his baits until the shrooms go bad or they exhaust all they can find. I didn’t get the type of mushroom it was cuz at the time, I really wasn’t that interested. I’ll do some digging and see what I can come up with.

Please do! I’m really interested to know what that was.

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in reply to: Wolves #11105

David Petersen wrote: Music to hunt predators by:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNByVX17TN8

Unfortunately that’s a really catchy tune!

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in reply to: Marble Mountain Adventures #11100

Thanks Smithhammer.

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in reply to: mushrooms and elk..i think.. #11099

Dave,

Where do get the impression mushrooms have no nutritional value?

I know from firsthand observations as well as reading resources, northern flying squirrels rely on arboreal fungi (along with lichen) to get them through the winter. Truffle feeding, here in the Pacific northwest, is such a common behavior of deer and squirrels, that I would find it hard to believe there is no value.

Also, there is quite a bit of new information (and old probably) about mushrooms’ ability to fight free radicals in our bodies. A great book to read is “Mycelium Running”. Paul Stamets quotes a study, which scientifically observed mycelium transferring sugars from a healthy tree to a stressed tree of a different species! I mean that’s real world Avatar stuff.

Anyway, I’m curious where you get that notion?

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in reply to: Clay Video #9916

Wow. Great video!!!

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in reply to: mushrooms and elk..i think.. #9067

OSQUINT wrote: I think they eat the mushrooms that make them small so we can’t see them when hunting

OQUINT- You can’t see the elk because of the mushrooms you eat! Hahaha!

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in reply to: Emergency Gear #62965

I think its good to be prepared, but the right mindset can make or break the situation no matter what you carry. When I was teaching survival skills, we would take groups of Waldorf students out for a week in the woods. The first year, we would build a debris hut and one person a night got to sleep in it. The following year we all slept in one big debris hut.

Anyway, we tell the teenagers, if they get up to pee at night and can’t find camp, just sit down and wait for dawn. Instead of walking around at night. So one night this gal stepped out of the debris hut to pee, took 10 steps and couldn’t see camp when she turned around! So she just crouched down with hands in her armpits, leaned her head against a tree, and fell asleep! In the morning she was 20 yards from the shelter, and thankfully had not wandered off.

If she had panicked it could have been a different story.

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in reply to: Traditional croc hunting in Arnhem Land #62952

Thanks for the info Drew4fur!

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in reply to: mushrooms and elk..i think.. #62949

I’ve seen deer eating a variety of mushrooms including: Russulas, polypores, truffles, and others I can’t remember the name of. I haven’t seen elk eat many mushrooms but I think its because there are so many herbaceous greens here. Wouldn’t surprise me though if they eat them.

Also, red/douglas squirrels, chipmunks, flying squirrels and people eat lots of shrooms!

I’ve been wondering for a while, but have never been able to find evidence of it, whether black bears eat mushrooms. I have never found them eating them. Anyone here?

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in reply to: Signs of Spring #62945

Its been a warm and rainy winter hear in northern Cali. No snow at my house this year, the past few years we’ve gotten at least one dusting down at sea level. Yellow-rumped warblers have began moving through. Gooseberries and willows are flowering. and the oaks are leafing out!

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in reply to: Fight the fat-cat land grabbers #57310

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