Finally after almost 4 decades - Turkeys ! And a beaver.

[jamesp]

We see one or two occasionally in the past decade.
By the time I got the camera half of them had walked to the left behind cover. Must be 40 of them total.
They flew in and landed in the trees around the house making a lot of noise, then lit off to the planted field.




So many turkeys and only one scat ?



There was a large poplar stump next to one of the house support foundations.
Instead of removing it and leaving a giant hole the decision was taken to pour the footing next to it.
The shade made a happy spot for 3 brands of fungoids.



This was an unwanted visitor. Miss Beaver travelled up from the massive beaver swamp south to start a home in August.
She had de-barked about 25 large gum trees and began to cut one down. Gum trees usually survive being skirted 360 degrees.
About 3-4 tractor trailer loads of just logs at 50,000 pounds per load and a month behind the chainsaw, no thanks.
She was slick, only visiting every day or two and taking multiple ingress/egress.
Unfortunately she finally met her demise in a trap, sorry but the situation was getting dire.

[jasoninsd]

Do I see Thanksgiving dinner strutting around in that field??

ETA - Glad to hear you got a little beaver here recently!  

[RickB]

Nov 12, 2022 11:57:14 GMT -5 jasoninsd said:

Do I see Thanksgiving dinner strutting around in that field??

ETA - Glad to hear you got a little beaver here recently!  

Looks like beaver pot pies this year.

[mohs]

and what about Ward?

[brybry]

Oyster mushrooms on that stump. Completely edible.

[brybry]

The golden/brown ones I didn't notice earlier are likely Honey mushrooms. Ehh for edibles unless your Russian.

[jamesp]

Nov 12, 2022 11:57:14 GMT -5 jasoninsd said:

Do I see Thanksgiving dinner strutting around in that field??

ETA - Glad to hear you got a little beaver here recently!  

Been married 37 years Jason. The turkey may be the only deal.

[jamesp]

Nov 12, 2022 14:04:53 GMT -5 RickB said:

Nov 12, 2022 11:57:14 GMT -5 jasoninsd said:

Do I see Thanksgiving dinner strutting around in that field??

ETA - Glad to hear you got a little beaver here recently!  

Looks like beaver pot pies this year.

Not too sure about scarfing down that pie Rick.
Both beavers and muskrats have some seriously red meat. Both have been a serious plague in growing wetland plants over the years.
Laying an 8 inch pipe with a trap in it down in a creek will catch that muskrat everytime, he can not pass a hollow log.
Break a notch in a beaver's dam and set a conibear trap in the flow and he will swim thru it every time at first dusk.
Just hoping they will stop visiting since shutting down the plant biz.

[jamesp]

Nov 12, 2022 15:40:44 GMT -5 brybry said:

Oyster mushrooms on that stump. Completely edible.

Going for it brybry, never knew these were edible. It has the licorice smell, must be the one.
says 400F for 12 minutes, flip and do 10 on other side.
rubbed with O oil and then salted peppered and Cavendered.

Thanks !

[Pat]

jamesp. What is CAVENDERED? Google says they are cowboy boots!

[brybry]

Nov 14, 2022 12:12:38 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Nov 12, 2022 15:40:44 GMT -5 brybry said:

Oyster mushrooms on that stump. Completely edible.

Going for it brybry, never knew these were edible. It has the licorice smell, must be the one.
says 400F for 12 minutes, flip and do 10 on other side.
rubbed with O oil and then salted peppered and Cavendered.

Thanks !

You're welcome. When I'm not growing them, I forage for them every year. From the looks of the stump, probably got another couple years of free food coming.

[jamesp]

delicious - thanks brybry

[jamesp]

Nov 14, 2022 12:24:05 GMT -5 Pat said:

jamesp. What is CAVENDERED? Google says they are cowboy boots!

Greek seasoning commonly used on fish Pat.
Yum, I'm stuffed, these things are like eating a steak. Very filling.
In WW2 Germany during food shortage people ate this mushroom for survival.
It grows out of stumps and semi-rotted fallen trees.

[jamesp]

Nap time, I'm stuffed.

[jamesp]

brybry that mushroom is so common here. What a fine base mushroom for other dishes. Like it's substantial consistency. tough little shroom.

[jamesp]

Check out growth rate of this oyster mushroom

Nov. 9



Nov. 14, but most of today's harvest came from the enlarged growth at upper right of photo



Got up this morning and had to separate these bowls individual from 4 vertical stacks and roll over and lay against wall. Mushroom protein ! Knap time !

[brybry]

Nov 14, 2022 13:03:12 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Nov 14, 2022 12:24:05 GMT -5 Pat said:

jamesp. What is CAVENDERED? Google says they are cowboy boots!

Greek seasoning commonly used on fish Pat.
Yum, I'm stuffed, these things are like eating a steak. Very filling.
In WW2 Germany during food shortage people ate this mushroom for survival.
It grows out of stumps and semi-rotted fallen trees.

Chicken of the Woods was a favored meat replacement during the depression.

On a side note, some mushrooms are being studied for cancer treatment and magic mushrooms are being studied for PTSD, depression and Alzheimer's treatment.

[Mark K]

Nov 14, 2022 11:31:40 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Nov 12, 2022 14:04:53 GMT -5 RickB said:

Looks like beaver pot pies this year.

Not too sure about scarfing down that pie Rick.
Both beavers and muskrats have some seriously red meat. Both have been a serious plague in growing wetland plants over the years.
Laying an 8 inch pipe with a trap in it down in a creek will catch that muskrat everytime, he can not pass a hollow log.
Break a notch in a beaver's dam and set a conibear trap in the flow and he will swim thru it every time at first dusk.
Just hoping they will stop visiting since shutting down the plant biz.

Cutting a gap in the dam will bring the beavers, but putting the trap in the cut will almost always result in the sticks the beaver is carrying to repair the dam will be in the trap and you will have an educated beaver. The better way is to set blind in the crossover and hope for the best. Also a castor set is leaps and bounds better than the previous sets.

Eat those beaver. They are so good you would toss beef to make room for the beaver meat. One caveat though, you have to makw sure to keep the castor off of the meat. It smells good but is really bitter and the only one who likes meat with castor on it is the dog.

[jamesp]

Nov 14, 2022 19:17:53 GMT -5 brybry said:

Nov 14, 2022 13:03:12 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Greek seasoning commonly used on fish Pat.
Yum, I'm stuffed, these things are like eating a steak. Very filling.
In WW2 Germany during food shortage people ate this mushroom for survival.
It grows out of stumps and semi-rotted fallen trees.

Chicken of the Woods was a favored meat replacement during the depression.

On a side note, some mushrooms are being studied for cancer treatment and magic mushrooms are being studied for PTSD, depression and Alzheimer's treatment.

There is no telling what organic compounds are found in the millions of plant and fungus varieties. Maybe science will find a way to apply these compound to such. Those living in the jungles have a large catalog of plant treatments. Makes you wonder what they know.

[jamesp]

Nov 14, 2022 21:17:39 GMT -5 Mark K said:

Nov 14, 2022 11:31:40 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Not too sure about scarfing down that pie Rick.
Both beavers and muskrats have some seriously red meat. Both have been a serious plague in growing wetland plants over the years.
Laying an 8 inch pipe with a trap in it down in a creek will catch that muskrat everytime, he can not pass a hollow log.
Break a notch in a beaver's dam and set a conibear trap in the flow and he will swim thru it every time at first dusk.
Just hoping they will stop visiting since shutting down the plant biz.

Cutting a gap in the dam will bring the beavers, but putting the trap in the cut will almost always result in the sticks the beaver is carrying to repair the dam will be in the trap and you will have an educated beaver. The better way is to set blind in the crossover and hope for the best. Also a castor set is leaps and bounds better than the previous sets.

Eat those beaver. They are so good you would toss beef to make room for the beaver meat. One caveat though, you have to makw sure to keep the castor off of the meat. It smells good but is really bitter and the only one who likes meat with castor on it is the dog.

I know you are an experienced trapper Mark. Ha, I usually get young/dumb beavers moving upstream from a large beaver pond downstream. Maybe one every 3 to 4 years. They are probably not trap smart. This one never had a chance to build a dam so I used a(TS-85) foot trap at the base of a slide into a pond on this one. It was as if she was just visiting to eat the bark off of the bases of the sweet gum trees.

So beaver meat is good eating ? I'll keep that in mind but I know my wife will make me cook and eat it away from the house lol.