Ozark Mountain Airgun Club's First Event

Big thanks to Sam and his family for the hospitality, Casey for the excellent meal, Britt for helping me find the bottom of that pony keg, Cho Lee and Kao for the laughs. Good time and hope all made it home safely.

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Don't bring back the smallest squirrel as your only entry into the contest. You will never live it down. These little guys were bullet proof this weekend as many can attest to. Some cool mushrooms I found in the woods. Really nice property with tons of horse trails to explore down.

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Deep fried tree chicken and fries looks good, I will have to give it a try.

Should have fried those mushrooms too. Chicken of the tree with a side of chicken of the woods

I wish I could have made it. Time off is hard to come by for a trucker, when I get it it’s set in stone. Maybe next time

I wasn't sure if they were chantrells or not and the cell signal was spotty. Not worth the risk for mushrooms.

I hear you

A big no on all of the above mushrooms. The orange ones are jack o lantern. It will get you. Chanterelles are done for and have been for awhile. Sure wish I could of stayed and made the hunt. Been doing real well around here on some. Here is what you all should be looking for now. Hen of the woods. My hen holding a hen .

 We fried us some that afternoon. Vintage cast iron on a vintage stove.  Then a lasagna with some of the hen used as the meat component. No picture of that but yesterday it was pizza! Yes squirrel meat and more hen of the woods and homemade arrabiata sauce plus the cheese made the pie  

Me and my wife found some hen of the woods or what they call it Maitake mushroom last weekend when we went out hunting for squirrels, they are very testing mushroom I like it more then squirrel haha. Can’t wait till the next event see you all there.

Nice!

Everything we need is out there if we just look. A person needs split vision like a Chameleon. One eye looking in the canopy tops for squirrel and one scanning the ground for edible fungus  

Most of the dang squirrels on the hunt weekend were hiding around in the under brush since the trees were swaying like crazy from the wind. Hard to see those little boogers till they run for a tree.

Alright bringing this back up for this year and wanting to do another squirrel hunt as the season opens May 22. Gauging interest and looking to do a more central location for guys and gals all over the state to attend. I can post up possible locations here or start a new thread. Just figured people were already following this one and will get alerted that it has been revived. 

boone county

https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/places/eagle-bluffs-conservation-area

https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/places/eagle-bluffs-conservation-area

cole county

https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/places/scrivner-road-conservation-area

Nice, Count me in on this one, can’t wait.

Eagle Bluff is river bottom and wetland, not good squirrel hunting and has a lot of people running around. Davisdale CA east of Boonville might be a good location as well as Whetstone Creek CA at Williamsburg. One area that I want to check out this spring is Saline Valley CA near Tuscumbia, it is river hills and creek bottom. Note that squirrel season starts May 28.

Also, Saline Valley CA and Rudolf Bennett CA (north of Columbia) both have good camping areas.

Didn't realise I posted eagle bluffs twice. I thought there was another one in the boone county area that I found will have to go back and see. If anyone else wants to post suggestions, it would be appreciated. Hard to tell from a few pictures and a conservation description if a property is worth a look or not.

Voted: Scrivner Road Conservation Area

Gun Range, Camping, Hardwoods for Squirrel.

Also 2.5 hours from Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield. Makes it more central for most of the members that showed interest for last year's event.

Either way I'll be game for any area we decide on! 

Sounds good count me in for Scrivner conversation 

Now to try and nail down a weekend. Trying to beat some of the heat so not too late in the summer.