I asked Woody if he would teach me how to hunt chanterelle mushrooms when the time comes. He said yes -- BUT -- and this is a big but -- it is very, very uncomfortable. Woody covers up from head to toe to keep the insects off of him and out of his clothes and hair. Long sleeves buttoned tight at the wrist, neckband snug, hat, hip-boots, gloves, the works. This in all the heat and humidity of a Lowcountry summer.
All the coverage does a good job keeping the gnats and mosquitos off. But the ticks and chiggers still have a way of crawling in where they are not wanted. Woody says he never fails to come back from a chanterelle hunt with at least some chiggers.
