If you forage for mushrooms, these are the ones you definitely want to leave in the woods
Author: Bill Heavey
Bill Heavey
Bill Heavey started writing for Field & Stream in the 1990s and slowly faked his way into an editor-at-large title. He has written four books about the outdoors, including If You Didn’t Bring Jerky, What Did I Just Eat? Highlights Education Heavey went to a boys’ prep school in Bethesda, Maryland, and graduated from George Washington University with a degree in English literature. Experience Field & Stream is staffed with superbly skilled outdoorsmen and women, people who can shoot the eyes out of a running chipmunk at 300 yards or tie a fly out of their pocket lint and some tinfoil and go catch a tarpon on it. Heavey is not one of them. He lives by the watchwords, “Enthusiasm trumps skill” and “Hunting and fishing are too much fun to leave to the experts.” Heavey was once approached by a fan with no job, no health insurance, a bad limp, and no teeth. Upon meeting Heavey, the man said, “Bill, sometimes I read your stuff, and I just feel so sorry for you.” F&S Lightning Round Favorite Place to Fish for Bass: CubaFavorite Place to Fish and Catch Nothing: MongoliaFavorite Game Animal: Whitetail deerSkill That He Seems Incapable of Learning: Fly fishing Notable Work
There is always hope””even when hope seems out of reach
After a long day on the water, there’s nothing better than some good company and a hot meal””unless you actually have to start a fire
Fishing the annual white perch run on the Potomac is about more than just another day on the water
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The guns, garb, and gear of our frontier-era forefathers are on display every winter in the Pennsylvania deer woods. Meet two keepers of the flame
Fellow editor-at-large, Matthew Every, shares one of Bill Heavey’s best””a mountain lion hunting adventure that ends in heartbreak
Is it an everyday tool or an instrument for forging heroes?
The gun I inherited wasn’t fancy or expensive, but it still has a lot of value
What can you do with a can of WD40? Lubricate M-16s, catch bigger fish, de-ice rod guides, clean turtles, repel pigeons, remove dog poo, make a flame-thrower, and much, much more
