Frog gigging is a fun and enjoyable outdoors activity for kids. Photo courtesy of USFWS Frog legs are one of nature’s delicacies. Contrary to some reports, they don’t taste like chicken. They taste ...

The News 9 team is learning the art of catching frogs, or gigging, and the best way to prepare frog legs. But what exactly is gigging? A gig refers refer to any long pole which has been tipped with a ...

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Summer nights — for a small few in the South — are a time for wading through yucky ponds with a flashlight in one hand and a frog gig in the... The Old Gig: Catching Frogs On Warm Summer Nights Bick ...

When Glenn and Candice Dedini moved their family from California to southern Indiana, their kids’ transition from city youth to “feral wood children” was swift and exacting. They had never even seen ...

BULLFROGS START CALLING once the poison ivy is about 4 inches tall and the carpenter bees are buzzing around the rafters of the barn. All of that signals the real start to summer, and it happens in ...

My friend Roger and I — and a bottle of Jack Daniel’s — went frog gigging. Roger’s wife had promised to make her renowned frog leg dinner if we would go get some. It never seemed to take much ...

Two of a Kind: Tim Reed (left) and Rodney Smith pause their hunt for a photo. Well past midnight, Tim Reed and Rodney Smith paddle down a skinny stretch of water in northern New York, to a spot where ...

In the dark of the night, all we could hear was the slow rhythmical honking of bullfrogs as we neared the pond. Carrying a burlap bag and a flashlight, I was accompanying my brother who was armed with ...

Frog legs are one of nature’s delicacies. Contrary to some reports, they don’t taste like chicken. They taste like frogs. The white meat is sweet and succulent. They’re especially good when dipped in ...

Bick Boyte plops a 1-pound bullfrog in his aluminum canoe, still half alive. He resumes his kneeling position, perched upfront, on the hunt for a big bellower. Boyte hears the "wom, wom, wom" and ...