Mushroom hunting

[schmalts]

WoW! 8 pounds under one tree is a haul indeed! Sounds like a good tip.

With age and my weight., the spine and shooting pains i'm forced to deal with has kept me from the long mushroom treks i used to love going on so my production has been way down lately but i got another member here, Larrbo, and his wife hooked on the yearly pursuit.

The picture with price tag above, google images. Though i may have given away as many as i've cooked, never have sold any. There usually comes to this area a buyer or two who buy from pickers out of their Vans to resell at top dollar. Not interested.

Sure is a good tip, lots of hunters totally miss out on the old apple trees. Funny thing is, I never found another shroom under that tree. Funny how they work. That same year was my best ever, I picked just over 80 pounds that season.

 

[MN Public Hunter]

After the last two days I need this to melt first...then maybe I can get out 12 inches in my yard...

 

[dannyb278]

Ok, another MN person here....I have not shed hunted due to the snow as others have said...but what do you really look for when morel hunting?

Early in the season, I look on south facing slopes and most often around dead elms. As the season progresses, ridge tops and finally north facing slopes as summer gets closer.

 

[dannyb278]

After the last two days I need this to melt first...then maybe I can get out 12 inches in my yard...

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That's what was waiting for me after I got back from Boise as well...

 

[Nameless Range]

Pickin is good right now in Montana

 

[netman]

Awesome! We are done for the year and now sweating in 95 degrees. Crappie are still biting . Bluegill are prime.
Namesless you are set for sautéed mushrooms in butter piled on a steak!

 

[Big Foot]

shroomin

Spring Bounty

 

[Nameless Range]

Dang Big Foot, you got it figured out.

I ate some of those as obligatory butter-soaked steak condiment. But because my culinary skills peaked at age 19, tonight we had breakfast for dinner: Morel loaded tater tot piles.

 

[uncle sage]

I'm down for either of the two tasty looking plates above but Big Foot there really has gone, "over the top!"

Anyone else road hunt morels? I like to drive the likely logging roads fairly near my place. When i spot 1, i get out, pick it, then usually find more, sometimes getting quite a few, repeat. As i mentioned, my mobility is restricted but road hunting the tasty morsels has allowed me to at least still get a few.