Mushroom hunting

[brad kilpatrick]

Anyone found any morels Yet???? Thnik it might be a little early yet but just wanted to check

[flathunter]

I used to love to hunt morels, now with my limited time off work I chose to fish instead..I did find this nice mess a few years ago.

[barbel]

Anyone found any morels Yet???? Thnik it might be a little early yet but just wanted to check

I've never even heard of doing this before I came to this board. Whats the deal with hunting morels anyways? Where are good spots to find them? And how do you tell if they are morels or not? I don't want to go and pick up any hallucinogenic mushrooms thinking they are morels lol.

[Netmanjack]

A little early here in central Ohio yet. When you do go out and get some, remember O'le Uncle Scifi and pick one for him - it was one of his favorite pastimes. Maybe he will lead you to some more! :)

[Netmanjack]

Thats a darn fine mess, Flathunter!
Thats one thing I am going to be sure and do at Salt fork during slack fishing hours at the gathering. Some real nice looking spots on the back side of the lake! I got there to late last year for them, but that weekend should be prime time.;)

[brad kilpatrick]

Jack thats one heck of a haul!!! hope Ya had some nice crappie fillets to go with those.....don't get much better then fresh crappie fillets and morels!!!! YUM!!!!!

[center12]

Little early yet for Morels, but I bet this warm weather has the Oyster mushrooms starting to go. If we don't get some serious rain we may not have a morel season:sad:

[Cattracker16]

now brad there ya go making every1 hungry for mushrooms and crappie, if it was me though i wood do deer steak, mushrooms and a side order of catfish..

Great haul there flat... i'll get the crackers and eggs you bring the shrooms..

[wishiwasfishin]

I've never even heard of doing this before I came to this board. Whats the deal with hunting morels anyways? Where are good spots to find them? And how do you tell if they are morels or not? I don't want to go and pick up any hallucinogenic mushrooms thinking they are morels lol.

hallucinogenic mushrooms are the best.that way you can take a trip and never leave the farm.:) yeah it early here in ky for them to but it want be long. the way you can tell what they are is they kind of look like a Christmas tree sponge or just check out jacks picture.he had a good day on that one.try it sometime it a good way to get out and wonder around the woods and find all kinds of stuff.:)

[wishiwasfishin]

oops, i put the wrong name i was aiming to say look at flathunters picture

[catmanofohio]

Still pretty early yet here but they maybe out here in a few weeks if not sooner, good rain, good warm weather Great to make fungi grow lol.... I love eatting mushrooms(morels) can stand store bought... soak em, flour those babys up and fry em.. MMMM MMM MM but u have to eat only a few if not ur in the bathroom more that outside fishing lol... :crying:

[KC Jayhawk 78]

Ive never had morels , but Im going to try them this year.

[micus]

Look to the second week of April as an average for central Missouri & Kansas.

[Jamey]

Anyone found any morels Yet???? Thnik it might be a little early yet but just wanted to check

I wasn't looking for them or anything, but saw one growing on the side of the trail. It was actually the first one I've ever seen outside of a book :)

[JayGonefishing]

Still early but after all this rain, the season is looking better. How cold is to cold for morels?

[Catfish Quiver]

I agree with micus, we start looking around the 15th of Apr. ( Have a book with locations and how many for last 10 yrs or so find them same spot every year within one or two days)

[micus]

Start looking when the ground temp in the shade is 52 degrees.;)

[Netmanjack]

Let me share this site I found last year. It is the most informative one that I have encountered. http://nov55.com/mr/index.html
I love finding that BIG one! :eek:

[JayGonefishing]

Let me share this site I found last year. It is the most informative one that I have encountered. http://nov55.com/mr/index.html
I love finding that BIG one!
Great site thanks NetManjack

[warcraft1975]

yeah its getting about time here in the next few weeks to go find them, my famliy has a spot we hit year after year(private) and always produces a ton of them the whole famliy gets together and hunts them down

[BIGCAT DADDY 71]

I Love Them, I Find Them In Southern Indiana Around 2nd Week Of April And Northeast Indiana Where I'am From Around 1st Week Of May. Looks Good With All This Rain So Far. Happy Hunting.

[catsrking]

Very nice mess indeed Flathunter. A little early here in Iowa just yet. We have always found cause for celebration each year, (cookout & brew), when they do come out.

[fraid_knot]

Nice mess Flathunter.

I keep tryin to talk my dog into sniffin em out. Cept he dont seem to concerned about it all. I tell him a shroom sniffin dog would be worth more than a coon dog. :)

[YeeHaw]

Nothing here in Quincy IL. We hope to get some soon..There's plenty of minnows here in the creeks though.

[jim]

You folks need to keep this mushroom hunting thing quiet or next thing you know MELLON will be adding to or telling us all about his mushroom hunting arsenal.You just can't go out looking for Morels without a special rig.No sir I wouldn't be out there without at least a 458 Casull in a quick draw shoulder holster of some sort.Never know when them foreigners like Shitakes will invading our woods.;) :p :rolleyes: :)

PS;I hope he knows I'm joking because those 458 Casull holes take a long time to heal particularly at my age.

[Kevin]

you guys think the snow will mess up the mushrooms

[catmanofohio]

not if we can get some 70* days for a week or 2 :)

[KansasCat]

i am starting to crave some morels... should be popping up here in a while

[center12]

or 3. We're well below normal temps. here in KS for this time of year.

[Kevin]

so do you guys think that theyll just pop up late

[center12]

Actually I don't think they'll be late, maybe fewer but not later. It seems everything in nature has a "schedule" and the shrooms will try their damndest(?) to follow the plan. I've found Morels when it was God aweful dry and I've found then when I've had to wear a coat because it was cold. we've got about 3 weeks till the "great harvest", lots of time for mother to make it right:)

[CatDaddy23]

charlie i hope you can get mushrooms better than you play cards .loser

[redneckdrum]

I love 'em,but never been mushroom hunting so I dont know how/where to look.For some reason,it seems to me that all mushroom hunters have amnesia.Whenever I asked them where they found 'em,they ALWAYS forget where.Why is that?

[Netmanjack]

Actually I don't think they'll be late, maybe fewer but not later. It seems everything in nature has a "schedule" and the shrooms will try their damndest(?) to follow the plan. I've found Morels when it was God aweful dry and I've found then when I've had to wear a coat because it was cold. we've got about 3 weeks till the "great harvest", lots of time for mother to make it right:)


Charlie, right on, that is exactly what they do. :)

[bluejay]

I've heard of a few blacks being found in SW Mo. the last couple of days. Need Moisture!!:sad:

[TEAYSWRESTLER]

Haven't been out hunting mushrooms yet but it is getting that time I will make it out soon my cousin and his dad have a few good spots.

[mandingo]

lol.morels are like gold that only pops up out of the ground once a year for maybe 2 or 3 weeks.you can compare the rush of finding a new mess of morels to maybe hooking into the biggest catfish of your life or maybe hitting a jackpot at the casino or somethin.people who hunt them dream about them all year round and cant wait till april and may to get their mushroom fix for the next year.if you found a money tree,would you tell others where to find it?yes they are that good!:)

[JayGonefishing]

Has any one stuck the ground for a temp? dogs go out at 5 AM. I'll check it and report. :0a4:

[monstercatin]

I have a spot where I always go to pick Grays. They almost always come up first. With the rain and warm weather I thought I'd better go out and check it today just in case. I found three very small ones and left them alone to see what they look like tomorrow. I'll report back then with a pic. :cool:

[fishoutloud]

my brother in law found some south of Lawrence day before yesterday. He's always on the shrooms!! He says that when the redbud blooms are the size of a mouses ear that the mushrooms will be up. With all this rain we've been gettin' the shroomin' should be great this year. I'm headed out tommorow a.m. - goin' around the saint marrys area along the Kansas river bottoms. Good luck with the shrooms - also for anyone that doesn't know turkey season starts wed. so where some orange and make some noise when ya go through the woods cause some hunters are idiots!!!!! good luck and be safe!!!!!!:)

[RIP]

We use to go shroom hunting in the 70's! Man those things will mess you up. LOL

[mandingo]

We use to go shroom hunting in the 70's! Man those things will mess you up. LOLLOL!!!can you imagine if the REAL shrooms popped up around here and the people you would run into in the woods?SCARY!i found a few thursday right before storms were rollin in so i really didnt have time to look around for more.

[center12]

Oh just seen your post Catdaddy, talking smack when I ain't around(you'll pay, literally)..................I've got some of your cash in my pockets already............loser(yeah right):p

Sounds like a woods walk is in order. Got a couple places on the river that I'd like to have a look see at. Sometimes fishing trips are just mushroom scouting in disguise:)

[Rajun_Cajun]

the morels have to come up atleast by the end of this week. my dad and i have been scouting for turkeys, and the signs look perfect for morels... the snails are out, there is already alot of other fungi growing, and the growned is really moist. i just hope it can warm up(which it will this week) :004:

[Phlogus]

I saw a fellow pull a couple burlap sacks full of morrels out at Fort Riley last spring. I havn't collected any yet. I spent five or six evening looking last year.