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found a witches kettle yesterday, about the size of a pea...
maybe it was a destroyer cup, it was the orange one, if i cant eat it, i dont know the names.
Well I have stomped all over DNR properties all my life and never been hassled more than likely dnr didn't even know this was in writing. I have seen game wardens stand up at sportsman meetings and misstate game laws on turkey hunting yet we need to know all the game laws ignorance is no excuse. As long as there is nothing posted in parking lots or on the trails I won't worry about it. I can see where this would apply to special areas like waterfowl nesting areas and perhaps that's how it is intended.
I never worry about where I m walking on state property
Friend of the wife's posted on facebook last nite..found 4lbs of yellow and black morels east of Bedford, IN yesterday,,very nice sized mushrooms...they are coming up! Going now. :)
Nice, glad to hear she found some, we sure didn't find them went yesterday morning found one.
Later after posting..found out they were all picked in sandy soil near a limestone quarry. It figures,,as not finding any in the woods myself other than one here,,one there. Talked to a farmer friend of mine,,and he said ground is still too cold..he was registering 46 degrees at 8 inches down. Going to be another week or longer here where I live I am guessing. Weather has them screwed up and late.
thats wild! i dont use any state grounds anyways anymore though.
Well my favorite area to hunt is always slower than the sandy soil areas, Friday only found one yesterday found 9 black and grey ones only 3 of them were grey but were big. I can always figure when my asparagus is coming up and growing quickly the morels are too.
My wife and I didnt find any mushrooms at all. The woods are dry. Hopefully this rain will help some. We still enjoyed getting outside and doing some walking.
Found some greys and yellows today. They were in sandy soil. One of my indications is when the poke starts coming up. Found my first today. Next week should be excellent.
Found about a 100 this morning, several whites and a few yellows even around poplar and ash,,rest were blacks and couple of pecker heads. Blacks will be gone this week and had to leave another 20-30 in the woods as the rain had beat heck out of them. Going out this afternoon and search for the whites and yellows where I know they come up. Brought home about 4lbs.
Dogwoods are blooming and mushrooms popping.
HHD
found another 100 or so this morning. It was a mix of greys, whites, yellows and blacks. Finding them where I normally don't,,and in places I always find them,,sparce pickings. Very nice find HHD.
Same here, cevans. I picked up 2 big yellows in random spots and nothing in good spots. 2 mushrooms and 10 ticks is a bad ratio...
I spray all clothing, and all my backpack gear and hunting gear... with permethrin, and spray bod down with deet,,no tics, chiggers or turkey mites for me. :) If you use permethrin,,,its good for about 6 weeks and lots of washings on clothing before you need to use it again. Check it out. Sawyers makes a good one. I use a consentrate from a Farm Store. A tablespoon to water makes a gallon of spray.
a friend, his son and I went out for four hours yesterday and picked over four hundred blacks, whites, yellows, greys, and a few snake heads. We left a bunch behind because the storms rolled in on us. I caught some nice crappie before he met me at the ramp. They all fried up nice!
Nice going fellas on the mushrooms. Good tick advice from cevans. I think I was finding ticks as soon as the snow melted. I thought the bad winter would take a dent in them but apparently not. Not sure if I like finding mushrooms better than eating them or vice versa. Here's the Piece De Resistance......
I backpack using hammocks and cuben tarps (not a tenter),,and spray them..spray underwear,,(silk, poly) socks (smartwool), nylon pants and nylon shirts, jackets (down) permethrin won't hurt a thing. Kind you buy at a Farm Store may smell a bit but will wear off after a day or so,,give it time to dry as you don't want to get it on skin..I even spray around house as I live in a wooded area of my acres and gets rid of skeeters and tics. You can soak items for a better coverage if you want,,just let it dry,,and good to go. Nice fixins,,HHD.
I just heard about that last week got to try that stuff
Forgot to mention,,permethrin is found in most of your pet dog tic and flea applications...but,DO NOT get it on house cats..it will kill em.
We have been finding more morels this year than in a long time. Two days ago we found almost all yellow ones but they weren't the huge yellow ones but good size. We too are finding them places we have never found them before and some of our best spots finding little or none. Last time out we just went to find new spots that we can hopefully go back to in future years to hunt.
Thanks for the tip on the permethrin. I always bought permanone in an aerosol can and the active ingredient is permethrin I didn't know you could buy it any other way. I would much rather spray this product from a trigger sprayer less will get airborne. I would like to caution anyone using the product to read the directions.
So has anybody been finding any? I have heard of a few being found in this area and am planning a trip tomarrow.
I would say,,mid to late week this coming week is when you will find them. They are starting to find the early greys, and blacks around French Lick. I went out yesterday and checked a early patch for blacks yesterday and didn't find any and will check a couple of more today. When I step in the deep woods tho,,its not ready yet. I'm about 30 miles north of FL.
Mid to late week. Went out over the weekend and checked several areas. Found a few small greys,,and 6 small blacks. All were just up and fresh,,and smallish..no bigger than 2" at the most. Thurs, Friday,,they will start in the big woods I am thinking. If you have a open area patch with lots of sunlight..they should be coming up. Yellows/whites will follow the blacks. Didn't find any whites either around the poplars, ash, or elms. They should start maybe this weekend also. Farther south,,they might be finding them.
We went out on Sat. and found 20 or so blacks. Most were small, like you said, but there were a few good ones. There were even a few dried up! We never really looked for grays.They never seem to come up until the blacks are up good and the under growth is a little thicker. By mid to late this week they should really be coming on strong.
I forgot to mention we also found a few deer ticks on us already. Be on the look out!!
I spray all clothing with permethrin and let dry..then spray down with deet and still dress in layers, and wear OR bug gaitors as well. What I hate getting into more than ticks is the danged turkey mites that will eat you worse than chiggers.
Got a couple of reports they are finding the yellows just south of me. Went out yesterday,,and hiked the hills for alittle over 3 miles and checked several places I always find them. Don't know what is up,,but its spotty, as in my patches of the early blacks around the poplars on the north slopes,,I would only find one about every 20 to 30 ft scattered out and not in a patch of bunches like I always find them. Came up after a few hours, of only about a pound or so. No other types of mushrooms either as I find them too. Looks like a late year. Same around here for the turkeys,,,I am still seeing toms together as well as the hens together and not large flocks like in the past. I am thinking we have less birds this year,,maybe to all the past flooding last couple of years, or either the coyotes and bobcats are taking their toll. We have tons of bobcats now everywhere. Birds are not as active as they should be and looking pretty thinned out as far as numbers. Lake year on both the mushrooms and turkeys maybe. Time will tell.
Yellows and greys starting to pop up in my area now.
My brother found these yesterday in Vigo County. I live about 30 miles south of him and I've found nothing but a few blacks so far.
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I went out in the rain yesterday and found a little of everything except yellows. All the blacks I found were big with some small to medium size whites, grays and snake heads.
yellers are out now too, just wish i could find more of them.
Really nice size, couple greys, teeny snakeheads.
you still out looking drifter? or have you gave up. had a really good year by my standards. todays rain might have ruined my chances of finding some of the old dried up ones i missed, but i'll try anyway.
Found 2 little early black ones today. Need warm notes and they will be popping up. Friend of mine found 15 scattered here and there other day.
thanks for the heads up. had some good ground temps up here before the arctic blast and snow. had 20s the last few mornings. if its warms its on! good luck to you all.
They are finding quite a few farther south and early yellows also.
10 blacks yesterday across stateline, decent size but frost bit. still 2-3 weeks from yellers here.
Friend of mine found 52 nice greys today in cass county. Thought he was joking me at first but he wasn't. They were all good sized ones too. Little surprised they are up like that up here already.