Early Spring Morel Hunt-Tips & Tricks
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- The first morels of the 2016 season are here! It's getting time to head out there and find them but do you know where they like to grow? In this video we talk a bit about how to find the young morels, where they like to grow, their growth rate, and how to harvest them.
Being notoriously difficult to spot this time of year hunting requires patience, knowledge, and a good eye. However there are ways to spot them easier, like walking slow and panning the ground systematically, kneeling when one is found to see others.
Morel growth is often misunderstood as many people think they pop up overnight, but that is not the case. Instead they grow over a period of a few weeks to maturity. We discuss all this and more in this video!
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Forgot to mention...I've lived 18 yrs a bit south of Indiana (in MO), on the edge of an Ozark mountain. Never seen a Timber Rattler. Copperheads...yes, mainly when I used to feed my cats/dog on my carport. Feed draws mice...you got it: then a snake. I would catch 'em and gently give 'em the 'Bum's Rush' up the hill a bit. HOWEVER - once back in the day south of here, 25 years ago, when I was a family man living happily in the middle of a 1000 acres, I seen my neighbor - eyes popping big, paranoid & excited - w a dead rattler he'd brained on a rake, drooping, and it was a SERPENT! Fatter than your upper arm...and long, long, long! (Praise be his coming & going...)
I live in southern Ohio and have been goin out and finding these for years, I love it. Sadly though th last 5-6 years haven’t been near as good, for some reason we have ALOT of ash trees that have died out. Thankfully I’ve seen a lot of small ash out in the woods so eventually they’ll make a come back. Poplar trees are good to find them around too as well as Elm and smaller Pine groves in the woods. but damn a lot the Ash dying put a hurting on them, Ash trees are the best.
Thanks for these tips about morels im excited to find some in the spring. I wouldn't have eaten that buggy one either. Nature claimed that one. Lol.
You're welcome! Yeah the bugs really love their mushrooms, and at times with morels I have had the biggest one, be infested like the one in this video. I always break them up and spread the spores. Over a period of a few years I have noticed the increase in the numbers of morels at the spots I usually gather them, so it's a fair trade.
Should you kick up leaves the month before?
I mean you can but it wouldn't really make a difference, the wind'll just blow them back. Plus the leaves are good for retaining moisture in the ground which is incredibly important for Morels to grow.
Hey, Trillium. Prob a dumb question I already assume I know the answer to, but, how many typical forest critters gonna eat these, too? I live in MO and we have lots of deer, possums, skunks, raccoons, brush rats, etc. Do these animals also 'seek' or will eat if encountered, Morel mushrooms? Do they instinctually know to feed on edible/medicinal mushrooms (Pleurotus, boletes, Agaricus, honeys, Trametes...)?
Mice eat them from evidence I've seen and maybe rabbit. Always here folks say deer will get them but I just don't think deer eat mushrooms.
@@johnnyfish6051 Turkeys absolutely love them.
Love morel hunting! :-)
+David's Passage Oh yeah, one of my favorite things about this time of year too! Thanks for watching & commenting David!
Oh yeah, it's always a challenge! Thanks for commenting David!
soaking them in salt water will get rid of the bugs.
+Lisa Stierwalt Yes it does, though sometimes I make a call on whether or not to use a mushroom based on how bug eaten it is as there are always more that are less buggy. Personal preference, as long as you enjoy the hunt and eating them it's all good! Thanks for your comments Lisa, you're very active!
This is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. I am trying to pass along the knowledge about foraging that my grandmother showed me as a child to my grandkids. They love the time spent in the woods as much as I do. Glad you are showing folks how to do it too.
+Lisa Stierwalt That is really awesome, I love hearing about people teaching the young ones. I often think they need it the most with the way things are today. I appreciate that, this is something that I love dearly as well and truly love to teach people about. As always thanks for commenting!
@@TrilliumWildEdibles free protein....those lil dudes would never survive the frying pan or your stomach acid....and dont give me that "germs" shit....you wasted a perfectly good mushroon, unless he smells fishy - never let a good roon go to waste...he'd already spored out
Your in your own little dream world buddy. Morels never get bigger. Water all you want. Deer or turkey will come along and eat it. Spreading an old one never works for me either.
My dad taught me the same thing but guess what.... there are multiple morel time lapse videos on UA-cam. They grow for 2-4 days then start to dry. But that all depends on moisture and temps also.
They do grow you dolt. Try actually going out and watching some over a few days before spouting off
What county in Indiana?
+HoosierGuy These were found in Monroe County. Most of central Indiana should have some up though growth has been patchy for me so far. Thanks for watching & commenting HoosierGuy!
+Trillium: Wild Edibles I grew up by the Morgan Monroe Forestry eating these goodies.
Lisa Stierwalt These were found very near to the forestry.
Venomous not poisonous.
Venomous is injected, poisonous is ingested.
dude you're wayyyy too close to the camera with your mouth. i cant do it with all the throat noises and swallowing sounds.
so that may be true but his videos are still very informative
Lol. Non poisonous. Lmao. Knows nothing about snakes..... yet tries to give out helpful snake information. Also wasted a morel cause of bugs. Smh.