Does anyone on this forum mushroom hunt?

[Steve]

If you do, you now have your own forum.

[jeffmo]

yes!
i do a good bit here in central ohio and s.e. ohio. but the best is the week i spend in northern michigan.i usually bring back enough to freeze and enjoy through the year.
and thanks for the forum!!!!

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[lilblue79]

i find them once in a while but to no regular success they r great to eat lol

[Woodland]

I do, and it won't be long till there up. Thanks for the forum Steve.

[Redhunter1012]

Awesome. I'll have to post pics after my trip to Northern Michigan at the end of May.

[hunter79]

i like to hunt mushrooms.i don't really have a "honey hole" of my own but i got a few freiends that have some good spots. and boy do i love to eat em....mmmm...:D

[bmiller]

I've heard some are being found in Vinton County already. Sunny sides of the hills. :whistle:

[JD Boyd]

I hope it will be as good as last year. Had to give them away I found so many.

[hunter79]

I hope it will be as good as last year. Had to give them away I found so many.
if you have that problem this year let me know....:D:whistle:

[Alaskancoastie]

I hunt them too! Found quite a few while turkey hunting last season in Cambridge.

[ltownhunter]

last year found a good pound here. and found myself my own little honey hole hope it produces this year again. :)

[killa gorilla]

I dont freeze mine anymore.I dry them and then vacume seal them.When you take them out soak them in water in there just as fresh as when you picked them.

[jeffmo]

I dont freeze mine anymore.I dry them and then vacume seal them.When you take them out soak them in water in there just as fresh as when you picked them.

i'm gonna try that with some that i get early here in ohio.i have always froze mine but i keep hearing how good they are after they are rehydrated.

[chopiq]

Yep, a big mushroom hunter here. Hunt mostly around Columbus but every MAy 1 we head to Lake Hope area for 3 day hunting trip. Found some morels last year that were over 10".

[bluefinn]

Morels are great. I hope it's half as good as last year & I'll be happy. I only know of a couple spots & every year I search new areas. I wish they grew in more spots. One of the joys of spring - like trout & turkeys. Glad to see this new forum for them. I'll post when I start finding them.

[BuckSlayer]

I already had some fresh mushrooms for dinner sunday...talk about tasty

[Woodland]

I dont freeze mine anymore.I dry them and then vacume seal them.When you take them out soak them in water in there just as fresh as when you picked them.

I personally haven't tried it, but I hear they are much better rehydrated in milk. Hopefully I'll find enough this year to give that a try.

[Wildman18]

Yes I do, and I can't wait. I have found them this early in Nelsonville in the spring of '99. I know this because I cooked them for my wife and that is the spring we meet. ( and she say's that I don't remember things.) I found a large patch of gray's/blacks.

[antiqucycle]

I did some casual looking yesterday. The woods is just not close to being green enough but I have a gut feeling we may find shrooms about 2 weeks earlier than normal this year. remember, shrooms pop when apple trees, dogwoods, may apples blooming. the multiflora rose are leafed out.
This year when you do find shrooms, look around at other flora and fauna and take some notes in writing.

[DEERTURKEYGIRL]

Me and my husband mushroom hunt, last year during turkey season, unfortunately no turkey but we found over 2,300 mushrooms ! YUMMY
We also dry them on a non metallic screen so the spores will float through the air, we use a mesh bag as we are collecting the mushrooms. After they are dry like a potato chip we just put them in a brown paper bag and put in the refrigerator. Awesome! You can even strain the broth after you rehydrate with cheesecloth and make an awesome gravy for maybe your backstraps you got last year?!!!!!!!!!!

[bullrider_oh]

i am intp hunting mushrooms also found bunches and bunches last year but anyways when u dry them to vacum seal them do u use a dyator. or just let them dry...

[Buckmaster]

Ramps are up. I picked two 5 gallon buckets yesterday. My wife slept on the couch last night because my breath smelled so bad. I'm going to try that again tomorrow night. :whistle:

[buckster]

Whats a Ramp Buckmaster?

[ltownhunter]

buckster i think hes talkin bout leeks its like a wild onion... if im rememberin right :)

[Nimrod]

A friend in northern Vinton county found 1 dozen black morels in just one area. It was high on the hill on the North side but open to sunlight. I think the incoming cold weather will put a stop on things, but I'm no expert on mushrooms.

[chopiq]

I'm getting this second hand but did see pictures. A friends girlfriend found 26 black morels Friday near Bellfontaine. He went Sunday and didn't find any.

[Buckmaster]

talkin bout leeks its like a wild onion

That's right!

[killa gorilla]

depends on how many i got that day.I use a dehydrator and the oven.Same way I make all my Deer jerky.

[BuckSlayer]

Here are a few pics from last week...
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[Woodland]

Ramps are up. I picked two 5 gallon buckets yesterday. My wife slept on the couch last night because my breath smelled so bad. I'm going to try that again tomorrow night. :whistle:

Yep, those ramps will do that for you. I need to get to my ramp spot. I have an area at my club that the ramps are everywhere in a 4 or 5 acre area. I could pick a ton of em if I wanted to. Have you ever tried making ramp powder Buckmaster?

[bullrider_oh]

killa gorilla--- after dehy. can i vacum seal them and freeze them or what should i do with them,, and then to rehhy. what do i do... thanks for the info.... first time i ever tryed saving any was last year found around 2600 or something like that and decided to try to save some... vacum sealed them and just not long ago brought the first batch out... they were pretty darn good...

[killa gorilla]

I just dehydrate them and then v seal them.Throw them in the freezer.When I open them again I soke them in water till their moist again and walla,fresh.On anoyher post someone said they soke them in milk and its better then water.Personaly I dont want to waste the milk lol.I used to just freeze them but they come out kinda soggy.They are nice and crispy if you dry them.Cant wait for them to start poppin up around here.

[BuckSlayer]

208 blacks for me today

[ltownhunter]

buckslayer ur findin them already??

[coonskinner]

i usually find them during turk season...neat forum...:D

[DEERTURKEYGIRL]

We don't usually dehydrate ours, just put them in a brown paper sack and fold the top over and they last years in the refrigerator, when you rehydrate them, just soak them in water and don't throw away the broth they were soaking in, strain it through a coffee filter or cheesecloth and make gravy or soup. check out the site teammorel.com I think you can find some neat things on there.

[Wildman18]

Here is the how that I was told to freeze them. Soak them of coarse, pat drie them dip them in egg or not. Then flour them individually set them on cookie trays and freeze them. Once frozen bag them or vacum pack them. Oh yea ad some four to the bag first. They should stay good for a while. I have never found enough to try it, they get eaten to quick.

[hntwhitetail]

Ne more reports/??

[BuckSlayer]

Blacks are dried up pretty much, yellows, whites, and greys are up pretty good...get in the woods!!

[benehunter]

Hey guys, anybody knows what's the mushroom report in the noble county or nearby area?