Gavin Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Finding any in Missouri yet? There have been reports in N. Arkansas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awhuber Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 checked one of my honey holes yesterday. Nothing yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Spencer Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Neighbor found 2 the day before yesterday, planning on looking some today. "The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it." –Abraham Lincoln Tales of an Ozark Campground Proprietor Dead Drift Fly Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I heard a third-hand story of some being found around Truman Lake. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brother dave Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 None yet for us around foley I shop at the outdoor grocery store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 None here in the Lou.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rps Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 So here is how it works. Invite me. Teach me the kinds of areas, the trends, the look fors. I fix you and yours the ones you collect while I am with you. I learn and hunt on my own next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members P_L Posted March 16, 2012 Members Share Posted March 16, 2012 Nothing in Illinois yet either. Headed to sullivan next weekend for the 1st camping trip of the year, ill report back if I hear of anyone finding any or find any myself. “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” -Warren Buffett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmidwest Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Went out Tuesday and did not see any. Things are looking good though, "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Watcher Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 So here is how it works. Invite me. Teach me the kinds of areas, the trends, the look fors. I fix you and yours the ones you collect while I am with you. I learn and hunt on my own next year. I find about 500-800 a year. I'll share with you what the guy who taught me shared with me. Now, this is just what works for me. There are many other successful mushroom hunters that have many other proven patterns, but this is what works for me. With this pattern, I can drive down a dirt road and with about 50% certainty, I can spot areas that will have morels. I find them around Sycamores. Not just any Sycamore, they have to be "upland" sycamore trees. What I mean by that is, they can't be growing down in the creek or along the creek bank. You will find these in a few different types of places: Dry washes that come down a hillside, the shoulder of dirt roads, sometimes you will find them just scattered on a hillside, but the number one spot I look for is the edge of a cleared area - even better if the cleared area is on a ridge top. When a landowner comes in and pushes all the timber off the top of ridge maybe for pasture, a golf course, or any other type of development, they often push the timber and soil up in mounds around the edge of the clearing. Sycamores will be some of the first trees to take root in these old dozer piles. After about 10-20 years, the dozer piles will slowly decompose and what will be left is a ring of dirt mounds around the edge, maybe some with rotted stumps sticking out, and large sycamore trees growing out of them. You can often see this while driving down the road, especially this time of year when the trees don't yet have all their foliage. The white limbs of the sycamores stick out like a sore thumb. If you are driving around looking for a spot and you see a pasture ringed by white sycamore trees, 10 to 1 odds they are growing out of the old dozer piles that were left when it was cleared. I find these spots and then I ask permission if it's on private ground, but I also have found spots on public ground that produce just as many. Don't be suprised if the landowner already knows about them and picks them theirself on the private ground. Simply wait until you have 3-4 days in a row that average 70 degrees between the daytime high and the nightime low and start looking. I'll be going this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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