Happy New Year dear fellow foragers; already counting the days before the new season starts ! - which hopefully will be more bountiful than the last 2 ones. This year we have a stronger-than-average La Nina signal, which may bring hotter and drier conditions over the SW-US but near average rainfall/temps over central OK. Thou shall see -
Seen where Georgia has found some already. As for the trees I’ve had my some of my best luck around sycamores the past few years as for the Arbuckles I know of some good finds down that way got a few new spots down that way myself this year so we’ll see how they turn out
Well grizzlor that one was actually eating my chickens but I do a Lot of trappng and hunting. I make extra mone from trapping. Why do you say it looks awful, and why did you lead with your no libral?
Nice looking cat and the extra money you can make from trapping is a bonus for you and your family. And if this one was killing your chickens that is even more money/food out of your families mouth. Keep doing what you need to do. When someone leads with "I am no....enter whatever you can just about bet that they are whatever they are saying they are not.
Well, I went on my first Morel hunt yesterday. I didnt find any and didnt expect too, but in about a week I am going to start looking more seriously. Its finally March! Happy hunting!
Temps have been near average for Feb and will be slightly below average for the first half of March - which will be also drier than average. If you want to take a peak at the daily rainfall, soil temps etc for past recent years (in monthly format), the OK Mesonet created this nifty archive: http://www.mesonet.org/index.php/weather/station_monthly_summaries
2014, which was a good year, only had one major (> 1 inch) rain event in Central OK in mid-March coupled with several 0.2-0.4 inch events ~ 2 weeks before and after that (which kept the soil moist) with overall near average temps.
I won't even think about going until the 21st of March. No need to waste gas and let people see where they will be when the time actually comes. If the red buds aren't blooming I won't go till they are.
I have chickens also.. I would have to do the same in that situation. Planning a trip in the near future, will be going through Oklahoma. Are chanterelles widely distributed there? I know morel season hasn’t begun there yet but I am trying to plan ahead.... thanks
Late May, with enough rain, brings poundage of chanterelles all over the state. If you can find an oak forest, they'll be everywhere. Far easier to find than morels. (And if I may be so bold, speaking as a chef, far more delicious.) But not as much fun to hunt, simply because they're everywhere.
I went out again today for a little while. I didnt find any. I saw some bradford pears starting and elms starting to bud. I still didnt for sure see any red buds... I thought for a second I may have saw one from the highway just barely showing a hint of pink....not sure though. I still think we are a week or 2 away.
I sure do appreciate your analysis! Not many of these msg boards have a climatologist making educated predictions. Excessive warmth is definitely the killer of a good season. Last year was looking very good until that little heat spell. Almost all morels I picked last year were growing in the shadows on the north side of trees.
Hey Morchellica; Thanks ! Knowing where and when to go is a bit of a detective's work . I base my outtings on these sources: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/index.php http://weather.cod.edu/forecast/ (GFS and GEFS). For short-term forecast , the HRRR and NAM Nest.
Rainfall trends for the next 14 days still are uncertain with some members showing 1+ inches and others trace amounts. Here is your butterfly effect in action lol...
No morels yet in Arkansas either. I always check Oklahoma pages to see if any are up along the Red River hills. Last year the first morels came up March 8th in Arkansas. I think it will be another week here. My Red Bud is getting knots of buds but no blooms yet.
Hello there! A lot of talk of sycamore trees and whatnot, do you have suggestions for central Oklahoma. What types of trees to look for, ground, and different areas? Our normal spots are not producing well, also we are traveling to dallas, ft worth area , my kids love doing this, any place near there we could go to look? Any help is appreciated
Went and looked around a little this past weekend while fixing some fence but as expected didn’t see any, getting close though seen some Bradford pears in full bloom around Ada so probably 2 weeks or so till the red buds. I’ve been interested in searching for chanterelles but wasn’t never sure about timing and such wasn’t even sure we had then but I’m definitely gonna give them a try around late May and June though so thanks for that!!
I’ve also done pretty good the past few years around bois d arcs, they tend to be a brighter orange yellow but taste seems to be the same
I have never heard of morels pairing with Bois D'Arcs before! They're such an easy tree to identify, but I have always completely ignored them. Anyone else hunt these trees? Very intrigued!
Love your pic, Nate. All in a day's work! And what a great day that was from the looks of it!
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