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Ohio Morel Reports 2020

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Good Luck! Southern Ohio is starting to get some action. Hoping to see some great flushes and big hauls from everyone this year!
 
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Ohio at East Fork State Park and Miami Meddows but nothing yet. Walked around 13 miles on the Loveland Bike Trail an scoured the River bottoms an haven't found anything.. We are getting ready to go to Miami Whitewater Park here in a hr or so.. I'll definitely give a update when I get home
 
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Hello all!

New here and somewhat new to foraging. Anyone have any good areas near Columbus? I have tried a few places over the past two years and have never found the Morels I am looking for, found Ramps at Slate Run but thats about it. Any help knowing where I am allowed to forage and where might be good places to try would be helpful for a newby.

Thanks!
 
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Delaware state wildlife area would be a good bet, but its probably a bit early for there. The Great Morel web sit has a progession map that would help you to know when they are finding them in the area. Good luck this year. Keep hunting hard and you'll find what you're looking for.
 
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Leaf Text Soil Botany Tree
Tree Forest Woodland Natural environment Northern hardwood forest
Leaf Adaptation Plant Soil Organism
Tree Trunk shellbark hickory Soil Leaf
Hand Plant Bud Flower Arum family
17 blacks I picked and I buried dozen more to pick later on April 1st northern Ohio. First woods picture is of area blacks were picked. Went to southern Ohio Shawnee state forest down by Portsmouth for the first time yesterday and could only find one small 2-3” yellow. Tulip trees are just starting to pop there buds so should be good down there in 7 days I figure. Plus ALOT of locals were out hunting too. Found a nice deer shed and a box turtle emerging from soil which is good ground temp sign. Going to be out today checking on the dozen I left in woods here up north close to home and hopefully more have sprouted. Good luck everyone
 
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View attachment 26912 View attachment 26914 View attachment 26916 View attachment 26918 View attachment 26920 View attachment 26922 17 blacks I picked and I buried dozen more to pick later on April 1st northern Ohio. First woods picture is of area blacks were picked. Went to southern Ohio Shawnee state forest down by Portsmouth for the first time yesterday and could only find one small 2-3” yellow. Tulip trees are just starting to pop there buds so should be good down there in 7 days I figure. Plus ALOT of locals were out hunting too. Found a nice deer shed and a box turtle emerging from soil which is good ground temp sign. Going to be out today checking on the dozen I left in woods here up north close to home and hopefully more have sprouted. Good luck everyone
Nice. I can hear them sizzling now. Been having to get my fill from the store. Baby Bellas. Have only found about a dozen blacks in 25 years of hunting northern Ohio, and that was during the big yellow season. They were huge like the yellows.
 
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Hi Wade. I'm new to the site. Great place for info and idea sharing. I'm heading down south next weekend 10th-12th. Taking about a 3 hour trip to a friends property. I'm in Stark county. Still about 2 weeks away from blacks and grays,3 weeks from the yellows. So I'm hoping for some blacks and grays down there. If I find some shrooms I'll post them. Happy shroomin.
 
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Might I ask what your ground temps are? Had a beautiful day here in NE Ohio today. Mid-60's and cut grass for the first time! One of the earliest times I can ever remember doing it, but it was necessary. Took a soil temp reading mid-afternoon and it was 48*! Still a little short of what I look for for yellows. No dandelions yet. I've also gone out looking for blacks early for a couple of years now determined to find one, but never have! I don't know if we have the trees for them up here, so I'm interested in that also.

Any help out there?
 
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Soil Plant Adaptation Compost


I got to see the first morels of 2020 for me in Allen County today. Not exactly what I had in mind. I went out to check a couple of my real early spots but sadly I think those have played out. Walking back to the car there was a elm that grabbed my attention. I saw that Morel from about 10 feet away and was stunned. Looking forward to seeing what this tree does.
 
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View attachment 26912 View attachment 26914 View attachment 26916 View attachment 26918 View attachment 26920 View attachment 26922 17 blacks I picked and I buried dozen more to pick later on April 1st northern Ohio. First woods picture is of area blacks were picked. Went to southern Ohio Shawnee state forest down by Portsmouth for the first time yesterday and could only find one small 2-3” yellow. Tulip trees are just starting to pop there buds so should be good down there in 7 days I figure. Plus ALOT of locals were out hunting too. Found a nice deer shed and a box turtle emerging from soil which is good ground temp sign. Going to be out today checking on the dozen I left in woods here up north close to home and hopefully more have sprouted. Good luck everyone
Good post, thanks for your input and effort. BUT..you need to give locations. Not specifically. Just north Cleveland or south Cincinnati.
Then your post will be more helpful to others as to where and when to look to start looking. Great pictures you posted by the way.
Just my fyi . Good hunting..
 
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Plant Plant pathology Hand Finger Flower
Grass Soil Groundcover Plant Leaf
Soil Plant Leaf Organism Grass
Leaf Plant Soil Organism Adaptation
Soil Grass Plant Groundcover Leaf
Mushroom Edible mushroom Fungus Tree Beige
Good post, thanks for your input and effort. BUT..you need to give locations. Not specifically. Just north Cleveland or south Cincinnati.
Then your post will be more helpful to others as to where and when to look to start looking. Great pictures you posted by the way.
Just my fyi . Good hunting..
.....not giving any kind of location. My old man would’ve told yall Ohio lol. Northern Ohio 15 mins from lake on public ground is all your gonna get. I already described the trees and showed pictures of the greenery to show what areas to look for. Should I come pick the mushrooms for you too? Look I’m not trying to be a jerk here but really I work hard and hunt hard for the spots I have and constantly get spots overrun with new folks and have to search deeper. I hunt 95% public ground. Go find em like I do. You can’t find them wondering when some guy is gonna post his location of where he gets his mushrooms from. That’s like going to the river during walleye run seeing people catch fish and then going azz to elbows with them hounding a spot they were at....anyways found two more pickers quick this morning and a couple babies so covered them up and got out of there to let them grow few days. It was pouring sleeting almost small hail and about 40 degrees so it was pleasant haha.
 
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And truly if you want my general location so you can go hunt the woods in those counties I’ve give many indicators from receipts with city names to how far from lake etc. beyond that I’ve said I hunt public ground. So if you just happened to put a little walking in at various state areas based off my past post you could probably figure it out.....don’t expect everyone else to go out do the scouting and early searching just to come tell me I NEED to provide location LMAO. I’ve had to many spots ran down to nothing looking like a herd of elephants went thru the place. Was born at night but it wasn’t last night. Sorry
 
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Very good points you make gutterman. I am from northern Seneca and hunt the same general area but my son and I were thinking about heading way south this weekend to hunt. In your opinion would staying around home be advisable. We were thi king it was too early here.
 
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