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How much time do you spend actively looking for morels each season?

  • 15 minutes

    Votes: 1 4.8%
  • A couple hours here and there

    Votes: 4 19.0%
  • A few days

    Votes: 5 23.8%
  • Every single daylight hour of the season

    Votes: 4 19.0%
  • What? I haven't come out of the woods since last season.

    Votes: 7 33.3%

Report 2019 SE Michigan Morel Finds Here.

20K views 78 replies 20 participants last post by  billb3 
#1 · (Edited)
It's going to be a great year!

Please post your finds and experiences in SE Michigan this season here, so we can all benefit and be entertained by the journeys of others.

Good luck!
 
#8 ·
I’m calling my shot. I drove by my early spot today and I am predicting I will be picking(or at least seeing) some by next weekend. Had to talk myself out of walking in too early. Starting to get antsy. If the rain and temps forecast do what they say I think I’ll be in luck. Good luck all!! The anticipation is almost the best part...but not quite:D
 
#25 · (Edited)
Heading up today from KY to fish Lake St. Clair for a couple of days. Our season is over and it appears yours is just coming in. I’ve hunted popples in N MI for blacks before. What trees/terrain do I look for in S MI? I like how your leaf litter is usually flat due to the snow cover. Makes the blacks much easier to see compared to KY’s fluffy leaf litter.
 
#26 ·
Heading up today from KY to fish Lake St. Clair for a couple of days. Our season is over and it appears yours is just coming in. I’ve hunted popples is N MI for blacks before. What trees/terrain do I look for in S MI? I like how your leaf litter is usually flat due to the snow cover. Makes the blacks much easier to see compared to KY’s fluffy leaf litter.
Tulip poplars in south Michigan generally produce the blacks. Dead elms and apple trees produce the grays and blondes. Depending on where you’re going they’re all just getting going
 
#36 ·
those leaves in your pic look like aspen? The tree in the background looks the same. Am I wrong? Still trying o figure out the black ones.
Ya know what, maybe I’m wrong.... the bark goes from rough at the bottom few feet or so and transition to all smooth bark. Just looked it up and you are correct. It’s a Bigtooth Aspen grove.
I searched all over those trees in 2 very large areas and only found that couple dozen in one little section of one of the areas. Very odd. I really dislike hunting blacks because it’s so difficult in Oakland County.
I kill it with grays and blondes.....
 
#42 ·
Aspen will start off with smooth bark and as they age will start a very rough furrowed bark low. Ash are the same way. I have looked for the younger Ash in areas that others hunt hoping that they will not identify the younger tree. In general I have found that the smaller ones do not produce as well but once did find 20 under an Ash that was smaller than my thigh.
 
#37 ·
Well, I went back to that Aspen grove today and found about a dozen more blacks. I’ve found two very distinctly different types of blacks but I’m not sure if there are more than one species.... I’ll post pics in a few....
There were tons of people in the woods this evening.....
How’s everyone doing so far?
 
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