2023 INDIANA MORELS CHANTERELLES and all other FUNGI CONVERSATIONS also TREE IDENTIFICATION and UPDATES post here !!

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wade

Discussion Starter · 5 mo ago

Welcome Everyone to Our 2023 Morel Season..
Wade here! 🤠
I'm Ready Ready Ready to Go Man Go..
And I know Yall are also just as Anxious..
🐶🐸🐰🐦🐝🦋🐢🐍🦃🐕🐿🍄🌦🌎🌿
Yep all kinds of Creatures, Fun and Fungi
Out there, We will Gently☯ Peacefully☮ and ❤ Lovingly ❤ Join in with them for the Beautiful Awesome and Amazing Event of Spring. 🌞✨🌦⛄☔🇺🇲💫🌎🌷🍄🌱
And as we Enjoy Every Moment, We are also gonna be finding Our Morels 🍄🌦🍄🍄🍄🍄🌦🍄🍄🍄🍄🌦🍄🍄🍄🍄
🤠 This Will Be My 57th Season of Hunting the Same Areas that My Dad first Carried Me into..when I was only 2 yrs old in 1965
I'm Not Studied up on all the New Sience that is Available in Our Age of Online..
I Just "Love the Hunt" and I Still Find Morels Almost every time I go, sometimes a few Sometimes a lot.. it is very Exciting to find a bunch like 50, 100 or 300..
But I believe we will all agree 👍🏻 💯
It's the "Love of the Hunt" and just being in the woods is Always Our Heart ❤
🤠 I hope this year as we all find Our way on down the trail together on Here..
That we will make time to take some Pictures of Cool, interesting things we see along the Way,
Maybe like a beautiful sunrise as you begin your hunt in the morning.. then pics of Morels Growing...
and when you find yourself looking face to face with a perfect Example for a 🌳 Tree Identification 🌳 please take some pictures and share them with All of us...
🌲 and just as well if you find a Tree you are Not Sure of ..share some good pics of it and we can All help to identify what it is.🌲
🍄 Also when Our Morels are done, STAY IN THE WOODS..We will Continue finding Many Other types of Edible Fungi 🍄 all Summer and Fall into Winter ....
Ok ❤ Thank You Everyone 😊
Let's get on down thru the Woods together and check in here often as You Can..
See ya soon
from Wade 🤠
Love the Hunt

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guff76

· #33 · 4 mo ago

Happy 23" everyone. Hopefully everyone's year is starting off good.
Been thinking of shrooms ever since deer 🦌 season was over. Can't wait to be in the woods again. Even though it's still a ways away yet it'll be here before we know it and we will be getting are mushroom fix once again.
May the good journeys be plentyfull n enjoyable!

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guff76

· #45 · 4 mo ago

jashroomer said:
You will have join our 42nd annual Squirrelfest this year here in Indy, always the first full weekend after opening day, 8/15.

Still hoping the weather changes and we get some ice fishing before March. Of course 6 more weeks to chase rabbits with the boys, just few things to pass the time til mushroom season.

Where is the squirrel fest located at? Would like to check into that

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guff76

· #77 · 4 mo ago

celticcurl said:
Robin, are those daffodils in your yard? No signs of flowers up here. We just tapped the other day. Going to boil tomorrow or Sunday. I heard some sandhill cranes yesterday while I was dumping sap bags.

Heard some sandhill cranes today myself. Seems a lil early for them to be flying north? Was thinking I've heard them more towards the end of February, first of March. Really need to write these things down lol

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guff76

· #163 · 3 mo ago

wade said:
Howdy @guff76 ...
You bout Ready, how's it looking up your way

Yup bout ready just waiting for that right moment n day. Been raining all day n about 7 turned to snow n got alot colder out. Seems like Fridays are the days it turns cold n crappy out.

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guff76

· #168 · 3 mo ago

jim_t57 said:
Here's one not so gloomy. Fun to bring back memories of past good fortune and dreams of the season to come. these guys were in central lowa a couple years ago. Must have been exciting from start to finish! Would love to have been in on the conversation on the way home. I usually run into a hunter every year from Cloverdale who heads to Iowa just as our season is winding down. Must be great!

Remember watching that when it came out, was a epic find, one that people dream of lol

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guff76

· #226 · 3 mo ago

Kokomorel said:
I plea the 5th lol. Conditions are looking good for a maybe early season. Time will tell. Good Luck Shroomin

Think if it is not much earlier, since it's back to winter n everything looks to be going bout same weather wise. It's going to be the nightime temps that get us

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guff76

· #231 · 3 mo ago

celticcurl said:
Hey Guff! Are we all going shroomin with Wade this year?

Sure do hope so! Always good times when we do. Plus need your eyes cause you sure can find them! Am going to be putting in for time off at the workplace today.

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guff76

· #275 · 2 mo ago

sb said:
Hey Wade,

Remember last year when you were writing about a Monumental once in a lifetime Morel Shroom Year and asking if anyone remembered such an event from decades ago?

Well, something like that appears to be going on in California right now.

To quote the article: "Experts are calling it a once-in-a-generation shroom boom ." and the article title: Shroom Boom, the Hunt is On as California Rains Fuel a Mushroom Explosion"
Click here to see article: Once in a generation Shroom Boom

Great Spring to everyone!!! 😎

That is an interesting article. Am betting that the California people are just happy to be out n be able to find any type of shrooms since it has been dry for many years

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guff76

· #296 · 2 mo ago

Kokomorel said:
I’m liking the looks of this weather View attachment 44949

Definitely be nice if have an actual spring for once, been awhile since we have.

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guff76

· #509 · 2 mo ago

Mtmike79 said:
View attachment 45235 fresh blacks wells county going to be good season

Thats good news @Mtmike79 just a county over from me. It's finally starting up on the northern part of state.

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guff76

· #531 · 2 mo ago

Damn it's getting close, the excitement is starting to really get in the air up here in northern Indiana Yankee land. Ready to be out in the woods

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guff76

· #547 · 2 mo ago

Mtmike79 said:
What county you hunt

Grant county, both resivoirs, mainly mississenewa but occasionally salamonie, one day want to make it to JE Roush resivoir as have never gone to it. Like to try fishing it also...Have never heard of anyone fish it so have never heard any reports of it

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guff76

· #548 · 2 mo ago

Kokomorel said:
Next week’s forecast?? Looks like heating up to fast it sure would be nice to have a spring for once View attachment 45297

Well shit was looking like was going to have a spring, but not after seeing that. Fingers crossed that them damn meteorologists are wrong like they normally are!!

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guff76

· #576 · 2 mo ago

Jtr said:
It will always be “Deer Creek!”…

2nd that, always be Deer Creek, don't how many years that was its name. The names they call it today feel like should be in a different country

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guff76

· #577 · 2 mo ago

wade said:
Yes, Like, let's Stop at the Station and grab us a Coke to drink🥤.........
Then...Peruvian Flake always comes to Mind❄

Yea back in the day stopping at a gas station was the MapQuest, now you if had to stop they just get ya lost more than already are

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guff76

· #610 · 2 mo ago

golddustshroomin said:
Is anyone concerned that the high 70s next week and no rain is gonna kill the morels off?? I haven’t been out yet but hope to be hunting tomorrow and this weekend here in northwest Indiana. It’s about 2 weeks earlier than usual to be hunting but with the recent rain and warmth they should be popping… I know when it gets around 80 for 3 consecutive days the morels die off. So thoughts anyone on how this season will be of next week is so hot and dry?

Well hopefully the woods have enough moisture to sustain those temps till the next rain, plus gotta remember the weather changes every other hour

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guff76

· #653 · 2 mo ago

TheHopefulMorel said:
My 4 year old daughter just recently moved to northwest indiana and she has been BEGGING me to find some. We’ve been trying at some local parks etc but no luck💔 Does anyone have ANY spotsthey would mind pointing us toward? Im even willing to pay!! We can exchange numbers or whatever but ive never seen a 4 year old be able to stay focused for HOURS, come up empty handed, and still beg me to go out the next morning 🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

It's awesome she is so eager to want to go n find some, my kid the same way n he is 10. When they finally do find the expression on face is just awesome n you won't forget it either.

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guff76

· #661 · 2 mo ago

Jtr said:
Still a week or two out up here… so I decided to work on some walking sticks this weekend… Last fall I collected some hemp stalks from the feral ww2 hemp fields around here, figured after curing in molds in the basement for the winter they would dry out and stay straight… Also they are really lite and strong…I cut the roots off, sanded them down, and lacquered them up… After a couple more coats they will be ready for when they start popping up here… Happy Hunting!!! View attachment 45509 View attachment 45510 View attachment 45511 View attachment 45512 View attachment 45517 View attachment 45518 View attachment 45519

What their is fields of that leftover from the 40's n they watch over them?

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guff76

· #662 · 2 mo ago (Edited)

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Well me n the kid went out for a scout this afternoon, but came out empty handed. It is close though , believe are nighttime temps might be the cause. Ground temps ranged.

Military camouflage Plant Hunting Wood People in nature

Wood Terrestrial plant Groundcover Plant Grass

Plant Leaf Terrestrial plant Groundcover Grass

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guff76

· #668 · 2 mo ago

Jtr said:
There is literally thousands of acres of ww2 and industrial hemp remains in northern indiana… No one cares about industrial hemp…The Indiana dunes national park has hundreds of acres in it, a whole valley with a new bike trail going right through it… The park service is installing signs explaining what it is because they can’t get rid of it… They have tried everything thing for the past 40+ years to get rid of it but everything has failed… Kinda funny actually… The walking sticks weigh half a pound and are stronger than I will need, very impressed So far…

Wow that's wild, had no idea. Always learn something new on this site

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