Central PA Season

Found 70 in a flush last year and so far this year I've been back 4 times to the same spot with zero morels. The ones I've been finding, which so far the year has only totalled ten, have been scattered and/or the majority found around two young Elm trees. Not a great year for me so far with the amount of ground I've covered and time I've spent in the woods. Hoping things improve this weekend but with temps in the 80's I'm concerned. BTW-We hit that flush last year on May 8. So I'm still hopeful we'll find some producing patches. Good luck!

 

Another good night, this rain had em coming up!

 

Here in Juanita Co I have zero! Was out on Wen but I think it was still too cold

 

Yesterday

 

Yesterday in center county I also found a mixture of small black and all sizes of grey and blondes. All together around 75

 

You managed to find chantarelles this early??

 

I too found one just starting in Lancaster last week. Surprised me too!

 

We start watching for them based on what we see going on at our house. Star magnolia tree getting ready to bloom, asparagus starts peaking through and first creeping Flox blossom. Our first find this year was April 16th. 2016 first find was apr 30th. Season was pretty much over where we pick by the end of the month. Some years it has been May. This year was the earliest first find since we started tracking the date. We hunt in Centre County. We hunt in meadows first, then south side of mountains then north side. It seems to be a ground temp thing and that's the order that things warm up. We don't have a north mountain side location yet though so that theory is still just that. A theory.

 

First time poster, long time lurker, and very much novice hunter. I found 4 what I believe to be half free morels and wanted to confirm they're safe. Can you confirm?

 

Yep, half frees

 

Thanks for the guidance!

 

I found 8 more half frees yesterday. Some nicer one's too