FINALLY found a few....

[papa]

Me and Eddie went for a walk behind the house and I finally found some mushrooms (15) I was only out for about an hour, headed back for the house because I was worried about crushing them in my backpack which was full to begin with. It's a wonder they made it home without busting up too much. I know what i'm having with dinner tonight. I'll probably head back out for a while, and I'm not going to forget my onion sack and a kid to carry them. It's been a pretty good day!

[jdneill]

Papa...did you find them today? We had rain move through this past weekend and i found a couple lil ones saturday but figured any day they should be up.

[papa]

yeah I found them this afternoon, just got back in from looking for more didn't find any though i got sidetracked started finding something else. Yeah they were slow to come up this year we had a little rain too over weekend musta helped.

[blueovalfever]

beautiful little things arent they....looks like u found as many in one shot as i did the whole year so far....mushroom gods are frowning on me this year....last year the first patch of the year was almost 200....this year i found 8 one day and another 9 a few days later....

[papa]

I was having a rough go at it as well this year, I'd only found 1 prior to today. I think I'll go out tomarrow.

[wiseshanks]

Oh man! Mushrooms! I haven't hunted mushrooms in a long time. Those are big too

[ghost recon]

Nice merkle insitus papa. Morel season started late here in Va. this year. I've found a couple hundred on my last three hunts.

[papa]

Thanks ghost, me and eddie went out again today we didn't find anymore morels but I found these huge Dryads saddles. I ate those morels last night, sauted them in butter but I think I like them better cooked in oil. Yeah they came in late slow and few and far between for some around here but i heard of a few folks finding a couple bags full. There is a morel hunting contest around here on may 2nd don't know the details just skimmed the flyer hanging on the door at a convienience store. Couple hundred on 3 hunts is pretty darn good I'd be selling them lol. I heard they were going for 30 a lb but that was from a pretty unreliable source lol. Good luck if you go out to look for more.

[ghost recon]

Are those saddles any good? I've got a log full of those out back, I never knew what they were. I'm seeing alot of 50 - 60 $ per pound for morels on the internet lately, looks like the price has gone up. I know a 4 star restaurant around here that pays 70 for fresh morels. I saw your bundle of ramps in another thread, nice haul. The price on ramps has gone up too, they're in high demand because of their vitamin content and medicinal value. I know a guy in WV who ships them online and can never fill all the orders because the demand is so high. Here's his site.

Wild West Virginia Ramps For Sale! » The WVb