Sheds

[ok 22250]

Found the first of the year today . Nothing special dink 4, but a start.

 

[makeithappen]

I usually shed hunt when searching for morels. I've seen bucks holding all the way through March before.

 

[undeg01]

I usually shed hunt when searching for morels. I've seen bucks holding all the way through March before.

Yep. I didn’t have any bucks drop until mid-March last year, and even had a buck with antlers into the first part of April. Latest I had ever seen.

 

[retrieverman]

Yesterday, I saw my first bucks on camera that had dropped horns. Like others, I generally don’t start shed hunting until morel hunting season.

 

[RickN]

Off topic, but where do you hunt for morels? I mean what areas do they grow on? I am hoping to get out and find a few this year if I can since that is the only shroom I can identify safely. Any others I buy in a store.

 

[Hoss]

I found both antlers off a nice 10 point about 5 yards apart on Saturday. Most deer in the area still have there antlers, but they are starting to drop.

 

[rickm]

I found a set of 8pts about a month ago and what surprised me the most was they were only 12 inches apart like he bedded down and lost them while he laid there.

 

[retrieverman]

Off topic, but where do you hunt for morels? I mean what areas do they grow on? I am hoping to get out and find a few this year if I can since that is the only shroom I can identify safely. Any others I buy in a store.

The only place I’ve found morels on my place is in a small cedar/elm grove on the north bank of the Salt Fork. There are other areas similar, but I’ve never found morels but in that one spot.

 

[ok 22250]

Since some of you think pics or it didn't happen it's top left.

 

[OKRuss]

The only place I’ve found morels on my place is in a small cedar/elm grove on the north bank of the Salt Fork. There are other areas similar, but I’ve never found morels but in that one spot.

Yeah, but when you find 50 lbs in that one spot, why look anywhere else?

RickN - Primarily along creek bottoms or moist/sandy soil. They only stay up about 1-2 weeks after the ground temp gets warm enough. If you do get out and IF you find any, never break the morel code and tell anyone even family! There is a 'fake' Morel so be cautious. Not sure if they're poisonous(don't think so) but they will have a SOLID stem like a crimini mushroom from the grocery store. A 'true' Morel will have a HOLLOW stem. Good luck!