WHY.........

[Jack]

Do we allways get MORE than enough rain during trapping season? And can't buy a drop when we really could use some?

Went mushroom hunting today and found maybe 2 dozen that we actually picked. And left a couple of dozen or so to grow. If we don't get some much needed rain and soon....It's going to be another poor season for morel hunters around here.

[TRAPnHUNT]

Hey Jack,
Its raining over here right now!

[Jack]

How much rain did you get over your way Ron? The little morels, we left to grow, weren't far from you at all! I was afraid, without a good rain, that they'd just dry up and never amount to anything. (They're not far from the north east entrance to Busse Woods.)

[TRAPnHUNT]

What we ended up getting yesterday while I answered ths post turned out to be just enough to take the dust off of the trees.

[mike692]

I haven't been out yet, but from what I'm reading online and seeing here in real life, it's going to be a poor morel season. But you never know.

[Jack]

Yup! You never know til it's over. And.... it ain't over til it's over.

We've had years when we didn't find squat in certain areas. And other years that those areas were the ONLY places we found any. A good example would be an old railroad bed that we hunt. The tracks run east to west, so one side faces south and the other side faces north. The southern side ALLWAYS produces first....IF it produces. And IF the northern side produces...it's usually at least a couple of weeks later than the southern facing side. Some years BOTH sides will produce. And some years only one side, or the other, will yield anything. Other years...NEITHER side will produce.

[TRAPnHUNT]

Jack,
Keep your eyes open along those RR tracks for wild asparagus as well! ;D

[Jack]

I've got a number of places to pick asparagus. Most are along roads and/or old fencelines.