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DARK30 Grand Master

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I think it was the weekend after stream trout opener last year that I found the first few. We had some bad weather last spring too.

Be careful about taking pics of your shrooms on the fron page of the Trib on Sunday! lol !!

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I had a bad year and didn't find many last year. The woods I have easiest access to are not good morel woods. Great for chickens and hens, but not for chants, morels, hedgehogs, porcini, or lobsters. frown

With a bit back-o'-the-napkin math: if I made it out four times a week last year on average (probably about right), and each time did three miles (a low estimate), I walked about 50 miles per month and, for roughly five months (mid-May through mid-September), put on about 250 miles in pursuit of mushrooms around home. Granted that a lot of that mileage was over the same ground at different times of year, but I do the majority of my walking off trail.

In all those miles near home, I found two tiny chants, zero lobsters, one hedgehog, no porcini, and zero morels. Head down by Rochester or up to the Arrowhead, and you can't walk 50 feet into the woods or down a portage trail without stepping on a chant or a lobster. I actually found my first porcini of the year under a portage pack that I tiredly dropped at the end of a portage trail in the BWCA. Or, I zip out with my buddy near Hastings for some morels, and he literally brings a five gallon bucket because he won't be able to carry them otherwise. Life ain't fair. smile

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I'd never heard of a morel until last year from some guys at work who hunted for them. My brother and I did some searching of our own and found a tailgate full and cannot wait to do some more this year. I looked at the date of the picture from last year and it was June 3. I'd have to imagine that was getting towards the end (all found near rosemount mn).

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I'd never heard of a morel until last year from some guys at work who hunted for them. My brother and I did some searching of our own and found a tailgate full and cannot wait to do some more this year. I looked at the date of the picture from last year and it was June 3. I'd have to imagine that was getting towards the end (all found near rosemount mn).

Rosemount. Got-it thanks! wink

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Rosemount. Got-it thanks! wink [/quote

Haha all on my grandpa's farm' date=' he wouldn't sell out on me grin . [/quote']

I was going to say. Shroom spots are harder to find then fishing spots. So I wanted to thank you! grin

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I know it's probably a slim chance of finding any tomorrow along the MN/IA border, but i'm going out for going out's sake.

Would it make you feel better to know that I went out today "looking for morels" even though I knew I wouldn't find any? smile

I'm "only" 200 miles north of the MN/IA border.

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I completely get it. I'm also hoping to maybe find an antler as well. If nothing else, it'll give me a chance to get my eyes on a bunch of new territory for when the right time hits.

Just gotta get outta the house and do something, maybe even get a little sun burn.

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I was thinking more like 3 weeks for the Twin Cities. Two weeks might still be too early, but it doesn't hurt to start watching your spots. Last year I found some late and was really bummed to see a bunch of huge yellows laying flat/past prime. I'll be ready this year!

Looks like it will be cool/rainy for the next week or so. We'll need a good warm up after that and then it should get more interesting.

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