Turks & Morels, Post em up
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From: Charlie Rehor
05-May-16
Fun to do before the bear hunt!
Morning chores:)
From: Charlie Rehor
05-May-16
Afternoon chores:)
From: HUNT MAN
05-May-16
Great photo. Congrats on the fine table fare. Hunt
From: Dennis Razza
05-May-16
Looks like you'll be eating good!
From: brianhood
05-May-16
Nice
From: Hawkeye
05-May-16
Congrats Charlie! Here you go.
From: Hawkeye
05-May-16
From: Charlie Rehor
06-May-16
Hawkeye: Fantastic pics! C
From: Charlie Rehor
13-May-16
Biggest in years!
From: Charlie Rehor
13-May-16
Beautiful!
From: Charlie Rehor
13-May-16
Tagged out:)
From: midwest
13-May-16
Those are some big ones, Charlie!
From: otcWill
13-May-16
Good luck on the bear hunt buddy!
From: otcWill
13-May-16
From: Hawkeye
13-May-16
Good stuff guys! Tough year here in Iowa for morels, at least for me:) Got this pick few days ago though.
From: lewis
13-May-16
Morels in Mo. and Tn. were hard to come by this yr.at least for us nice pics. Lewis
From: Mad_Angler
13-May-16
Sorry. No turks. This season has been rough for me. I've been out A LOT. But only have 1 turkey to show for it.
I did finally find some morels this morning though...
From: Paul@thefort
13-May-16
out of the woods and into the pan
From: Paul@thefort
13-May-16
and onto the plate
From: Paul@thefort
13-May-16
Yesterday morning, the bonus.
From: Hawkeye
13-May-16
Good stuff Paul and Mad Angler :)
From: willliamtell
13-May-16
You dogs! I am so jealous. Recently spent 3 days in a burn in CA (where you sometimes find them) - nada, zipperoony, bupkus, zilch. Not much in the way of critters either, although I found a bear print near a water hole that was 6 inches wide and 9 long - seemed big to me.
From: t-roy
13-May-16
Turks--1 me--0 this year so far!
I've only had 1 chance to go so far this spring. Had a bird on the next ridge over gobbling for 2 hrs straight back at me but he wouldn't come in & from where I was at, I knew he would bust me if I tried to move in on him so I quit & went and worked on food plots the rest of the day!
Found a hat full the 1 time I went, but the wife & a couple of her girlfriends have cleaned up on em this year! They have probably found 20-25lbs of them this year.
From: lewis
13-May-16
Paul you the man congrats hope to meet you one day Lewis
From: WV Mountaineer
13-May-16
Paul, you did awesome. Congrats and God Bless
From: IowaHawkeye
13-May-16
From: IowaHawkeye
13-May-16
From: nowheels
13-May-16
So far, I have struck out in both this year. I still have 2 days left for turkeys, but here in Ga the morels are loooong gone! I'm on the very southern edge of their range and they normally show up in early-mid March, but we had a very mild and dry late winter, and I never could find any. I envy you guys farther north that really rake them in every year.
Hopefully I'll manage to find a stupid/lovesick/uneducated tom on one of these last two mornings. I've either killed or called in 5 different gobblers in the last 2 days of the season over the last 4 years, so I'm not giving up yet, but the chances are looking pretty slim right now!
Congrats to those who have connected on both the birds and the fungi!
From: Bowfreak
13-May-16
From: Charlie Rehor
13-May-16
Fantastic pics guys! The purity of fresh turkey, fresh morels and welcoming a new spring is truly a blessing. THANKS!!
From: wkochevar
14-May-16
These pics were within about 100 yards of each other
From: wkochevar
14-May-16
Shroomers...
From: Charlie Rehor
16-May-16
Bears are next on the Spring list!
From: Mad_Angler
16-May-16
Here's mine...
(sorry, turk was with a shotgun)
From: nchunter
17-May-16
Makes you wonder who looked at a morel or an oyster first and thought "shoot, I'm gunna eat it".
From: trapperwilliams
17-May-16
From: trapperwilliams
17-May-16
From: t-roy
17-May-16
What state did you BAG those beauties in, Charlie? Looks like a couple of nontypical in there! Is that the new Sitka shroom pattern for this year??
From: Greg Kush
17-May-16
Greg Kush's Link
Click the embedded link and check out the HUGE morel found in Iowa. It is a monster!
From: t-roy
17-May-16
I'd say she's hooked!!
From: longbeard
18-May-16
Charlie are those Morels in the North East? I've been looking and so far haven't found any
From: Charlie Rehor
18-May-16
My morels are from New York State near the border of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
We actually had to expel some Morel poachers from our property this year. Bernie voters no doubt:)
From: t-roy
26-Apr-17
2017 edition.
Probably won't have as big of a problem with the Bernie shroom poaching crowd this year Charlie. I think they're all out in Berkley listening to Ann Coulter ;>}
From: kellyharris
26-Apr-17
No birds but we found 30 morels 2 weeks ago several pheasant backs and 1 shed.
From: t-roy
26-Apr-17
Kelly..... are the pheasant backs good eating? My wife found a huge one yesterday, but nobody I know has ever tried one.
From: Greg Kush
26-Apr-17
I have brought home a total of about 9 or 10 pounds of morels so far this spring. The photo shows last Thursday's take of 5.5 pounds.
From: Jeff Durnell
28-Apr-17
Pheasantbacks are good if they're young. I've been finding them by the dozens. Ate some, froze some, and dehydrated some.
I've only found a handful of morels so far.
From: buzz mc
28-Apr-17
No turkeys for me either this year. Hopefully I can change that in the next couple of weeks.
From: Charlie Rehor
28-Apr-17
buzz mc: False Morel?
From: buzz mc
28-Apr-17
"buzz mc: False Morel?"
Real one. I find alot of black capped ones early in the year at higher elevations here in East TN.
From: Hawkeye
28-Apr-17
From: Hawkeye
28-Apr-17
From: Charlie Rehor
28-Apr-17
My Morels are usually gettable around 5/8 so we'll see how it goes. Great pics as always Hawkeye!!!
From: Hawkeye
28-Apr-17
Thanks Charlie and good luck!
From: midwest
28-Apr-17
DIY, public land....lol.
From: bud
28-Apr-17
Still looking for a turkey.
From: t-roy
28-Apr-17
DIY, Public land!!! Good one Nick! ;>}
Spot n stalk or baited??!!
From: Hawkeye
28-Apr-17
Very nice Nick :)!
From: midwest
28-Apr-17
There's not much competition on the public ground when it's in the 30's, wind is howling, and spitting sleet/snow. lol
From: stick n string
28-Apr-17
Turkey comes in tomorrow here in PA. Hopefully find some more of these too....
From: Charlie Rehor
28-Apr-17
bud: Why do you have them in water? Curious?
From: t-roy
28-Apr-17
Charlie.....we split ours in half lengthwise and soak them in salt water to help get rid of any bugs that have crawled into or onto them.
From: midwest
28-Apr-17
Troy, the hot oil kills them. ;-)
From: t-roy
30-Apr-17
Nick....I cook em in butter, so I didn't want to chance it!
From: Jeff Durnell
30-Apr-17
Found 50-some morels after work Friday in western Pa. Most were too old to eat, but still a successful hunt.
From: lewis
30-Apr-17
Old guy strikes again
From: bud
30-Apr-17
Quick rinse off to clean off dirt and bugs. Don't leave in there. I use salt water like t-Roy. Fry in butter.
From: Charlie Rehor
01-May-17
Ok, got it. I cut them in half lengthwise then observe if there's bugs or not.
Ever seen a Turkey put this much on a scale?
From: willliamtell
01-May-17
Traper and t-roy win prizes for having shrooming kids. I am seriously jealous all the way around.
From: t-roy
01-May-17
Almost Charlie. I shot one in 1979 in Iowa that weighed 27.25lbs. They opened up turkey season in iowa for the first time in our area in the late 70s. Used to have to put into the draw to try and get a tag. That bird was the second biggest bird registered in the state that year.
I think that they've killed a lot of birds well over 30+ lbs since.
From: Jeff Durnell
04-May-17
Found 119 morels yesterday after work.
From: GannettRidge
04-May-17
KS 2017
From: midwest
04-May-17
Holy moly, Jeff D! Going to mount it?
From: wkochevar
07-May-17
A guys needs a little green with his gold....and his bronze and red and blue and white and.....well you know! Great weekend on the high plateau!!
From: Charlie Rehor
19-May-17
2017 version! Great year for big golden ones
From: kstout
23-May-17
Here they are.
