ILL MUSHROOM HUNTING
02-16-2006, 05:56 AM
#2
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: ILL MUSHROOM HUNTING
Same time they do anywhere else . 
The temps have to hit 50-60 and you have to have the right amount of soil moisture . Here they start popping up in early to mid March . I got a kit for growing morels this year , with the right prep and a little luck I won't have to tramp all over the county for a handful .
The temps have to hit 50-60 and you have to have the right amount of soil moisture . Here they start popping up in early to mid March . I got a kit for growing morels this year , with the right prep and a little luck I won't have to tramp all over the county for a handful .
02-16-2006, 06:05 AM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southwest Ohio
Posts: 10,277
RE: ILL MUSHROOM HUNTING
Shemmy,
I'm not sure where Astoria is located. I have hunted 'shrooms in southeastern Illinois (straight east of St. Louis) and northwest Illinois (just outside the Quad-Cities). Insoutheastern Illinois, they start coming up as early as the last week of March if it is a really nice Spring. Otherwise, you are looking at early to mid April. The 'shrooms in northern Illinoistend to start poppingabout two weeks later.
I'm not sure where Astoria is located. I have hunted 'shrooms in southeastern Illinois (straight east of St. Louis) and northwest Illinois (just outside the Quad-Cities). Insoutheastern Illinois, they start coming up as early as the last week of March if it is a really nice Spring. Otherwise, you are looking at early to mid April. The 'shrooms in northern Illinoistend to start poppingabout two weeks later.
02-16-2006, 02:52 PM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Armada, Michigan
Posts: 470
RE: ILL MUSHROOM HUNTING
Im not trying to start any thing but what is the big fuss and about those mushrooms. When ever I am turkey hunting the people looking for them are all runing around like deer and scareing every thing. One year my dad was siting against a tree and had a picker come within 10 yeards of him.
02-16-2006, 03:19 PM
#7
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pearl City Illinois USA
Posts: 910
RE: ILL MUSHROOM HUNTING
Go grab some, fry them up in butter, or flour them and fry them, and you will see what the big deal is, they are AWESOME!! And you can sell them for as much as 50 bucks per pound in the right places. I usually sell mine for 25 a pound unless they are old or drying out.
02-16-2006, 07:00 PM
#9
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Southwest Ohio
Posts: 10,277
RE: ILL MUSHROOM HUNTING
Takedownfreak does make a good point. There is a dangerous overlap between mushroom and turkey season. In the past, it wasn't an issue in Richland County because there weren't turkeys, so the mushroom hunters had the woods to themselves. But it has become an issue over the last several years with the turkey stocking programs. I've got both coming on my land in April, so sometiimes I feel like getting out there in a referee outfit to moderate things.
02-16-2006, 09:17 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,704
RE: ILL MUSHROOM HUNTING
The last two years we've found out first's on April 16th and April 6th. We usually start looking around the first of April. Just depends on the temps and moisture. Also a good time to find some sheds.