Morel story

[hunter7711]

They've been taking about Morels over on the MS board so I thought I would post the here also.
In the early 90's we heard rreports that they were finding Morel's buy the truck load at Yellowstone Park. This was the year after the big fires. We made a couple of phone calls, and confirmed the story. Myself and my buddy laid off work and headed West. We drove all night and got to Yellowstone about 7 in the morning.
Drove into where the fires were, and there were dozens of reefer trucks lined up, and the hills were alive with Orientals with baskets picking mushrooms. They were picking them, selling them to the guys in the trucks, and they were driving them to Denver, were there was a buyer. He was then putting them on a plane and there were on there way overseas. There was an article in the Denver paper that he was selling them for over $100 a pound.
Anyway we got our potato sacks out and started picking, (it was just picking, no lookin). They were in clumps the size of basketballs. Same size mushrooms as the ones here, but just huge clumps. There were clumps of mushrooms as far as you could see, and on every hill that the fire had touched. It took us 6 hours to completely FILL the back of a Jeep Cherokee. We ruined a lot of them because they got squashed from the weight. I've been tring to find the pictures, but I think my ex wife must have them. It was a trip I'll never forget.

[beagle man]

good story, I found 23 last year, had a big fire here 2 years ago and another one last week, I hope to find more this year

[crappiedoc]

Gnomes they were, many as the eye could see. Almost impossible till ya stumble into one. Know some guys that could find em in a parking lot. Me, my first year we found them crappie fishing a creek, and they were everywhere in a lowland area. 21 grocery bags got 2 guys $300 each, found them everywhere that year. Pretty hit and miss most years for me.

[hunter7711]

It is for me also. I have a few honey holes in the MO river bluffs, but I'm getting too old to climb those hills anymore.

[mduncan62]

good story, i found 23 last year, had a big fire here 2 years ago and another one last week, i hope to find more this year

lol.

[gnrboyd]

So what's the "morel" of this story?

[bugman]

Good story Hunter,that must have been a sight to behold.

[BarryG]

beagle, are you going to start another fire this year too?

[beagle man]

yes I am barry, dont have to worry about burning out the neighbor this year, got lots done last year hope to finish this year. got lots of elm trees on the ground from the ice storm. wonder if they will produce been long enough I think. love me some morels and fish dinner.

[BarryG]

I have NEVER had a morel! I have found a few but I've never had the pleasure of eating any. Maybe one of these days.