Morels 2022.

[cg21]

I am in northwest Indiana. I try to keep up with local outdoorsmen and keep a look out in the field. But every year it seems I’m waiting for all the signs next thing I know people say they have came and gone already

So when do you guys start looking hard? I have had awful luck years past.

 

[Hoosier Carry]

Kinda of depends on the area you will be hunting. Flat open areas (fence rows, field edges, flat woods with lots of sunlight to the floor) tend to start earlier than woods that are hilly and stay wet longer. We hunt areas that are hilly and have a thick canopy and when the Redbuds are starting to bloom is generally the time for us. Temps need to be steady and warm for about a week.

 

[indyjohn]

The earliest we've ever found a morel (a grey) on our southwest central Indiana property was on April 14th of 2021. Now that is when we start looking, following the temperatures and rain.

 

[Leadeye]

Pretty cold as of yet.

 

[ancjr]

I had them on a previous property. Never found any here.

 

[stocknup]

On our property ...........I always start looking 2 weeks before Mother`s Day every year . Seems to work for me .

 

[Michigan Slim]

On our property ...........I always start looking 2 weeks before Mother`s Day every year . Seems to work for me .

Same for me. Two weeks later in Michigan.

 

[ACC]

I have never found any in Central Indiana before the beginning of April.

Used to be that KY Derby weekend (first weekend in May) was the start of morel season.

But the past few years, I have been finding them by the second/third week of April.

 

[gregr]

I`ve read that they should start showing up when overnight temps are in the 50`s and daytime temps in the low-mid 70`s. And with rain of course.

 

[WhiskE TangO]

I have never found any in Central Indiana before the beginning of April.

Used to be that KY Derby weekend (first weekend in May) was the start of morel season.

But the past few years, I have been finding them by the second/third week of April.

I have never found any in central Indiana period.....

 

[gregr]

I have never found any in central Indiana period.....

Ahhh...ok...

 

[ACC]

I know people that find them in their yards around Indy. I’ve found them in Holliday park in Indy. If you’ve never found them in central IN, you are not looking in the right place.

 

[MindfulMan]

In Owen county (at least at my hideaway), they usually start popping-up around April 20th.

 

[BigRed]

In Owen county (at least at my hideaway), they usually start popping-up around April 20th.

I do not believe you.
Where, exactly, is this hideaway?

 

[eric001]

In central (western) Indiana, we always looked for the mayapples to be up--pretty much never found any before that.

 

[WhiskE TangO]

I know people that find them in their yards around Indy. I’ve found them in Holliday park in Indy. If you’ve never found them in central IN, you are not looking in the right place.

There are a few spots, local parks I tried, but I was not able to find anything.
And to be fair..... my tree identification SUCKS. I spend my entire time looking at the ground instead of tree searching, which is my main problem. I just need to learn. I used to go all the time as a kid. Not so much as an adult (ish).

 

[ACC]

There are a few spots, local parks I tried, but I was not able to find anything.
And to be fair..... my tree identification SUCKS. I spend my entire time looking at the ground instead of tree searching, which is my main problem. I just need to learn. I used to go all the time as a kid. Not so much as an adult (ish).

I don’t know diddly about trees but I still manage to find them. I look for areas the hobbits would live in. Mayapples are a good indicator.

 

[johntheplinker]

In central (western) Indiana, we always looked for the mayapples to be up--pretty much never found any before that.

Here in the deep south that's what I've always gone by also. Redbuds been blooming for a few days already but it just hasn't been warm enough for the morels to be popping up yet.

 

[MindfulMan]

When the leaves of a redbud are the size of a mouse ear,
it's time to hunt !

(country wisdom)

 

[bwframe]

April 6, 2017...