Huckleberry season!

[PNWGuy]

Going to go try my hand at huckleberry picking tomorrow.

Haven't been since I was a kid, but my brother said he knows a good spot. Hopefully they are ready. Spotted some bushes a couple of weeks ago in the region, but they weren't ripe yet.

Wanted to take the Pioneer, but my dog has been left home the past couple of weekends, so I'll go on foot since he's too big and old for the Pioneer. We could both use the exercise, lol.

I'm sure some of the other Idaho and Northwest members have some insight into huckleberry picking.

Won't be in grizzly country, so no big medicine on the hip; just my trusty Glock 10mm.

The prey:

 

[vart]

Did you know that moose like blueberries?

 

[JTW]

I realized a couple months ago I have a mulberry tree by my garage.. there are a bunch of wild blueberry bushes on the top of the rock at mom and dads. They don’t get very big.. but they’re good!

 

[vart]

I realized a couple months ago I have a mulberry tree by my garage.. there are a bunch of wild blueberry bushes on the top of the rock at mom and dads. They don’t get very big.. but they’re good!

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That’s awesome!

Any moose?

 

[Mopower58]

We have tons of blueberry bushes but the snakes love them too. Thankfully no moose this far South.

 

[JTW]

That’s awesome!

Any moose?

Ky doesn’t have a lot of moose.. lol

 

[Flouncehunter]

I’m your huckleberry...

 

[Redmoon]

Going to go try my hand at huckleberry picking tomorrow.

Haven't been since I was a kid, but my brother said he knows a good spot. Hopefully they are ready. Spotted some bushes a couple of weeks ago in the region, but they weren't ripe yet.

Wanted to take the Pioneer, but my dog has been left home the past couple of weekends, so I'll go on foot since he's too big and old for the Pioneer. We could both use the exercise, lol.

I'm sure some of the other Idaho and Northwest members have some insight into huckleberry picking.

Won't be in grizzly country, so no big medicine on the hip; just my trusty Glock 10mm.

The prey:

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Man I miss Huckleberries. AZ doesn't seem to have them in the high country. Huckleberries around Mt. Rainier are as big as blue berries.

 

[Flouncehunter]

Did you know that moose like blueberries?

Oh hey there, fellow new guy! I hadn’t realized you’d posted.

Did the internet police make it over to your place, yet?

 

[Mopower58]

Funny how they only type in the same thread. And they both joined just yesterday.

 

[CASTRATE]

No huckleberry around, but we built our house in a blackberry thicket. Also surrounded by mulberries & persimmons.

 

[Flouncehunter]

Funny how they only type in the same thread. And they both joined just yesterday.

Hey, new guys gotta stick together, especially considering the animosity and suspicion we’ve thus far encountered.

Are there seriously only 12 smilies to choose from?

 

[vart]

No huckleberry around, but we built our house in a blackberry thicket. Also surrounded by mulberries & persimmons.

Growing up we had blackberries and blueberries. The blackberry thorns were just plain mean.

 

[CASTRATE]

Growing up we had blackberries and blueberries. The blackberry thorns were just plain mean.

Not too worried about blackberry thorns as much as I am the locust thorns. We've got a healthy population of locust trees. Punctured a hole through a good pair of Asolos while chasing hogs...was a bit sad

 

[BigOL3]

We have tons of blueberry bushes but the snakes love them too. Thankfully no moose this far South.

Well in all my years, I have never heard of snakes eating any kind of berries ..... lol.

 

[Mopower58]

Well in all my years, I have never heard of snakes eating any kind of berries ..... lol.

They like the bushes,they provide cover and shade and they probably feed on animals that eat the berries.

 

[graybear]

Our best Huckleberry picking is in early August. I know of several good local patches in southeast Idaho, a few are in Griz country so you have to go big on the hip.

 

[Montecresto]

Our best Huckleberry picking is in early August. I know of several good local patches in southeast Idaho, a few are in Griz country so you have to go big on the hip.

Could you be specific on the location of this Griz country???

 

[CumminsPusher]

Could you be specific on the location of this Griz country???

Over the years I’ve noticed that they flock towards a Pioneer, they will come from miles away even if eating from berry bushes. Especially if the Pioneer 1000 is at a slow rate of speed, stopped for a bathroom break or turned off while sleeping.
Apparently certain plastics in the Honda have been found to have a distinct smell that resembles dying salmon. Hunters lay the plastics around as bait even. Bear researchers now use either Pioneers on thier endeavors or pieces of plastic from them strapped to the machine to attract the grizzly so they can research and document the great beasts of the Pacific NorthWest.

 

[Flouncehunter]

Could you be specific on the location of this Griz country???

What’s the best handgun for bear country?