Big Mushroom Contest

[Guest]

Now's the time to find those huge yellow morels (M. crassipes). I have a free iowawhitetail hat and decal for the largest single morel picture posted from this year and a free decal for second place.

Rules:

- Entry must be by a Member of iowawhitetail.com.

- Largest Morel is determined by height plus width.

- Entry's must be able to provide proof of size and date - take picture with ruler and current paper.

- Entry's can be subject to examination for tast by me - Just joking!

- Entry Deadline is June 13, 2003.

Have fun and good mushroom hunting!

 

[Shovelbuck]

What kind of deal is this?

You wait until I'm done picking to start the contest?

Looks like I have to go back tomorrow. The war has begun.

 

[Shovelbuck]

I guess I can get things going. Come on everyone, can Iowa beat this one?

 

[OneCam]

Here's a big one sent in by ISHEDHUNT. It scores 13 1/2 on the on the F&S scoring system. (fungus and spore) Ok I may have made that up.

 

[bjkpharmd]

I thought the F&S scoring system was only for those measured "on the hoof" with a clinometer?

 

[Ghost]

Are there typical and non-typical categories with the Fungus and Spore scoring system?

 

[Central Iowa]

No matter how I looked at it I came up with 13 1/2 inches also. Found This one yesterday. Central Iowa

 

[ironwood]

I ate this one just 30 minutes ago,

before I saw the contest here.

 

[Central Iowa]

Here is another shot of my previous shroom compared to this months Iowa game and fish magizine. Central Iowa

 

[HUSKERBUCK]

MAN I WISH I HAD A DIGITAL CAMERA!!! I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM WORK FOR A DAY TO GO TO NOTHERN NEBRASKA WITH A BUDDY OF MINE. DID WE EVER HIT THE JACKOT. IN ONLY 20 MINUTES WE FOUND 25# OF MORELS WITH MOST OF THEM BEING AS BIG OR BIGGER THAN MY FIST.
I FINALLY GOT TO EAT SOME OF THOSE INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO ALL OF YOU TALK ABOUT HOW GOOD THEY ARE. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY BIG ONES BEFORE. MAN WERE THEY GOOD!!!

 

[ISHEDHUNT]

Ok here is another one, just for the heck of it. Found it a week and a half ago. It's 9 3/4 inches long and 5 1/2 inches across. I guess it would score 15.25 inches.

Chris

 

[muddy]

There's gunna be some really pi**ed off smurfs out there if you keep taking their houses.

 

[ironwood]

Muddy,
We'll have to make your banna go stand in the woods.

 

[Shovelbuck]

Chris, You should have taken a picture of that 15 1/4 incher with a paper and ruler.

That's a real bruiser though.

 

[ISHEDHUNT]

Jay, my younger brother actually found some larger ones. I just didn't have the camera with me that day. I know two of them he found were over a foot tall, just not very big around. I've hunted for 35 years and I only remember it being like this a few times. I'm sure it will be a good long time before it's this good again.

Chris

 

[spinefxr]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I just can't bring myself to eat mushrooms.

 

[Husker]

I agree spinefxr the way I see it anything that you go into a dark cave and sprinkle spores on a pile of.... well you know. Then go back a month or so later and pick and eat.

Well.... you can have it.

 

[moosehunter]

hey hey bbbbboys bbbboys......dddddon't kkknock kkknock it it it until yyyyyyou try try try try it it it it

 

[ISHEDHUNT]

Here are a few more from today. The biggest is 9.5 inches long and 3.5 inches wide.

Chris

 

[ISHEDHUNT]

More photos.

Chris