Can I get a blueberry report?

[atfulldraw]

Does anyone have a report on blueberries at about 5000ft?

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

We saw scattered amounts at 6k...seem LATE this year. Should make the high hunt fun!


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[hughjorgan]

I was up above green water at 5000 feet and the berries on those bushes were ripe. Lots of people came up later in the afternoon to pick them.

[3nails]

 I was up yesterday at that elevation here in the NW corner and they were still developing. Small and green. They should be on in 2-3 weeks. Silk is right. Berries should be on during the high hunt. Can't figure anyone shooting a bear during that hunt. It'd be like going salmon fishing and ending the trip for a bullhead. 

[Watimberghost]

I was up yesterday at that elevation here in the NW corner and they were still developing. Small and green. They should be on in 2-3 weeks. Silk is right. Berries should be on during the high hunt. Can't figure anyone shooting a bear during that hunt. It'd be like going salmon fishing and ending the trip for a bullhead. 

haha

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

I was up yesterday at that elevation here in the NW corner and they were still developing. Small and green. They should be on in 2-3 weeks. Silk is right. Berries should be on during the high hunt. Can't figure anyone shooting a bear during that hunt. It'd be like going salmon fishing and ending the trip for a bullhead. 

I don't mind packing. Shoot em both!


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[SilkOnTheDrySide]

I was up yesterday at that elevation here in the NW corner and they were still developing. Small and green. They should be on in 2-3 weeks. Silk is right. Berries should be on during the high hunt. Can't figure anyone shooting a bear during that hunt. It'd be like going salmon fishing and ending the trip for a bullhead. 

Plus I like bear meat better then deer...


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[jackelope]

West slope of the cascades last week. 5k' and up, lots of ripe blueberries. Seemed more on south facing slowest but still plenty around. Bears were into them full throttle.

[SilkOnTheDrySide]

No blood!?


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[jackelope]

No blood.

[atfulldraw]

Thanks guys!

[trophyhunt]

So I have to ask, I always thought those high berries were huckleberries?  My daughter ask me yesterday why the high berries were blue and the ones by our house were red, I didn't know why. So I read this thread and its starting to make sense!  I have always thought they were huckleberries up high!  By the way, went up sat by crystal and they were everywhere, I could have filled a 5 gal bucket.

[Axle]

So I have to ask, I always thought those high berries were huckleberries?  My daughter ask me yesterday why the high berries were blue and the ones by our house were red, I didn't know why. So I read this thread and its starting to make sense!  I have always thought they were huckleberries up high!  By the way, went up sat by crystal and they were everywhere, I could have filled a 5 gal bucket.

Yes, most of them are huckleberries and they are mostly blue in color. There are actual blueberries up high too. There are two kinds of blueberries up high that I know of. One is a high bush and the other is a low bush. The only areas I've seen the low bush type are on the side of Mt. Rainier and up in Alaska. I'm sure they're on many other high mountains between here and there. The high bush blueberries are scattered but there is a high concentration of them above Buck Creek on the south side of Rainier park. The blueberries are distinct in that - they have a white coating on them. Huckleberries do not have that coating on them. The high bush blueberries also aren't near as sweet as huckleberries. The low bush blueberries have a sweeter flavor than their high bush cousins. They're awesome in pancakes!

[trophyhunt]

Thanks for explaining!  I didn't think those were actual blue berries, we have the red ones at my house (700') but the blue ones taste much better IMHO.

[Alpine Mojo]

99% of those "blue" berries you find in the cascades are huckleberries.  A lot of people just refer to them as blueberries because of the color.  True blueberries have larger seeds.  On the outside they can look very similar.

[sirmissalot]

I just learned the difference between blueberries and blue hucks, I always just thought the blueberries were unripe blue hucks. They are definitely more tart and a little more seedy.

[Pathfinder101]

Bumper crop of huckleberries here in the Blues this year.  Haven't seen them this thick since I moved here in 2001.  We got 3 gallons the other day.   

[Alpine Mojo]

I've noticed the same thing.  Last year there were few to none in the usual places, but this year they seem to be everywhere.

[mossyhead]

Went up above Greenwater on the 7030 up around Kelly Butte and there was a lot of huckleberries on the North facing slopes. We picked for 2 hours and got 4 gallons. Just need to figure out how to get the staining out of my hands. Good luck!!!!!

[ghosthunter]

I was over 4000 ft over the weekend in Skagit County.
Lots of blueberry a

Saw several berry pickers.

[Pathfinder101]

LittlePathfinder and I went out one more time for berries last weekend here in the Blues.  I think we got in on the tail end.  Most we found were starting to shrivel and fall off.  Already quite a bit of frost up there.  Still, we made out with about 1 1/2 gallons.

[grizzlyadams]

They are all over up high now. Excellent crop this year