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Berries????
« on: August 12, 2009, 09:06:23 AM »
Anybody been up high enuff to see how the berries are doing?? Thinkin about making a charge for the top....any input?
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Re: Berries????
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2009, 09:29:52 AM »
I picked a couple gallons last week at about 4500 feet.  Then picked a bunch more on the weekend all the way up to 6,000  (east side)

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Re: Berries????
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2009, 09:32:11 AM »
I picked some black berries and made a cobbler yesterday it was excellent :dunno:
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Re: Berries????
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2009, 09:45:16 AM »
Must be time if the pickers are out...thanks guys.
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Re: Berries????
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2009, 11:22:49 AM »
i was up at tonga ridge (skykomish) pretty high and didnt see any berries! That was last saturday...

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Re: Berries????
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2009, 11:43:45 AM »
I assume you're talking huckleberries...they were ripe at 4,000 feet above Lake Wenatchee.  Was there last weekend.

Also found some Wild Mt. Blackberries that were just getting ripe.

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Re: Berries????
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2009, 11:47:32 AM »
I was.   Actually the hucks are surpassing the service berries at higher elevations for ripeness. 

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Re: Berries????
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2009, 12:03:02 PM »
Picked 2 gallons of Wild Blackberries a month ago. Yummy pies. Seen a few huckleberries up high but not an abundant amount.
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Re: Berries????
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2009, 12:04:37 PM »
I think it really depends on the freeze.

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Re: Berries????
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2009, 02:04:39 PM »
Anybody notice the lack of serviceberries in the lower elevations this year.  Spots I usually check for bears this tiime of year have nearly any berries on them and are very small and dried up already.  The last two years they were as fully loaded as I've ever seen them.  Chokecherries are fuller this year than the previous two though.  Seems wierd to me, but I guess it just shows that each berry reacts differently weather their exposed to.

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Re: Berries????
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2009, 08:26:27 PM »
Ate a whole bunch of blueberries at 4200' last night, looked like the bear did to.

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Re: Berries????
« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2009, 10:02:08 PM »
Went scouting tonight and was up around 4000 feet.  Lots of berries up there...

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Re: Berries????
« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2009, 12:48:17 AM »
I was at 4600' today and was able to eat berries. Bear dumps showed the same thing.

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Re: Berries????
« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2009, 08:10:46 AM »
Just got back from 2 days in the Buckhorn Wilderness scouting for the High Buck Hunt and hoping to see some bears.  There weren't any berries at all up there.  It was actually pretty dry up above 4,000 ft.

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Re: Berries????
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2009, 06:30:03 AM »
I was up at the 6000 ft elevation last weekend, lots of green huckleberries but very few ripe. Still need a few weeks before the bears arrive, i was in the greenwater area on the west side.
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