Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on July 06, 2015, 01:53:17 PM
I like just about all berries, other than those stupid Himalayans.
I have been fighting them back along my driveway for 7 years now.
My two favorite berries are the blue huckleberries and thimbleberries.
I have allowed them to flourish along my driveway, and collect them on a regular basis.
Due to their fragility and relative scarcity, I collect a few everyday, as soon as they are ripe.
I usually get between 1/4 and 1/2 cup a day.
The last few days a doe and her two fawns have been hanging out in my driveway, and I cannot find a single ripe berry.
Other than a few blackberries (trailing) :dunno:
There are pink ones, but all the ripe red ones are gone.
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on July 06, 2015, 01:56:36 PM
Post by: Fl0und3rz on July 06, 2015, 02:01:49 PM
J/K
Post by: JJB11B on July 06, 2015, 02:39:55 PM
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Post by: Bango skank on July 06, 2015, 03:44:51 PM
Post by: _TONY_ on July 06, 2015, 03:52:42 PM
Post by: Bullkllr on July 06, 2015, 03:56:23 PM
Didnt know those were good to eat. There are tons of them where i live. Been meaning to look it up for a long time, just never got around to it. Guess ill give some a try.
Taste like a sweet raspberry.
Post by: Bigshooter on July 06, 2015, 04:14:10 PM
They see blue.:yeah:
And I'm sure they can smell a ripe berry.
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on July 06, 2015, 10:39:24 PM
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Didnt know those were good to eat. There are tons of them where i live. Been meaning to look it up for a long time, just never got around to it. Guess ill give some a try.One of the best. There was a guy that actually tried to cultivate for commercial harvest, but the berries are too soft, did not work out.
Post by: fishnfur on July 06, 2015, 11:26:34 PM
Post by: Turner89 on July 06, 2015, 11:34:14 PM
Post by: Bango skank on July 06, 2015, 11:50:20 PM
Its funny how we grow up calling things by different names. I have always called thimble berries .....CAPberries
I just now found out these are salmon berries. I grew up calling a totally different berry salmonberry. Feel pretty stupid walking by these for years not knowing theyre a common edible. I will be walking by a big patch on the way to check one of my cameras in a couple days. Ill have to stop and gather some on the way out.
Post by: kball4 on July 07, 2015, 05:43:00 AM
Post by: fishnfur on July 07, 2015, 09:59:28 AM
Thimbleberry - Rubus parviflorus, commonly called thimbleberry, salmonberry, and snow bramble, is a species of Rubus, native to western and northern North America, and the Great Lakes region - (not really a salmonberry) - always red, thin shell of seeds that fit nicely on your fingers, and very tasty.
Salmonberry - Rubus spectabilis is a species of Rubus native to the west coast of North America from west central Alaska to California. It is a shrub growing to 1–4 m tall, with perennial, not biennial woody stems that are covered with fine prickles - generally orange, sometimes with a red- purple tinge. Not a heck of a lot of taste, but a nice treat when your hot and thirsty.
Blackcap - western American species - Rubus leucodermis. Other names occasionally used include wild black raspberry, black caps, black cap raspberry, thimbleberry, and scotch cap. Mild taste, never pass them up because they don't last long.
Post by: _TONY_ on July 07, 2015, 02:01:22 PM
I call them wild raspberries, salmon berries look like blackberries but are yellow or orange and grow on those sticker bush tree things. That's what I've always thought.:yeah:
I've always called them that too...
Post by: Tbob on July 07, 2015, 02:42:39 PM
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Post by: Miles on July 07, 2015, 05:27:13 PM
It always makes me chuckle when I see deer and elk hunters wearing blue jeans. Blue is one of the colors that deer see most vividly.
These ones must not have known they could see blue... I think the blue thing is kind of funny cause my dad calls the blue sweatshirt in the picture below his "lucky" hunting shirt. He's shot 5 or 6 bucks while wearing it. :chuckle:
Post by: Igor on July 07, 2015, 06:50:54 PM
http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/big-buck-zone/2014/07/video-new-study-sheds-light-what-deer-see
Post by: fishnfur on July 07, 2015, 11:09:21 PM
I ask myself, "what possible reason would a deer eye have for seeing the color blue the best?". What advantage would it give a deer to see blue better than others. I can't think of a single reason. Certainly not food. If you believe in the theory of evolution, the deer we know today were selected for/ successful enough to survive, based at least partly on the improvements in eye (and of course, the nose). I seriously doubt that they evolved their ability to see blues in order to avoid human hunters wearing bluejeans. Certainly, many, many, blue jean clad hunters were very successful while wearing blue.
I think that we only understand a small part of the story. Hmmmm.......
Post by: erk444 on July 08, 2015, 06:32:56 PM
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