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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: aheich86 on August 06, 2022, 08:59:06 AM

Title: Berries coming in late?
Post by: aheich86 on August 06, 2022, 08:59:06 AM: I’ve been out several times this past week and it seems like there are basically no berries. I’m on the NW side of the state and have been from sea level to 5k and haven’t seen one patch of ripe berries. Up high it seemed like all the berry plants were just flowering. Has anyone else had this experience or have y’all been finding them? (Not asking where, just curious as to if they are actually ripe yet) All the places I’ve looked seem like it will still be another month at least before the berries are ripe.

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Post by: bornhunter on August 06, 2022, 09:17:56 AM: The big seedy black berries are coming on good but still really green.
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Post by: aheich86 on August 06, 2022, 09:19:43 AM: I’ve seen the same down really low. Everything seems to be coming in but it’s almost as if the berries are just starting to bloom.

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Post by: CP on August 06, 2022, 09:39:22 AM: I just picked a quart of blackberries. Plenty ripe on south facing bushes.

Red huckleberries are just about done for the year, down low anyway. But it was a good crop.
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on August 06, 2022, 09:56:14 AM: I finally got a decent batch of wild blackberries. Like said above their on south facing slopes, the best pockets i found were on the backside of old slashpiles not in direct sun all day. I think because they came on so late the ones with direct exposure didn't develop fully before they ripened and were tiny.
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on August 06, 2022, 09:56:49 AM: I was up around 2500 feet on these I believe
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Post by: bkaech on August 07, 2022, 01:39:50 PM: I think late August into September is the typical and normal time for berries to be coming on in NW Washington. I think we have had several odd or early berry seasons as of late due to low snow pack or early hot summers. This year is an above average snow pack and a "normal" summer, as in not 90F till July. Therefore the berries are back on a "normal" ripening of later august into September. That is just my 2 cents.
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Post by: MtnMuley on August 07, 2022, 01:58:33 PM: We've gotten several gallons of prime hucks and we picked trailing blackberries on the wetside up north 2 weeks ago. They're definitely ripe berries right now.
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Post by: fowl smacker on August 07, 2022, 02:57:05 PM: I live at 1k feet, we don't have ripe blackberries yet.
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Post by: pianoman9701 on August 08, 2022, 07:50:38 AM: I have some picker friends who are scoring higher up around 4-5K.
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Post by: CP on August 13, 2022, 12:21:54 PM: .
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Post by: D-Rock425 on August 13, 2022, 12:34:19 PM: Seeing some blackberries come in now. My daughter bear last week was still eating the red huckleberrys.
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Post by: ajax25 on August 18, 2022, 03:08:11 PM: We were up in NE WA last weekend and the huckleberries were ripe from about 4200-4500 ft.