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Posted by ridgerunner1 on 09-06-2015 10:49 PM:

Ginseng

Who else lays in the woods all of sept.I uaally sell between 7-10lbs dry every yr..this is my coonhunting money haha


Posted by Rex W Sims on 09-06-2015 11:06 PM:

me...had 7lb.7oz last year..season came in yesterday here...

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Posted by ridgerunner1 on 09-06-2015 11:26 PM:

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Originally posted by Rex W Sims
me...had 7lb.7oz last year..season came in yesterday here...

That's a good season..it awful dry here in va this yr I'm afraid it won't be up long I'f we don't get some rain soon..I honestly had no idea it grew in Illinois


Posted by Rex W Sims on 09-06-2015 11:28 PM:

its been dang hot and lots of skeeters here..the pic. below is my buyer with 15lb.5oz I found 4 yrs.ago

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Posted by Rex W Sims on 09-06-2015 11:31 PM:

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Posted by msinc on 09-09-2015 02:47 AM:

Re: Ginseng

quote:
Originally posted by ridgerunner1
Who else lays in the woods all of sept.I uaally sell between 7-10lbs dry every yr..this is my coonhunting money haha


What part of Virginia are you from Ridgerunner??? I just finished my cabin over in Natural Bridge a while back. Haven't really spent much time in the woods yet...always was there just working on getting it done.
I am heading up that way this weekend to get things ready for archery season. Some of the locals say it grows there. I am going to take a good look.
Any tricks to finding it??? I have heard that it doesn't like to grow in areas where there are ferns. I also was told to look for it on the side of the mountain that doesn't get any sun...they say it wont grow in sunlight. Any truth to any of this???? Thanks in advance for any info.


Posted by ridgerunner1 on 09-09-2015 03:26 AM:

And yes sir most time the north side is better than the south side..look for good green places if it looks dry it prob ain't there it likes the shady places best the deeper and darker the holler the better most times..


Posted by msinc on 09-09-2015 07:34 AM:

Thanks for all the tips...sounds like I just might have a few good spots anyways...I don't have any laurel, I got ferns and I do know what Cohosh is. Don't have a lot of it, but I have definitely seen some. Lots of poplar and wild cherry trees. Not really much pine.
If I find any this weekend I will post some photos. Thanks again.


Posted by kardinalkennels on 09-09-2015 11:23 AM:

I haven't dug any in yrs, but hasn't it ran it's course by now?

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Posted by ridgerunner1 on 09-09-2015 12:21 PM:

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I haven't dug any in yrs, but hasn't it ran it's course by now?

Man they don't even let us start digim til sept 1 nowadays..they changed that lastbyr


Posted by RLenhart on 09-09-2015 01:03 PM:

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Originally posted by ridgerunner1
Man they don't even let us start digim til sept 1 nowadays..they changed that lastbyr

Same here in PA. That's to give the berries time to ripen and fall off so the seeds get replanted.


Posted by msinc on 09-09-2015 01:13 PM:

Don't you have to get CITES tags to harvest it??? At least in Virginia???? I don't actually plan on digging up any of it, I just want to see if I can even find some.


Posted by ridgerunner1 on 09-09-2015 01:20 PM:

Not that I kno of long as it private land..you notbposed to hunt it on natiomal forest anymore go figure.. We pay the taxes for that land but what can ya do....I replant and leave more than I dig every time jn the woods don't dig nothin little any old sang hunter has more woodsmanship than any them fellers sitting behind deam making these laws...anyone knos if u kill the source what happens..


Posted by ridgerunner1 on 09-09-2015 01:24 PM:

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Originally posted by RLenhart
Same here in PA. That's to give the berries time to ripen and fall off so the seeds get replanted.


Always was austust 15th here til last yr..berries plenty ripe here by mid august..


Posted by RLenhart on 09-09-2015 01:36 PM:

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Originally posted by ridgerunner1
Always was austust 15th here til last yr..berries plenty ripe here by mid august..

I wouldn't doubt that being your farther south but up here I'd have to say it was probably a good move. The berries are usually dropping up here just a week or two before you can harvest. You mentioned people being smart enough to not over harvest, that would be true with old timers but with this new popularity of hunting ginseng I just have my doubts if people are experienced enough or sensible enough. There's even a reality show about hunting it now. I think people watch that and go to the woods to see how much they can haul in with no regard for the future.


Posted by msinc on 09-09-2015 04:54 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by ridgerunner1
Not that I kno of long as it private land..you notbposed to hunt it on natiomal forest anymore go figure.. We pay the taxes for that land but what can ya do....I replant and leave more than I dig every time jn the woods don't dig nothin little any old sang hunter has more woodsmanship than any them fellers sitting behind deam making these laws...anyone knos if u kill the source what happens..


Yep, you are correct...it's the dealers that have to go thru the Federal stuff to buy, sell or export it. All of my land is in the Jefferson National Forest, but I think I could harvest it if I wanted to since I actually own the land. But yeah, that does seem dumb...we bought that land, it's ours, but we cant use a resource on it!!!


Posted by msinc on 09-09-2015 04:57 PM:

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Originally posted by RLenhart
I wouldn't doubt that being your farther south but up here I'd have to say it was probably a good move. The berries are usually dropping up here just a week or two before you can harvest. You mentioned people being smart enough to not over harvest, that would be true with old timers but with this new popularity of hunting ginseng I just have my doubts if people are experienced enough or sensible enough. There's even a reality show about hunting it now. I think people watch that and go to the woods to see how much they can haul in with no regard for the future.


Seems like I remember seeing up there with yellow leaves sometime around October...I think some of it still might have had berries and some didn't...been a while since I lived up your way. Need to get back up there for a visit. Also, wasn't there another plant that looked just like it but had no berries??? Sarsaparilla ???? or something like that???


Posted by RLenhart on 09-09-2015 10:41 PM:

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Originally posted by msinc
Seems like I remember seeing up there with yellow leaves sometime around October...I think some of it still might have had berries and some didn't...been a while since I lived up your way. Need to get back up there for a visit. Also, wasn't there another plant that looked just like it but had no berries??? Sarsaparilla ???? or something like that???

I wouldn't say you couldn't find a berry here or there but they should have pretty much fallen by that stage. There is a plant with a leaf shaped just like Ginseng with a similar saw toothed edge to it and it even is somewhat pronged like Ginseng but the prongs aren't quite the same and the stem is tough, Ginseng has a real delicate stem to it.


Posted by sleepy head on 09-09-2015 10:54 PM:

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Originally posted by RLenhart
I wouldn't say you couldn't find a berry here or there but they should have pretty much fallen by that stage. There is a plant with a leaf shaped just like Ginseng with a similar saw toothed edge to it and it even is somewhat pronged like Ginseng but the prongs aren't quite the same and the stem is tough, Ginseng has a real delicate stem to it.


Young buck eye trees look alot sang


Posted by msinc on 09-10-2015 11:36 AM:

Interesting site...thanks a million for posting!!!!


Posted by Rex W Sims on 09-11-2015 10:49 AM:

if you go to wildgrown,iam Chieftain on that site join in with us and bs with the rest of us..

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