Posts Tagged ‘huckleberries and bears’

Fish and Game officials warn residents about bear danger

Shoshone News Press

A recent survey by Fish and Game Regional Wildlife Manager Jim Hayden found that the huckleberry crop is spotty this year. In some areas huckleberries …

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Berry crop weeks late in ripening

Pique newsmagazine

By Michael Allen

In the Whistler area, Vaccinium berries – huckleberries and blueberries – are roughly five weeks behind, which means as we near mid-September there is no high elevation berry crop.

The highest elevation at which bears are now berry feeding (Sept. 9) is 4,200 ft, that’s usually where bears are berry feeding in late July and early August. …

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Moderate huckleberry crop could help bear hunters

The Spokesman Review

HUNTING — A poor huckleberry year generally translates into good hunting for black bears that expose themselves more as they search lower and farther for food to fatten for winter.

Jim Hayden, Idaho Fish and Game regional wildlife manager in Coeur d’Alene, recently did an informal survey of hunters asking them to evealuate the huckleberry crop. The verdict was that this year’s crop generally gets a C- grade — not great, but not terrible…

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Play safe in bear country

The Nelson Post
… to eat the huckleberries and a grizzly on rises her hind legs far up the path. … These areas are not parks and it is up to you to avoid huckleberry

Be bear-aware when picking huckleberries in Montana

KXLH Helena News

By KXLH Helena For avid huckleberry pickers in Montana, finding a bear in their favorite huckleberry patch is their worst-case scenario. …

Of Bears and Huckleberries « Fireweed Meadow

By fireweed
I was in the middle of this thought, “That’s funny, why is there a lone huckleberry in the middle of the trail and why does it look so wet?” When we saw the dogs ears prick up and as he looked up a bear cub began squealing from the top …

Huckleberry and blueberry’s cousin « Michigan Nature Association

By michigannature
Huckleberry and blueberry’s cousin. July 19, 2010. It’s not a huckleberry, and it’s not a blueberry. It’s Vaccinium cespitosum Michx., the dwarf bilberry. Compared with its relatives, the dwarf bilberry could be considered a dwarf—it …

A Home Grown Journal: Anybody Know Anything About Huckleberries?

By Mama Pea
I googled huckleberries to find out more about them, but ended up a little confused. Apparently they grow in mountainous areas, look much like wild blueberries but have rather large seeds in them. They aren’t commercially cultivated …