Huckleberries in the Portland Area

Upon searching the web for articles on huckleberries, I found this article that was first published in July 2009. Although this article is nearly 6 years old, it gives some give tips on picking huckleberries in the Portland area: How To…Hunt for Huckleberries IF THERE’s ANYTHING WORTH LOOKING FORWARD TO about the end of a […]

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Huckleberry Season in Oregon

Check it out if you are looking to pick huckleberries in southwestern Oregon: Huckleberries, huckleberries August 27, 2012 By Upper Rogue Independent If you’re heading to the mountains in the next few weeks, be sure to take a bucket or two, for the end of summer brings the start of huckleberry season! Let Spain have […]

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Huckleberry Pickers Warned Not to Damage Plants

With huckleberry season in full swing in many areas, the forest service is cautioning picker NOT to damage the huckleberry plants by cutting off the berry loaded branches! Pick huckleberries without damaging plant, Forest Service pleads NATIVE PLANTS — The huckleberry bush, the most revered shrub in the Inland Northwest, is getting less respect as berry pickers […]

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Huckleberry Crop Ripening Late

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, […]

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2011 Huckleberry Crop Rated ‘C-‘ by Spokesman Review

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 […]

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Huckleberry Picking Story

Huckleberry hunting Coeur d’Alene Press “That is a great smell,” I slowly and deliberately whisper to my wife while deeply engulfing my first whiff of huckleberry as we hike to our secret huckleberry garden. I’m not sure why I whisper. As most huckleberry pickers know, the safe and sane method of huckleberry picking is to […]

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