So I pull into a convience store and my wife and kid go inside and I am setting in my vehicle and a guy pulls up beside me and asks me if I am there to sell him morels. And I say no, but I did find some nice ones yesterday and told him where I was from. He precedes to tell me he just came from there and had bought 1300 lbs., most of them from the local game warden, who when on duty spends all his time picking morels. I was pissed. If they are not hard enough to find this guy is out on the tax payers dollar picking and selling morels.

Reminds me of the two state troopers in northern Michigan that were busted last fall poaching a deer, out of season, at night, and from their police car. Their punishment was to pay a fine and transfer to another post. Our tax dollars at work.

Which state is that in?

Nebraska

It's also illegal to sell mushrooms found on state park land in Minnesota I know. I hope it's illegal and the warden gets caught and fired.

I should find out because this is State ground.

did you actually see the 1300lbs of shrooms or is this word of mouth?

I seen the guys fan was loaded with boxes of them. He said he sent some in a friends pickup and they had to put the rest in a walk in cooler and go back and get them.

uhhh, wouldn't 1300 lbs of morels be about a dump truck load? They would crush under their own weight, and who would pay for smashed up morels?

Should have asked him how much, and what the hell was he going to do with them

what state parks was that i live in nebraska and hunt evey year and never seen anything like that but would like to know where that was so i can beat him there next year

Hmmm...average price per pound on Craigslist is $20 per pound, times 1300 is $26,000 worth of morels. Not sure what a park ranger makes, but that before taxes is about $45,000 salary towards morels. Fishy...sure it wasn't 13 pounds for a hundred dollars?!

it was prob 13lbs 4 100