Huge Morel Mushroom Harvest from a Yukon Wildfire

[@mooseguyable]

In the heart of the forest, where the wild things grow, Under the canopy, where the sunlight's low, With a basket in hand and a keen eye to see, I’m on a morel mushroom hunt, where the earth sets me free. So here’s to the forest, and the gifts it gives, In the stillness and the beauty, where my spirit lives, With each morel I gather, in this sacred land, I feel the touch of nature, in the palm of my hand.

[@northernwildharvest]

Wonderful

[@mjnelligan7288]

Whats that from?

[@TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

@@mjnelligan7288seems like fake AI generated poetry, I see it online a lot these days, it’s good but fake. Possibly even from a bot account, just a heads up,

[@Bambisgf77]

That’s a lovely poem! ❤

[@mooseguyable]

@@Bambisgf77 Thank you

[@sharon-mw1jt]

Came over from Just Alex's channel. Just watched his week with you in June. What a treat for this Southern Hemisphere gal. Hello from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@northernwildharvest]

Welcome! :) Alex did such a great job putting that video together!

[@randym8963]

I always wanted to come to NZ

[@amdo5873]

Same here, but from Switzerland. Alex is a good cinematographer and storyteller. You guys are hard worker! Just subscribe to show support 😊

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

Would you mind posting his link, I haven’t found it yet

[@ingridioanahuma6470]

You are great treasure to the world! All my admiration for Randy! He did a pretty good job. I hope you have some children of yours to pass your love for nature and the passion of earning your livelihood morel hunting. It is an impressive way of life that celebrates the human connection with the wild.

[@nnpfffn.6392]

Came here from Alex Video. What a fantastic thing to see. Greetingfrom Thailand. Definitely subscribed and waiting for your next video for sure.

[@northernwildharvest]

Awesome, thank you!

[@bonnerdebbie]

Great video, those drone shots were awesome!! I bet that creek bath was wonderful, I miss the ones I used to have. Beautiful haul of Morels that day, I hope you have more like that. I really appreciate you taking the time and energy to take us along. Thank you!!

[@northernwildharvest]

Thank you Debbie! You always comment and we really appreciate it

[@Ang85323]

❤ I know right ✅. I miss them days out in the woods picking wild berries with the family. Jumping in the creek after a long day of harvest ❤. Best time of my life

[@carldude911]

Great drone Shots Philip

[@martinbelzak5153]

Amazing harvest, know wonder they're so expensive. Good for you hard pickers! Very labor intensive!

[@agericosalvador2438]

Amazing!😊

[@sherylturnerturner1352]

Anyone with OCD would love this, if I was young I would definitely do this. Amazing.

[@northernwildharvest]

Thank you

[@markiowa5437]

I Grew up in the rugged hills/bluffs area of the Mississippi river in Northeast Iowa. When the spring temperatures and rains were just right- we had woodlands that we owned and harvested huge quantities of the big- light bulb sized tan morels, and also the small grey ones. Colder springs we got the smaller black ones. Totally dependent on the spring weather. Some years we harvested 10 bushels- we didn't sell them or dry them- we just ate them like crazy and gave them to friends. The USDA doesn't allow selling mushrooms that are not inspected- etc. Iowa is a great morel mushroom state- don't tell anyone.- Pan sauteed in butter or breaded and fried- or in a creamy pasta sauce- oh my- nothing better. Before my elderly Dad passed (We hunted morels for decades together)- I found some at a farmers market- $25.00 a pound- I bought 3 pounds and went to visit him, and we pigged out for two days. Fresh cooked morel mushrooms are the caviar of Iowa.

[@northernwildharvest]

Thank you for sharing. I have heard Iowa is great for those big north American yellow morels! Mmm pan fried morels. Cheers

[@CarrieMana]

oh man, that hike out looked rough!

[@JohnnyFastbuck]

You got my thumbs up at the getting up at 5:30 am. Best time to be up when out in the bush. It doesn't matter if you are camping or working.

[@northernwildharvest]

Agreed

[@Chinhnguyen0497]

dude. death stranding graphics looks so real

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

Looking forward to the 2024 season!!

[@northernwildharvest]

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[@mary-ruthflores4107]

@@northernwildharvestwow! Can’t wait for the new season! The interaction with Alex was wonderful! Randy hope the A Tendon is doing better!! And my order is waiting for me at UPS!! Got to go grocery shopping for a great meal!!

[@jonibarger3147]

I grew up in Michigan where my dad and I picked a lot. they were tasty cooked in butter over a camp fire

[@davidbarnes241]

I’m currently cooking Tonkotsu and using morels in the broth. You are harvesting black gold you lucky people 👏👏👏

[@gerardedgar5961]

I. Did this once and now I do it all the time. I got some Morales. I got some rain water I. Saved up and I put the Morales in a blender with some rainwater and blended it and then mixed it in 5 gallon buckets and threw it all over my property. That looks like Bush and you know all the weeds and stuff like that and now every year, I burn wood and throw Ashes around and we'll literally get thousands of them right outside my back door. Quality is top whar's i'm told.

[@pnuttheclownh2254]

Let's ALL assist in enhancing his KZbin algorithm, like I'm subscribing, viewing, liking, sharing and commenting from Quakertown, Pennsylvania, USA.

[@northernwildharvest]

Thank you 👍

[@mary-ruthflores4107]

I’m surprised y’all don’t keep safety glasses to walk thru those sticks!! Also would it be feasible to carry solar panels to help with the battery recharge?

[@juicymoose907]

I look forward to every new episode. Your videos are very well done and educational! The music is lovely. Thanks for sharing with us😊

[@northernwildharvest]

Thank you ! Glad you don’t mind our original music that we add. 😅

[@tawnihaynie1065]

Thank you. 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😎😎😎

[@randym8963]

Hope you enjoyed

[@cgateley]

WOW, I've never been picking but what a beautiful thing to watch.

[@ramihejja1011]

Nice video

[@sandradavis9309]

We would go to the woods near Iowa City in the spring and pick morels. So delicious cooked in butter.

[@sarahporter9541]

Picked in a burn area in Montana..with lots of downed trees. A difficult pick for all of the logs we had to climb over or navigate around. Awsome fun..beautiful views..came home pooped..and black..😊

[@northernwildharvest]

We call that “blow down” yes hard to pick but often nobody else is willing to check those spots! That moment when you spot a big one way down under a log and you are determined to pick it 😅

[@glendavanstroe7708]

watching from Perth Australia❤❤❤

[@lildavis7579]

Very impressed in your picking and hauling it all out , 😊

[@Paperworms2nd]

I have no clue about mushrooms, but I do really enjoy the sound of the Morel cutting.

[@rorywiley76]

Great job guys hell of a haul

[@pachiratiny]

Love the pick of the day idea!

[@Testing329]

Gloria a ti,señor,por todo/ Viva Christo Rey

[@adamszatkowski2588]

Team Alex.

[@Toninz]

Epic!!!…greetings from New Zealand thank you for sharing 🙏🙏🙏…takes us into another world 👍👍👍

[@pieman2656]

Kia Kaha another Kiwi

[@Toninz]

Kia Ora 🫶🫶🫶 They do the hard yard and we are privileged to take an insight 👍

[@rhalaineechavez4174]

Oh wow.,what a great video indeed. I literally enjoyed watching 38 minutes vlog. ❤❤❤

[@HassanOutdoor]

Wow you are pro as pickers and video editor what a pleasant to wach thanks for sharing

[@northernwildharvest]

Thank you

[@xzibit8614]

Awesome picking!

[@1944chevytruck]

AWESOME!

[@justinkinney5773]

Beautiful

[@andrewwhite9739]

Wow guys! That's impressive. I really enjoyed watching the whole process. I wish you all the greatest success in your endeavors.

[@jennieduggan9500]

So much work, I had no idea.

[@greybearoutdoors6144]

Another great vid guys! Nice choice of background music, You finally hit a great patch. You guys definitely work hard!

[@northernwildharvest]

Thank you, glad you don’t mind my guitar jamming. Cheers

[@กัณหาสุวรรณพงศ์]

wow😍

[@margueritemitchell1829]

Hello from Beautiful British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦 ❤

[@jakevalent6180]

great segment

[@dutchdillingham9038]

Couldn't help but think of Dune when you said worm sign! Man this looks like fun.

[@northernwildharvest]

Haha I thought of that when I was editing the clip. I finally just finished reading the Dune series last week. Chapter each night after picking morels 🤣

[@chananyalupomesky9214]

Amazing video

[@obta1nm3rcy]

thank you for your knowl3dge!

[@mikaeljordan1983]

I remember harvesting these shrooms in the early 90’s in Oregon .. made really good $$$$$$ back in the days

[@northernwildharvest]

Randy would have been down there in 1990 as well. Back when the field price was good!

[@bryanluff8040]

Awesome show, happy hunting.

[@northernwildharvest]

Thanks

[@anthonyplayground1402]

WOW ... theres a 5:30 in the morning now ...... I dont get out of bed before 10am if I can help it ... its still dark here till after 6am ;)

[@MesaperProductions]

Late June 5:30 am

[@TrumpTheImmortal]

Wow. From Indiana.

[@ericgriffiths2632]

Hey guys!! Great video, beautiful greys and blondes. We got about a pound of Natural blondes this past weekend. Are you guys about to head out for this years harvest or already there? Be safe and thank you for the beautiful video. Me and all these guys look forward to you next video.

[@northernwildharvest]

Thanks Eric! Yes I am currently about 100km in the bush down forest service roads. We’ve been at it for almost a month already this season.

[@ericgriffiths2632]

@northernwildharvest how flipping cool. I can't wait to hit the circuit. Maybe one of these years I'll get to meet y'all! Hopefully outside of the patch lol. Well, good luck guys and God bless all! Looking forward to watching the next installment

[@КириллБондаренко-х6я]

At 32:02 guys literally playing "Death Stranding" IRL, nice!)

[@northernwildharvest]

I’m going to have to play this video game one of these days 😂

[@critterjon4061]

This is definitely one of those “ if I tell ya I’ll have to kill ya” kind of morel spots

[@northernwildharvest]

Middle of heckin nowhere in the Yukon bush! Don’t tell!

[@luciatheron1621]

The motherloads😂 thank you for sharing.

[@elenapatinte4212]

Beautiful I like this video

[@curteby475]

industrial pickn, we used to go as a family to mesick michigan and pick the sponge it was a great time

[@northernwildharvest]

Awesome, we’ve commercially picked wild mushrooms as a family since I was kid. Great memories. I could only carry 1 bucket back then 😅I still harvest many of those same patches.

[@ald.3387]

My god....heaven

[@trueaussieray9093]

They look tasty

[@allancantos1801]

nice jobe

[@randalljames1]

stewards of the land... good to see... so many shroomers devastate their hunting grounds..

[@northernwildharvest]

Yeah can’t stand seeing that. Especially moss raking for pine mushrooms - the worst.

[@alexyork5975]

I'm grateful to see some-one appreciate' this.

[@clairealtaki5405]

New subscriber here......wow mushrooms

[@luojingjie4236]

Dang! Now I get why they are expensive.

[@herbieschwartz9246]

MMMMMM - I can just taste these sauteed in butter and olive oil with enough heavy cream to thicken, then blended with al dente fettuccini, topped with a sprinkle of thin proscuitto and basil.

[@carolmyers6678]

Thanks for the morel memories in 1979 Kansas

[@leediggs904]

I really enjoy your channel, guys. The drone footage definitely makes your videos pop. I love the ingenuity of your setup. Camp, harvesting and drying. It's obviously born of experience, and that shows. You're efficient, ethical and extremely hard working, with a solid knowledge of your products and your craft. Much respect to your family for this legacy. I'm a personal use forager, maybe that gives me a better appreciation of what you do. I've never have witnessed the volume that you guys harvest. I blows me away! Such a treat to see. Thank you for bringing your experiences to us and showing us part of your world.

[@northernwildharvest]

Awesome comment. Thank you so much!

[@Mutlap]

I found Morel mushrooms in the woods by accident. I was looking around for a place to metal detect. I just happened to see them, I left them. They were a nice size, too.

[@mmmmmray]

Could you record any of the interactions you might have with buyers? 😁

[@northernwildharvest]

Many don’t want to be filmed. I will try, with the ones we know but we don’t sell at local field price unless we have to because we get ripped. I’ll definitely film next time we’re buying though

[@mmmmmray]

@@northernwildharvest Thanks for trying! I've read of other mushroom foragers running into buyers on the road during peak seasons but I've never seen any buyers for myself. I'd love to talk to a few and hopefully will get a chance to hear some awesome stories! Just got laid off from my job so I'm going to hit the road in my car, do some fishing, and see some more of this awesome world we have 😁

[@ropeman3916]

I wanted to do exactly what you guys are doing a couple years ago. Had a great burn close to me with very little attention.

[@smoothsail9819]

Why do you leave the stems. Their flavor is remarkable.

[@RRaucina]

That is the new motherlode! What luck. Be careful, many died this year from under cooked morels, lots of toxin in them - even one guy that picked and ate them for 20+ years prior. And I don't mean false morels..

[@joet81]

Is it common to run into other morel hunters while you're up there? Are there lots of other people doing what you guys do? Common to have your scouted locations "stolen?"Just wondering... great job guys! Good luck this year

[@northernwildharvest]

Yep constantly, mostly other commercial harvesters. The reason we were in the Yukon was to avoid it because the only fire in BC last year had 150 pickers. All patches are fair game even if we scouted them. Most people won’t walk in as far as us, the ones that do, deserve whatever they find just like us 😁 cheers Joe

[@dr.snuffleupagus1204]

Pabst Blue Ribbon. All the adult men in my life drank it.

[@debbiemurrell3632]

Where I live they sell in stores for $50 a pound.

[@randym8963]

A fresh pound... it takes aprox 10lbs of fresh to make 1lb dried.

[@AugustusLook-l2s]

Mob/cartel whatever you wanna call it. These guys higher up/governor sponsored the wildfires. 💸💸💸💸💸

[@cacogenicist]

Judging by those piles of cobbles, looks like the camp was at an old placer operation. I would have brought a metal detector. 😊

[@northernwildharvest]

That was our guess as well. We did get a very small amount when we tried panning the gravel from digging our fire pit

[@cacogenicist]

@@northernwildharvest - Could be quite a bit of fine gold in there (and a few nuggets that got past them), depending on how old it is. The older, the better.

[@randym8963]

I think it was from building the hwy... up the road they made a large gravel pit. There was nice looking finds with black sand​@cacogenicist

[@fernandopo6399]

My friend picks morels, and doesn't come home until he has at least 100 pounds... he is 6'9" and knows what he is doing. But you guys did well for mortals.

[@northernwildharvest]

😅 we know a picker like that. Check out our 2022 season it was a better year

[@Aluttuh]

thanks for not plucking them out of the ground like some savages

[@philipclift7205]

A drone to lift them out 1 basket at a time to the truck, but then you wouldn't be as fit. Cool video.

[@northernwildharvest]

Haha we’ve talked about that for years! Apparently it is being done for pine mushrooms in other parts of the world. Those drones very expensive but it would be neat

[@G.A.gigger]

Another fine video …so you could tell the other harvesters were commercial pickers just by their gear mostly ? I am waiting for the greys and blondes I hope …and you are in 100km on the forestry roads …I could guess but I won’t on here ..hope you all are doing well and dryer is full..

[@northernwildharvest]

Yes there gear but also there no locals in that area really and doubt they would hike that far in for personal. We ended up chatting with one of them for a bit. We’re out here doing what we can this season!

[@northernwildharvest]

Come see us if you make it out

[@mjnelligan7288]

You should drill more holes in ur buckets, even if u did some smaller ones better air flow plus the more Holes the lighter ur bucket bag gets

[@northernwildharvest]

I have done in the past but it made my bucket too weak and it ended up breaking because if it. I want to find a good bucket with that rubberized plastic, it would probably hold up better

[@johnnyfish6051]

Get'm!

[@tmccormick48]

Great video. I ordered 2 but don't know the weight, I see soak in water for 10 minutes, dry and cook. Thanks as I would love to come help. Awesome !!!!

[@northernwildharvest]

Thanks for the order. Yes give them a quick rinse, dump that water then soak for 10 minutes submerged in room temp water before cooking thoroughly. Looks like you got our “fire morel trio” which has each category of fire morel graded into their own bags for comparing. Enjoy!

[@tmccormick48]

@@northernwildharvest What might be your ship dates Thank you '

[@northernwildharvest]

We usually ship within 1-2 business days. Your order went out on June 3rd, post company tracking says estimated delivery June 13th, sometimes packages will arrive sooner. There should be an automated “shipment confirmed” email from us sent to you as well. 👍

[@tmccormick48]

@@northernwildharvest No email did I receive but thank you for the reply ✌

[@tmccormick48]

got them TYVM

[@dannsherstone1037]

This was a day worth the hike! Do you grade and separate the mushrooms before or after drying? Do you filter your drinking water?

[@northernwildharvest]

We grade while harvesting, during drying and then again very thoroughly after drying is completed. The spot we were getting water from i’d used 3 years prior so i knew it was safe. If in question then we have used gravity bag filters in the past.

[@Kyle_Spivis]

Man this is so cool, we get a few in Minnesota but this is next level. What are the green plants on the racks next to the mushrooms? Oh nvm I assume it’s fireweed from watching the other video Oh wait Spruce tips

[@northernwildharvest]

Thanks! Yep you got it!

[@JeanneBook]

❤

[@messyfisherman4140]

I picked commercially for years i really miss getting on a good fire and picking so many that i could barely pack them out

[@northernwildharvest]

Last year we had to work hard to have a good day but we made it happen regardless. One of the reasons I document is to have the memories on film for when we can no longer go out. Cheers

[@sunitadwarka347]

I have some suggestions, You must experiment. You take iron broom,where ever you see leaves, make heaps of leaves and release some seeds of mushroom of different outdoor garden variety. Check which types of mushroom grows very well. Umbrella wine cap larger mushroom grow very well under raspberry plant. After three days of rain fall Check. If we suceed. ... lottery. Jay bharat.

[@detritic]

Man, I would love to do this one year, but it's an awful long way from the Gulf Coast.

[@roypublic3269]

I'd give you a Thumbs up but I clipped one off thinking it was a morel when I was out in the garden...

[@northernwildharvest]

Nice 1

[@MistressOP]

Do you notice a difference of flush between control burn areas and straight up wildfires? Also, do you track control burn sites via firefighter websites?

[@danthurman9076]

Bears love shrooms

[@northernwildharvest]

We rarely see anything eating burn morels because there’s so much fresh vegetation sprouting in the fire at the same time as the morel flush

[@shootstraight29]

Love the videos. Educational and beautiful scenery!! Why don’t you wear bear bells ?

[@northernwildharvest]

We have in the past but mainly don’t for two reasons. 1: you would hear jingling in every camera shot. 2: other commercial pickers can hear us when we’re trying to not give away our location 😅

[@ballistic350]

Damn morel heaven y'all found, must be y'all secret spot, sell to local restaurants I assume?

[@northernwildharvest]

We travel around Canada for different spots, we cover a lot of ground. We sell to restaurants and also the premium quality dried via our online shop

[@Lstn2urmama]

Was always picking the stems as much when picking morels and why not doing so theses days ????

[@northernwildharvest]

On burns, in Canada, the commercial harvesting standard is 1/4' or less for various reasons. For personal, harvesting the stems is fine. They are fully edible.

[@bellasmith7121]

Guys,that sure is back breaking hard Ass work. No wonder they are so expensive . Who do you sell them to?

[@northernwildharvest]

We sell them to restaurants, private clients, markets and in the field as well as a portion of the premium quality mushrooms we sell dried, on our shop. northernwildharvest.myshopify.com

[@Tha66]

តើអ្នកដើរកាត់ផ្សិតនេះក្នុងខែណា?

[@northernwildharvest]

That day was in June

[@surreatist]

Hey guys thanks for the vid's - do the late burn morels have a strong smokey flavour compared to the naturals?

[@northernwildharvest]

The early black burn morels taste similar to true natural black morels, the green fire morels are have a great texture and are very umami, and the greys/blondes have a slightly nutty flavour. They can all be slightly smokey but usually when they are really smokey, it’s done intentionally while drying them.

[@hughinglis6092]

Great Video. Now that I am retired I can finally afford some Morel mushrooms. Do you have a retail outlet, or where I could buy and approximate price. Since they are dried I expect the cost to be up there, unless it is sold by volume I am in the Lower Mainland area of BC Thanks.

[@northernwildharvest]

Thank you. We currently have premium grade dried wild morels on our online shop. It takes 8 to 10lbs of fresh morels to get 1lb of dried on average. northernwildharvest.myshopify.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoq-SH6jwJcZqSlQ_JkvEeRLlkC1KyYaQzG0aJo7PV9lSpzb0YzW

[@northernwildharvest]

Link to our shop in the video description

[@MorganOlson-i1j]

I love picking morels and mushrooms in general but god damn you gotta be careful up north in bc whilw doing it my uncle and my cousin were out picking pines i believe near kitimat and prince Rupert and when they came out to their truck to go homw they was 6 nativea qith balaclavas on and with machetes and axes thankfully my uncle had a pump shotgun so they fucked off but if he didnt i probably wouldn't have seen then again

[@Francois_Dupont]

i am here from Alex. i have a couple of very interesting questions if you could please help me. do you use somekind of water filter in order to make potable water from the wild? what kind of radios are you using for communication between people in the field?

[@northernwildharvest]

We sometimes us a gravity water filter but in most cases, if we’re taking water from the wild, we get it from a fresh water spring if we can find one. Just regular walky talky style radios usually

[@Francois_Dupont]

@@northernwildharvest Thank you! if it works, it works! i wish you guys the best.