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Old 06-13-2008, 11:30 PM
 
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i'm very new to missoula and even newer to this forum...
can anyone tell me where i can go huckleberry picking and when is a good time to go?
thanks!
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Old 06-13-2008, 11:48 PM
 
Location: Sheridan, Wy
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I am not as familiar where and when to go in Montana. But I loved picking Huckleberries growing up...

Do you make Huckleberry pies? I hear they are really good!

I do remember in the summer months they are usually starting to come out though...
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Old 06-13-2008, 11:49 PM
 
Location: southern california
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not to get funny but i get picked on a lot. just stick around.
but to answer your question i got a friend in hamilton i will ask her where is the best place.
she will know need a few days to get the email.
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Old 06-14-2008, 06:10 AM
 
Location: LEAVING CD
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I wish you luck in getting anyone to honestly reveal their spots for Hucks. We've lived here for many years and made some good friends and even still have not gotten any good spots!
You'd have better luck finding out where people hide their money or jewlery or the combo to their safe.
Hucks grow above 3500 feet usually on east facing slopes. I think going up towards lolo would be a good bet.
I highly suggest if you do go Huck hunting you take bear spray at a minimum, I take a sidearm as a backup to the spray. Remember, bears are looking for the same thing you are and don't take kindly to you stealing their food!
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Old 06-14-2008, 11:30 AM
 
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jimj says:

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I highly suggest if you do go Huck hunting you take bear spray at a minimum, I take a sidearm as a backup to the spray. Remember, bears are looking for the same thing you are and don't take kindly to you stealing their food!
jimj is dead-on on this. But if you don't like guns, (bear spray isn't all that effective - just makes the bear mad as hell), be sure to take someone along who runs slower than you do!
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Old 06-14-2008, 11:58 AM
 
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You used to be able to find plenty at the top of chair 3 on Big Mountain...actually, all over the mountain.
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Old 06-15-2008, 12:14 AM
 
Location: Montana
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not to get funny but i get picked on a lot. just stick around.
but to answer your question i got a friend in hamilton i will ask her where is the best place.
she will know need a few days to get the email.
So Cal mentality will NEVER make a TRUE montanan give up the goods on hucks or any other fruits of the northern rockies and plains.. but I know a few places you guys can BUY them.

(hey we have to make up for the real estate and insurance scammers from CA somehow!!)
and the so cal lawyers that think they own everything too!

Last edited by Timberwolf232; 06-15-2008 at 12:15 AM.. Reason: forgot to mention the damn lawyers
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Old 06-15-2008, 01:45 AM
 
Location: Brendansport, Sagitta IV
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So Cal mentality will NEVER make a TRUE montanan give up the goods on hucks or any other fruits of the northern rockies and plains.. but I know a few places you guys can BUY them.
Heh heh... I never saw any huckleberries in MT. Had some of their sour cousin the gooseberry growing in my yard, tho.

And there are tons of good places to pick chokecherries! One of 'em was right in Bozeman, but now it's a warehouse. (North Plum Ave. seems to have been named for all the fruit trees that used to grow there.)
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Old 06-15-2008, 07:06 AM
 
Location: In The Outland
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The huckleberries are in most of the mountainous areas of western Montana. they are the blue huckleberries that taste like blueberries ( I think they are a mountain blueberry)
There are red huckleberries in the Puget sound area but they aren't very tasty and I've never seen them in Montana. Try looking up near the nine mile divide there are tons of them up there they should be coming out soon.
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Old 06-15-2008, 07:18 AM
 
Location: LEAVING CD
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The huckleberries are in most of the mountainous areas of western Montana. they are the blue huckleberries that taste like blueberries ( I think they are a mountain blueberry)
There are red huckleberries in the Puget sound area but they aren't very tasty and I've never seen them in Montana. Try looking up near the nine mile divide there are tons of them up there they should be coming out soon.
You're correct Rickers, they are a blueberry variety. You do realize you could get your Montana citizenship revoked for leaking locations for picking right?
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