# of people hunting actives?

Sandozan · 10-23-09, 19:49

Anyone have a rough estimate for the number of people hunting actives?

I'm slowly beginning to realize how naive I've been about the hunting population out there. Every time I find a patch at a local park it's not long before someone takes everything. I often leave patches that are too young, but it seems that every time I do there's someone who will come along and pick all of em.

One of the parks was rather small and I thought there was no way someone else was going to bother visiting that site, but sure enough someone found the small specimens there.

All of this has lead me to think there must be many, many people searching for actives.

greenie · 10-23-09, 20:09

whenever i go to gg park, i am very far from the only one out there. but its not as many as u think

Sandozan · 10-23-09, 20:25

We talking less than a hundred, hundreds, thousands?

It's really competitive out there. There must either be a few people hitting many spots or lots of people hitting a few.

greenie · 10-24-09, 18:08

u dont know for sure, but more than 10

Alan Rockefeller · 10-24-09, 21:57

Its very competetive in GGP and in the PNW, but very relaxed everywhere else. The vast majority of the actives in California shrivel up without getting picked.

Mushrooms201 · 10-24-09, 23:13

What a waste. I have hunted in the PNW for a few years now, never even seen an active, but only get out once in a while and prolly not looking in the right spot at the right time.

Sandozan · 10-26-09, 00:04

Based on my limited experience the competition is too fierce to find anything of much significance at the local parks here in the PNW.

At parks I find pins and smaller specimens, but the only large haul I've found was on the side of a road...under a bush.

warriorsoul · 11-03-09, 13:49

14,786 per day (avg)

hyphaenation · 11-03-09, 14:03

Beware of deadly look-a-likes.

The more people picking ... the more poisonings will take place , some deadly.

Heisenberg · 11-04-09, 11:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by hyphaenation

Beware of deadly look-a-likes.

The more people picking ... the more poisonings will take place , some deadly.

Eliminates the competition.

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10-23-09, 19:49	#1 (permalink)
Sandozan Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 5	# of people hunting actives? Anyone have a rough estimate for the number of people hunting actives? I'm slowly beginning to realize how naive I've been about the hunting population out there. Every time I find a patch at a local park it's not long before someone takes everything. I often leave patches that are too young, but it seems that every time I do there's someone who will come along and pick all of em. One of the parks was rather small and I thought there was no way someone else was going to bother visiting that site, but sure enough someone found the small specimens there. All of this has lead me to think there must be many, many people searching for actives.

10-23-09, 20:09	#2 (permalink)
greenie Pot Farmer Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,560	whenever i go to gg park, i am very far from the only one out there. but its not as many as u think __________________ I am not real. I am a computer program.

10-24-09, 18:08	#4 (permalink)
greenie Pot Farmer Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,560	u dont know for sure, but more than 10 __________________ I am not real. I am a computer program.

11-03-09, 13:49	#8 (permalink)
warriorsoul Mr. Blue-Foot Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,897	14,786 per day (avg) __________________ "He findeth not who seeks his own The soul is lost that's saved alone." John Whittier

10-23-09, 20:25	#3 (permalink)
Sandozan Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 5	We talking less than a hundred, hundreds, thousands? It's really competitive out there. There must either be a few people hitting many spots or lots of people hitting a few.

10-24-09, 21:57	#5 (permalink)
Alan Rockefeller Mycologist Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 754	Its very competetive in GGP and in the PNW, but very relaxed everywhere else. The vast majority of the actives in California shrivel up without getting picked.

10-24-09, 23:13	#6 (permalink)
Mushrooms201 Mycotopiate Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 541	What a waste. I have hunted in the PNW for a few years now, never even seen an active, but only get out once in a while and prolly not looking in the right spot at the right time.

10-26-09, 00:04	#7 (permalink)
Sandozan Mycophiliac Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 5	Based on my limited experience the competition is too fierce to find anything of much significance at the local parks here in the PNW. At parks I find pins and smaller specimens, but the only large haul I've found was on the side of a road...under a bush.

11-03-09, 14:03	#9 (permalink)
hyphaenation Puck Teknician Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 5,646	Beware of deadly look-a-likes. The more people picking ... the more poisonings will take place , some deadly. __________________ We're just flying by the seed of our plants.

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