ickle: Another controversy brewing at the DOW besides whitetail regulations are changes to ginseng hunting. It appears the reality TV show, "Appalachian Outlaws" is stirring things up as to permits and an influx of non resident "diggers" hunting "sang"
Average price for Ohio sang was $1000 a pound in 2013 and $800 in 2014.
I have never dug any but I do know of 3 places where it has grown. One place is on a Public Hunting Area near the Ohio River, the second being a Metropolitan park. Its illegal to dig in either place. I noticed the one dug up area while morel hunting during turkey season. Actually found a broken garden shovel real close to a parking spot on the public hunting area. I spotted the same type of shovel in a Park, thinking at first somebody was digging flowers since it was summer. Now I know better. The place I deer hunt has ginseng but none of it is old enough to dig. The property owner showed me what to look for and where. He knows I am very good locating morels on his property.
Anybody else seeing shovels on public hunt areas? I wonder if anybody is leasing deer hunting land just to get at the ginseng?:smiley_confused_vra
Average price for Ohio sang was $1000 a pound in 2013 and $800 in 2014.
I have never dug any but I do know of 3 places where it has grown. One place is on a Public Hunting Area near the Ohio River, the second being a Metropolitan park. Its illegal to dig in either place. I noticed the one dug up area while morel hunting during turkey season. Actually found a broken garden shovel real close to a parking spot on the public hunting area. I spotted the same type of shovel in a Park, thinking at first somebody was digging flowers since it was summer. Now I know better. The place I deer hunt has ginseng but none of it is old enough to dig. The property owner showed me what to look for and where. He knows I am very good locating morels on his property.
Anybody else seeing shovels on public hunt areas? I wonder if anybody is leasing deer hunting land just to get at the ginseng?:smiley_confused_vra