Article about hunting wild figs by my brother

https://bohemian.com/fig-hunter/?fbclid=IwAR3jyT5s0PTM8Idx7pe4PDKBYfC19wTkay2vBHsb72P88Jq7YcLRMqQuhGY

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Cool article. There are 2 wild fig trees growing against the back fence of my work, along the bank of a small creek. When they get ripe I always grab a few to take home. I had no idea that it was a thing and never really thought about it. It’s neat to read about the history behind it and now I want to keep my eyes out for other trees that are off the beaten path.

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Nice article.  Thanks

Figs are yummy

Great article. I learned a lot about the feral figs of California.

Very interesting! I've seen a lot of them but never thought to take a bite.

Another one I see around often is madrone berries, but have not tried that one either...

Great article, thanks.

A very cool video of the fertilization has been playing I think as a teaser for "A Perfect Planet."  You gotta see it.  The male wasp insemination of his sisters is...  You name it.

Great read. Another thing to be on the lookout for whenever I'm cutting firewood, mushroom hunting, deer hunting, check game cams, wandering and wondering, etc. I ran across a vey old fig tree up on the Klamath a few years ago that I try to check every fall. It never disappoints. I always wonder what its story is.

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Good luck bagging feral figs on public land in California. Better know someone with a ranch or else it's pay to play.

Great read. Another thing to be on the lookout for whenever I'm cutting firewood, mushroom hunting, deer hunting, check game cams, wandering and wondering, etc. I ran across a vey old fig tree up on the Klamath a few years ago that I try to check every fall. It never disappoints. I always wonder what its story is.

I had a fig at my last house that I encouraged and harvested from for years,  that I know started from bird droppings.

Very interesting! I've seen a lot of them but never thought to take a bite.

Another one I see around often is madrone berries, but have not tried that one either...

My daughter used to love figs, but then she learned that at a certain point in the development of the fruit, they contain a dead wasp and wasp larvae, and that was the end of that. I like them well enough, as in I might cross the street for one, but nothing special imho.

I like madrone berries, but apparently they aren't to everyone's taste. They have a bit of a gritty texture, and if they aren't perfectly ripe, they're kind of blah. There are some trees on the route where I regularly walk my dog, so I always grab a couple.

Great read. Another thing to be on the lookout for whenever I'm cutting firewood, mushroom hunting, deer hunting, check game cams, wandering and wondering, etc. I ran across a vey old fig tree up on the Klamath a few years ago that I try to check every fall. It never disappoints. I always wonder what its story is.

Does it appear that the tree was planted by a person? Or is it growing from a cliff, or in a creek bed, etc -- like a wild seedling? As I wrote about in the story, the discovery of wild fig trees is exciting, as each one is genetically unique, and if it's a good one (good fruit), you can clone it, name it and give it to the world!

Great read. Another thing to be on the lookout for whenever I'm cutting firewood, mushroom hunting, deer hunting, check game cams, wandering and wondering, etc. I ran across a vey old fig tree up on the Klamath a few years ago that I try to check every fall. It never disappoints. I always wonder what its story is.

A lot of years ago my buddy and I hitchhiked up to the trinity alps and camped by TishTang, no money and no food because we were a couple of geniuses

After a week or so of hunger and getting on each other’s nerves your nose becomes a thing of wonder and you find food you wouldn’t when youre well fed. I went off on a trek and found a derelict apple orchard which must’ve been there since the arrival of the first white people in the zone You cant imagine how good dried up Pygmy Apples taste when you lost 20 lbs because you haven’t eaten in days

Come to think of it I should go up there and camp out