Ginseng

[Gone fishin]

Anyone on here dabble in ginseng hunting or know how to go about getting a license

 

[bullshot]

From 2013, but should get you the telephone numbers:

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5429653.pdf

and for non-public lands:
http://www.tn.gov/environment/natural-areas/tennessee-ginseng.shtml

 

[Gone fishin]

Thanks man

 

[crappiefan]

Don't know where you are planning on hunting, Georgia has a specified ginseng season, Sept. 1st - dec. 31 and you must have written landowner permission, plus other regulations regarding size of plants legal to be harvested. Georgia DNR is pretty strict on ginseng digging. Just a little info.

 

[procraft]

i did not know that digging up ginseng was such a big thing i have seen it on some of my family property and have helped a few friends dig some of it up where would one sell the stuff

 

[Triton20xHarris]

What you a episode of Appalachian outlaws. Then you'll see how big of a deal some people take it. It's all scripted but there's still some serious money to be made.

 

[SpurHunter]

procraft - 3/5/2015 10:17 AM

i did not know that digging up ginseng was such a big thing i have seen it on some of my family property and have helped a few friends dig some of it up where would one sell the stuff

You sell to a first level buyer, who in turns sells it to the wholesaler, then they sell to the manufactures who use it in products all over the world.

 

[churly]

There are gensing buyers all over our area

 

[bricknbass]

Sang For personal use pretty safe =not dealing with other people. But digging on land that isn't yours even if you have permission is dangerous /it not a game

 

[Hook1]

I've actually found some in north Ga but hardly enough to go back and dig for. I've heard of prices as high as $200 a pound for it! If you knew of a buyer and the right sized patch it could pay well.

 

[churly]

Hook1 - 3/5/2015 9:45 PM

I've actually found some in north Ga but hardly enough to go back and dig for. I've heard of prices as high as $200 a pound for it! If you knew of a buyer and the right sized patch it could pay well.

It's over $200 and ounce! But it's illegal to dig now as season is closed

 

[Hook1]

churly - 3/6/2015 4:01 AM

Hook1 - 3/5/2015 9:45 PM

I've actually found some in north Ga but hardly enough to go back and dig for. I've heard of prices as high as $200 a pound for it! If you knew of a buyer and the right sized patch it could pay well.

It's over $200 and ounce! But it's illegal to dig now as season is closed

Shows how much I know huh? A guy could make a good check pretty quick with those kind of prices.

 

[poolecw]

That price is by the dried pound. It takes a lot more roots than you think to make a dry pound.

 

[bass15]

1000.00 BUCKS A POPUND DRY..lol

 

[fish4thepeck]

poolecw - 3/6/2015 1:42 PM

That price is by the dried pound. It takes a lot more roots than you think to make a dry pound.

YEP!

 

[poolecw]

bass15 - 3/6/2015 3:03 PM

1000.00 BUCKS A POPUND DRY..lol

I've read from multiple sources that it takes anywhere from 300-350 dry roots to make a pound. At $100/lb, that around $3.00 per root. Not bad... But like I said, it takes a lot.

 

[SpurHunter]

Hook1 - 3/6/2015 7:04 AM

churly - 3/6/2015 4:01 AM

Hook1 - 3/5/2015 9:45 PM

I've actually found some in north Ga but hardly enough to go back and dig for. I've heard of prices as high as $200 a pound for it! If you knew of a buyer and the right sized patch it could pay well.

It's over $200 and ounce! But it's illegal to dig now as season is closed

Shows how much I know huh? A guy could make a good check pretty quick with those kind of prices.

You have to have a LOT of ground available to make any money. its certainly not a get rich quick gig.
If you will notice, the vast majority of diggers are dirt poor, yea they can make money during dig season, but its shortlived and a hard life climbing those mountains.

 

[bwntn]

Appalachian Outlaws is an awesome show even if it is scripted. Those guys are nuts.

 

[gonefishing31]

Around here last year went for between 500 to 600 hundred a pound

 

[gonefishing31]

And it takes about 3lbs to make 1 lb dry and the year before I got 950 a pound dry