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High Bush Cranberries #8476837 09/26/25 11:45 PM 09/26/25 11:45 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 49th State M mad_mike OP trapper
mad_mike OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2008 49th State	Love them or hate them? I can’t stand the smell. The jelly smells like doo doo. People rave about it, or hate it. We pick about a gallon each fall to make ketchup from. Here is an easy way to collect them. Just bring a colander?

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: mad_mike] #8476840 09/26/25 11:53 PM 09/26/25 11:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 WI - Wisconsin	I've never had them but I hear deer love them

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: mad_mike] #8476845 09/26/25 11:56 PM 09/26/25 11:56 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 49th State M mad_mike OP trapper
mad_mike OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2008 49th State	I always liked how a few of them will still be on the bushes into late January. Makes for amazing color contrast. Typically in good marten habitat also.

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: mad_mike] #8476848 09/27/25 12:00 AM 09/27/25 12:00 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 NWWA/AZ Vinke trapper
Vinke trapper Joined: Dec 2006 NWWA/AZ	…. Not a big fan….. Ant Man/ Marty 2028 just put your ear to the ground , and follow along

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: mad_mike] #8476849 09/27/25 12:00 AM 09/27/25 12:00 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 WI - Wisconsin	I planted some this year for the 1st time ever. I suppose I'll regret not fencing or tubing them

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: Vinke] #8476853 09/27/25 12:02 AM 09/27/25 12:02 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 49th State M mad_mike OP trapper
mad_mike OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2008 49th State	Originally Posted by Vinke …. Not a big fan….. Not the answer that I expected from you…. lol.

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: mad_mike] #8476854 09/27/25 12:05 AM 09/27/25 12:05 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State W waggler trapper
waggler trapper W Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State	I like them; they taste/smell a little musty though. "My life is better than your vacation"

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: AJE] #8476855 09/27/25 12:05 AM 09/27/25 12:05 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 49th State M mad_mike OP trapper
mad_mike OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2008 49th State	Originally Posted by AJE I planted some this year for the 1st time ever. I suppose I'll regret not fencing or tubing them Are we talking about the same thing? https://www.uaf.edu/ces/publications/database/food/highbush-cranberries.php Last edited by mad_mike; 09/27/25 12:09 AM.

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: waggler] #8476856 09/27/25 12:09 AM 09/27/25 12:09 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 49th State M mad_mike OP trapper
mad_mike OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2008 49th State	Originally Posted by waggler I like them; they taste/smell a little musty though. They can upset a farm breakfast. lol.

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: mad_mike] #8476857 09/27/25 12:10 AM 09/27/25 12:10 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 WI - Wisconsin	Originally Posted by mad_mike Originally Posted by AJE I planted some this year for the 1st time ever. I suppose I'll regret not fencing or tubing them Are we talking about the same thing? https://www.uaf.edu/ces/publications/database/food/highbush-cranberries.php Probably. This is what I planted: https://www.paintcreeknursery.com/high-bush-cranberry-viburnum-trilobum.aspx

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: mad_mike] #8476858 09/27/25 12:11 AM 09/27/25 12:11 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 NWWA/AZ Vinke trapper
Vinke trapper Joined: Dec 2006 NWWA/AZ	Originally Posted by mad_mike Originally Posted by Vinke …. Not a big fan….. Not the answer that I expected from you…. lol. I do not want to be kicked of until the 3 of October Ant Man/ Marty 2028 just put your ear to the ground , and follow along

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: mad_mike] #8476859 09/27/25 12:12 AM 09/27/25 12:12 AM
Joined: Jan 2016 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 WI - Wisconsin	Actually yours appear to be: Viburnum edule So maybe slightly different from mine

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: AJE] #8476860 09/27/25 12:20 AM 09/27/25 12:20 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 49th State M mad_mike OP trapper
mad_mike OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2008 49th State	[quote=AJE Probably. This is what I planted: https://www.paintcreeknursery.com/high-bush-cranberry-viburnum-trilobum.aspx[/quote] Those clusters of berries look nice. Let me know if they produce the odor I was describing.

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: mad_mike] #8476861 09/27/25 12:23 AM 09/27/25 12:23 AM
Joined: Aug 2011 Craigmont, Idaho M marty weatherup trapper
marty weatherup trapper M Joined: Aug 2011 Craigmont, Idaho	We loved them when we lived in Alaska. One trick that will help with the smell when cooking is to freeze them first. I don’t know what the change is but it works. If you steam them or cook them fresh they smell like a locker room. If you’ll freeze them first there isn’t any of the dirty socks smell. I never tried making ketchup but we always made a few batches of jelly. I think I have one jar left. Trail cameras and fresh snow have broke a lot of trapper’s hearts.

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: marty weatherup] #8476867 09/27/25 12:32 AM 09/27/25 12:32 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 49th State M mad_mike OP trapper
mad_mike OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2008 49th State	Originally Posted by marty weatherup We loved them when we lived in Alaska. One trick that will help with the smell when cooking is to freeze them first. I don’t know what the change is but it works. If you steam them or cook them fresh they smell like a locker room. If you’ll freeze them first there isn’t any of the dirty socks smell. I never tried making ketchup but we always made a few batches of jelly. I think I have one jar left. We freeze the berries we pick prior to processing for that very reason. It works. The smell is always in the field or from what someone else brought. The berries flavor is amazing. We love the ketchup over moose, especially meatloaf.

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: mad_mike] #8476870 09/27/25 12:45 AM 09/27/25 12:45 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State W waggler trapper
waggler trapper W Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State	I think that is the domesticated variety that you can buy. "My life is better than your vacation"

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: mad_mike] #8476871 09/27/25 12:47 AM 09/27/25 12:47 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 NWWA/AZ Vinke trapper
Vinke trapper Joined: Dec 2006 NWWA/AZ	Ok,,,,,I’d eat that………lol I can bearly not lich the computer Ant Man/ Marty 2028 just put your ear to the ground , and follow along

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: Vinke] #8476875 09/27/25 12:53 AM 09/27/25 12:53 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 49th State M mad_mike OP trapper
mad_mike OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2008 49th State	Originally Posted by Vinke Ok,,,,,I’d eat that………lol I, of course, gave one of the crudest/worst case visuals…. There are varying means of collection. And efficiencies are worth discussion.

Re: High Bush Cranberries [Re: Tatiana] #8476949 09/27/25 08:12 AM 09/27/25 08:12 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 49th State M mad_mike OP trapper
mad_mike OP trapper M Joined: Jan 2008 49th State	Originally Posted by Tatiana They smell like very poor hygiene in very close quarters, frozen or not. I once made liquor from them following the recipe for arctic bramble and it stank so bad it was dubbed butthole syrup, but the men still drank it. Even cranberries taste better. I put branches with frozen berries in my marten boxes or right next to them for visual attraction. Nice! I put boxes where there are berries, lol.

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