Northcentral Wisconsin 2019

[S.S.S]

Hey guys, anybody tapping yet?

[Wannabe]

Hey guys, anybody tapping yet?

I hope that was a joke..lol

[S.S.S]

Not really! Some are tapping already.

[needmoremaples]

Nobody is to run, just big operations on vac trying to get their 20k taps in before it starts

[Wannabe]

Nobody is to run, just big operations on vac trying to get their 20k taps in before it starts

Okay that makes more sense.
I had -28 this morning without the windchill.

[unclejohn]

That's quite a cold snap affecting the Midwest. If you up in the frozen north have cabin fever and really need to read about tapping activity, go to our Missouri Tapping log. Sap has been flowing. John

[Zucker Lager]

That's quite a cold snap affecting the Midwest. If you up in the frozen north have cabin fever and really need to read about tapping activity, go to our Missouri Tapping log. Sap has been flowing. John

Hey John:
Our Son's wife is from "Lee's Summit" MO she hates coming here in winter ha ha 32 below last night here in Sugar Camp Wisconsin still 10 below at almost noon. Jay

[goose52]

Hey guys, anybody tapping yet?

every year i try to hold off a lil longer so i don't wind up fighting ice so much but accuweather's long range forecast has the end of march really warming up. i've never known them or punxatonny phil to be wrong :rolleyes:

[deitzd]

275 gallon tote goes in that corner. Most years I don't even need to shovel in there. Should be interesting getting around the woods this spring.
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[Zucker Lager]

275 gallon tote goes in that corner. Most years I don't even need to shovel in there. Should be interesting getting around the woods this spring.
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Everything here looks like a tunnel now. No more room to put snow anywhere. Snowpiles up as high as my loader will reach. I'm thinking snowshoes for sure Deitze. Jay

[Zucker Lager]

Took my loader yesterday and made little roadways through the woods to tree clusters. My maples are in mixed woods and there are areas of maples surrounded by other stuff. Now I only have 20 or 30 feet of snowshoeing travel to do to individual trees in the 3 foot snow........its gona be soooooo much fun hey? Another cold week coming but maybe after that????? Jay

[Bgreisch]

Any word from people in the North Central area of Wisconsin, has it started to flow yet. Tapped 25 near Merrill this year, was not much sap last weekend so hopefully when I go up this weekend the buckets are full.

[TwoSaps2]

I tapped last weekend, near Presque Isle. One hole out of 50 was barely wet. Hoping this weekend I'll have enough to cook.

[Maple Man 85]

I've made a couple barrels of syrup in Merrill, starting out dark like last year and got lighter as I continued to run.

[Diesel Pro]

I tapped around 90 on 3/16 Sunday late afternoon near Merrill. I had immediate flow, but nothing spectacular. One line was pulling 14" before I left. Neighbor checked mid week and one line was pulling 25" two were at 18" and my 4th line has no gauge at present, but that was my best line and should have been pulling hard. As of yesterday morning I have about 130 gallons for the approx. 4 days they have been in.

I'm going to check things out today and play with my sap sucker to see what I can do. Hopefully cook Sunday.

[Zucker Lager]

Tapped 17 yesterday, snow is still knee deep, one tree that is in the open dripped a little all the others were dry.................We are usually a week or two behind you guys in Merrill sometimes more. Jay

[Bgreisch]

Went to our place this past weekend and collected 40gallons from the past week on Saturday and Sunday morning when I went to collected I had 22 gallons, so was a good run Saturday.

3rd year with 25 taps and cinder block arch.

[Diesel Pro]

Cooked 200 gallons sap down to about 7 gallons that needs to be finished. Had 50 gallons new sap in the tank when I left Sunday. Today the tank is full at 275 gallons. No idea how long it has been full for. Finally a decent run.

[Bgreisch]

Last week Friday I had collected 86 gallons on the 25 taps I have out. I had a lot of full buckets wonder how much more I would of had if I could of collected during the week instead of just on the weekends since I am 3 hours away from where I tap and live. So far for the year I have 4.75 gallons of Syrup and that does not include the near syrup from Friday's boil that I need to finish on the propane stove which will probably be another 3 gallons of Syrup. Sap Sugar content has been very good for me this year not sure on exact but we had one batch from 2 weeks ago that figured out to be just over 3 percent. We are pulling taps this Saturday, this week will probably not be as good as the last 2 weeks for sap run with the warmup over the past weekend and the snow storm coming Thursday, but overall been a very good season for my 3rd year.

[Trapper2]

Last week Friday I had collected 86 gallons on the 25 taps I have out. I had a lot of full buckets wonder how much more I would of had if I could of collected during the week instead of just on the weekends since I am 3 hours away from where I tap and live. So far for the year I have 4.75 gallons of Syrup and that does not include the near syrup from Friday's boil that I need to finish on the propane stove which will probably be another 3 gallons of Syrup. Sap Sugar content has been very good for me this year not sure on exact but we had one batch from 2 weeks ago that figured out to be just over 3 percent. We are pulling taps this Saturday, this week will probably not be as good as the last 2 weeks for sap run with the warmup over the past weekend and the snow storm coming Thursday, but overall been a very good season for my 3rd year.


I think you will have quite a bit to cook again. I emptied this bag on Sunday and it is showing that we had a fair run yesterday. I'm 50-60 miles south of you. Wittenberg area but I'm from Fond Du Lac. I pulled all my taps on Sunday but I left these 2 just to see what's going on up there with the trail cameras. I get a new picture every 4 hours.. Have fun.
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[Zucker Lager]

Finally getting some sap here but now a possible foot of snow coming???? holy smokes get the snowshoes back out ha ha. Jay

[Bgreisch]

So I finished up my near syrup last night from last week Fridays boil and have maybe a little over 3 gallons from the 86 gallons of sap I boiled. Syrup was back to amber compared to the dark syrup from the week before. Not sure if my dad boils different than I did Friday but he boiled the batch that was dark. I know there could be lots of variables that effect the color. Next year I need to invest in a decent pan instead of the buffet pans. Looking at the weather for Merrill area and could maybe get another week or 2 out of it but running out of wood and have about 7 gallons of syrup so far and what ever we get from this week. So it has been a great year for my 25 taps compared to last year when it was a struggle to get the 4 gallons I did.

[Bgreisch]

This past weekend collected 53 gallons, made 1.5 gal of Syrup. We pulled the 25 taps, now just need to bottle the 4.5 gal I have ready from the last couple weeks. Was a great season should finish with about 8 gals bottled which is double what we did last year (22 taps). Ran out of dry wood stacked, so season came to an end at the perfect time.

[grahamcreek62]

Just wondering how it is running. Here where I am by eau claire, it is slow. I have 40 taps out and so far only 60 gallon of sap.

[DairyVet]

I’m south of Eau Claire a bit and I haven’t had any sap since Monday. 16 bucket taps on silver maples. I’m hoping they don’t completely bud out this week, otherwise it’ll be an incredibly short first season.

[mdm1]

We're just south of hwy 29 just east of Thorpe. Had 35gals Tues from 24 taps. Not much happening during the day. We tap 2hrs from our home so won't go back for a few days now. Good to hear what is happening in that area. Thanks.