USFS: Be Gentle With Huckleberries

On his SR Outdoors blog, Rich Landers provides his thoughts & a note from USFS asking huckleberry pickers to be gentle with the beloved bushes. The USFS news release first:

Due to the dry season recreational pickers are finding fewer berries than in recent years. This shortage has resulted in many questions about huckleberry picking, and concerns for some of the rough methods and illegal picking operations recently observed on the national forest. The Idaho Panhandle National Forest (IPNF) is reminding huckleberry pickers that commercial picking of huckleberries is not permitted. Additionally, huckleberry pickers are encouraged to pick only what they can consume so that others may enjoy the fun of picking and the delicious taste of our state fruit. More here.

Question: Have you seen huckleberry pickers abusing bushes while you’ve been picking?