They should be ripe at this time.
But then you’ll have to beat the birds, possums, raccoons and bears to the prize!............
Not bears here. Deer, yes. Plus the possums, the raccoons, and the birds.
I went out to the way back, and scouted around for a while. Didn’t find any pawpaw trees, darn it! I have an app that helps identify trees, birds, animals, insects, etc. and all it showed up was ash among the tulip trees, the hickories, the maples, and buckeye trees. So unless pawpaws are related to ash, I didn’t see any, and certainly found nothing with fruit on it.
I did find some beautiful Great Blue Lobelia on my way to the creek, and I think I’m going to see if I can dig up a few of them and transplant them closer to my house in a wildflower garden that I have. That will make the little journey I took very worthwhile.