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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2014 18:27:38 GMT -5
How are the Acorns in your area ? I have been seeing a lot of Acorns everywhere in Kentucky this season.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2014 18:38:21 GMT -5
Quite a few dropping on my place.
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Post by htownhunter on Sept 26, 2014 20:32:24 GMT -5
Dropping here too. Jumped up 5 deer less than ten yards from my stand. There are a couple mature oaks around it.
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Post by boonechaser on Sept 27, 2014 3:39:58 GMT -5
Very plentiful this season.
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Post by drs on Sept 27, 2014 3:52:54 GMT -5
Lots of acorns this year, but as soon as they fall, they are eaten!!
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Post by ridgerunner on Sept 27, 2014 4:45:42 GMT -5
My red oaks are dropping, looks to be plenty. White oaks are starting to drop also, just seems to be more Red oak on the ground right now.
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Post by omegahunter on Sept 27, 2014 20:50:59 GMT -5
White oaks & Chestnuts dropping @ Glendale F&WA. Ground torn up under them where deer & squirrels were vacuuming them up.
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Post by single_shooter on Sept 27, 2014 23:53:11 GMT -5
Yup...plenty of them this year and HUGE too!!! Can't remember last time I saw acorns so big. Some guys say that's a sign of a hard winter coming.
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Post by drs on Sept 28, 2014 4:31:23 GMT -5
White oaks & Chestnuts dropping @ Glendale F&WA. Ground torn up under them where deer & squirrels were vacuuming them up. Same down here in Central Ky. Squirrels, Deer, and Turkey are eating acorns as soon as they drop. Up in my former residence in Evansville, I planted some Horse Chestnut trees, which produced large sized fruit each containing three large brown seeds in each pod. However nothing would "touch" them, guess they weren't all that "tasty" to critters. |
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Post by tynimiller on Sept 29, 2014 7:52:11 GMT -5
LOADED...couple spot already have so many on the ground you step on 6-12 with each foot each step.......oak stands for does and early season bucks it is!
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Post by henson59 on Sept 29, 2014 8:24:52 GMT -5
LOADED...couple spot already have so many on the ground you step on 6-12 with each foot each step.......oak stands for does and early season bucks it is! Yep that's my plan for my first hunt on Saturday. Our oaks have been dropping like crazy |
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Post by huntin4ever on Sept 29, 2014 23:17:55 GMT -5
I have hunted heavily forested areas a lot over the years where there are acorns red & white every where... in these areas where the acorns are literally on every ridge, flat, and bottom my best success has been finding water rather than acorns...
Any one else been in this situation? If so what has been your game plan?
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Post by omegahunter on Sept 30, 2014 12:07:53 GMT -5
White oaks & Chestnuts dropping @ Glendale F&WA. Ground torn up under them where deer & squirrels were vacuuming them up. Same down here in Central Ky. Squirrels, Deer, and Turkey are eating acorns as soon as they drop. Up in my former residence in Evansville, I planted some Horse Chestnut trees, which produced large sized fruit each containing three large brown seeds in each pod. However nothing would "touch" them, guess they weren't all that "tasty" to critters. From Medline Plus: "Horse chestnut contains significant amounts of a poison called esculin and can cause death if eaten raw." I am guessing that is why nothing would "touch" them!  The trees I found were American Chestnut. I would like to get them started in some more places, but it sure won't be my yard because of the spiny burrs that the chestnuts develop in. I brought home some of the big acorns that were intact and I do plan to plant them in the yard. |
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Post by raporter on Sept 30, 2014 13:53:08 GMT -5
Loaded here. Also there are more persimmons than I have ever seen.
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Post by drs on Oct 1, 2014 4:24:25 GMT -5
Same down here in Central Ky. Squirrels, Deer, and Turkey are eating acorns as soon as they drop. Up in my former residence in Evansville, I planted some Horse Chestnut trees, which produced large sized fruit each containing three large brown seeds in each pod. However nothing would "touch" them, guess they weren't all that "tasty" to critters. From Medline Plus: "Horse chestnut contains significant amounts of a poison called esculin and can cause death if eaten raw." I am guessing that is why nothing would "touch" them! The trees I found were American Chestnut. I would like to get them started in some more places, but it sure won't be my yard because of the spiny burrs that the chestnuts develop in. I brought home some of the big acorns that were intact and I do plan to plant them in the yard. Thanks, Jason, on the up-date on Horse Chestnuts. Having the compound "Esculin" and being a poison, one would understand why species of wildlife won't eat them.  |
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Post by 76chevy on Oct 1, 2014 12:03:24 GMT -5
lots of acorns in Parke co.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 1, 2014 12:18:11 GMT -5
Heavy mast in my neck of the woods!
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Post by INhuntin on Oct 1, 2014 15:34:45 GMT -5
When I was deer hunting this morning it was like a hail storm in the woods every time a gust wind blew or when a squirrel ran through the tree. I only saw one doe making a fast paced dash through the woods, too far out for me to get off a good shot.
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Post by ridgerunner on Oct 3, 2014 4:45:02 GMT -5
Never seen so many acorns.. I was out hunting Oct 1st and it literally looks like someone took dump truck loads of acorns and scattered them. In 30 plus years of hunting I've never seen so many acorns. Gonna be good hunting on them oak flats or ridges.
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Post by drs on Oct 3, 2014 6:15:44 GMT -5
When I was deer hunting this morning it was like a hail storm in the woods every time a gust wind blew or when a squirrel ran through the tree. I only saw one doe making a fast paced dash through the woods, too far out for me to get off a good shot. With all the acorn production, this year, you should have seen more than one Deer. Past years, during an excellent acorn production year; I've seen several Deer feeding on them each time I was in my ladder stand. |
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