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Post by OLE ROD on Jul 21, 2005 19:34:02 GMT -5
Has anyone been out in the woods to check the Acorn crop this year??
Last year I couldn't find a tree with Acorns.It made hunting a Little tougher.
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Post by mbogo on Jul 21, 2005 19:52:35 GMT -5
It looks like we're going to have a bumper crop of acorns this year, in the south at least. The acorn crop seems to be good every other year and for the most part we got just enough rain at just the right time to produce a good crop.
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Post by OLE ROD on Jul 23, 2005 18:53:22 GMT -5
Sounds Great ;D
I know where a couple of Big White Oaks are that really came through for me two years ago.
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Post by raporter1 on Jul 23, 2005 22:11:46 GMT -5
It is going to be a great mast crop. The squirrels were cutting acorns on a red oak tree nest to my house in June. Don't think I have ever seen that. They were just little bitty things about 3/8 of an inch and of course they were green. The hickory nuts are real thick too as are the wild cherries. Should be a great year for the wildlife.
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Post by RiverJim on Aug 11, 2005 7:20:36 GMT -5
Seen very few on the scragley lookin oaks at church yesturday while workin a outside booth there.
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Post by RiverJim on Aug 13, 2005 16:03:23 GMT -5
But the walnuts are about to break limbs. I need to check the 2 oaks at the byou.
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Post by jajwrigh on Aug 31, 2005 22:29:20 GMT -5
All of the nut bearing trees I have been looking at are chocked full of nuts!! Should be a good year...  |
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Post by hornharvester on Aug 31, 2005 22:51:18 GMT -5
How long does it take one to ripen after it falls off the tree. Ive seen several white oats dropping good size green acorns. I think deer and turkey wont eat them until they have ripened. Anyone know for sure? h.h.
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Post by Woody Williams on Sept 1, 2005 5:52:15 GMT -5
The two pecans behind the house are loaded and the squirrels are cutting them heavily ...and leaving my bird feeder alone..  |
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Post by mbogo on Sept 1, 2005 6:28:41 GMT -5
White oak acorns are fair game whenever they hit the ground. Even though the shell is green the nut inside will be fully formed and plenty ripe enough for deer to eat. However deer are not feeding heavily on acorns right now with all the other food sources available to them especially given the relatively small number of acorns that fall this early. Turkeys prefer smaller acorns(easier to swallow) but I would guess that they will eat green white oak acorns if they find them.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Sept 19, 2005 11:58:03 GMT -5
Good acorn production is typically an every other year process. Acorn production is good this year & the red oaks are currently dropping thier acorns like cluster bombs.
Hornharvester, it takes a week or two depending on the temprature, moisture, & the amount of sunlight that gets to the fallen acorns. With so much food available this time of year the green acorns will be bypassed since their tanic acid level is much higher & much more bitter.
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Post by taxidermyman on Sept 23, 2005 14:04:19 GMT -5
Just came out from deer scouting and the ground was covered under every white oak on my place. My boys also found a scrape line with rubs on trees big as my leg and ground scrapes 3' around. Man Im pumped !!!
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Post by OLE ROD on Jun 23, 2006 22:06:21 GMT -5
THANKS TOO THE GREAT ACORN CROP I TOOK A NICE BUCK IN 2005.
Let me know how the 2006 acorn crop is doing asap.
(Hunt acorns and kill deer)
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Post by drs on Jul 1, 2006 14:58:47 GMT -5
Last Deer Season, in Kentucky; they had a huge crop of acorns. The deer weren't moving too well, but I managed to harvest my two Doe on the first day. Also it was much to warm 80 degrees when I took my two doe. We had to cut up three Deer that evening and place in Ice chests!
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