Nuts

[JonCagle]

Reds are much more reliable I have found. I believe, here in Va at least, there are southern reds and northern reds and the deer only eat the northerns.

[Missouri Bowman]

Depending where I’m hunting but one area has plenty and another has none. Last year the deer were feeding like crazy on the one area that has none this year. I believe the crop varies from year to year and sometimes it may take 2-3 years to have a good crop again. These are white acorns

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Acorns are plentiful in central Wisconsin this year. Last year hardly any.  I've read they are biannual and is thought to be a survival mechanism.  Too many actors every year means an abundance of food for critters. Too many critters means less nuts have a chance to seed. Therefore the cycle allows for squirrel and chipmunks to starve off and keep numbers in check

[Yellah nocks]

Red oaks in my area of Maine. They tend to drop just before bow opener, tho a few lag. This y goldear our wild apples are almost a no hitter! If I can find an apple tree dropping this year it would be like gold to the Gabor sisters!

[John Cholin]

From what all I have read on the topic, the white oaks generally bear every other year if the weather is right.  The red/black oaks will bear every year if the weather is right.  The key is the weather.

Here in the northeast the oaks flower in mid-May.  You will see the long catkins emerge just as the leaves are emerging.  If you have "soft" weather - gentle breeze, no rain, warm days - the pollen fills the air, the hood of the Jeep is a yellowgreen every morning for a week and the female flowers are fertilized.  That is step one.  If you have cold weather, pouring rain or stormy conditions the pollination is poor and the harvest cannot be any better.

Step two comes in June, July and August.  You must have adequate rain.  If it is  dry summer, the fertilized female flowers cannot produce an acorn and the harvest will be poor.

Your mast crop is the combination of the cyclic nature of the trees, the weather during flower time and the weather during the summer.  All three must come together to have a great mast crop.  Here in the northeast we had a poor spring and a poor summer.  The acorn crop is very lean.

I hope for better weather for next year.

JMC

[degabe]

No acorns on my trees but half a mile north on my sisters place they are loaded. Go figure

[Wudstix]

Just finished a circuit hike of Sesquehanock trail in North Central PA on the lower 40 miles around Ole Bull and both sides of Cross Fork found some of the largest acorns I’ve ever seen.  Especially, above 1,800-2,000 feet. 
 

[Carpdaddy]

Lots of Nuts in Kentucky; I’m one of them! 
And on a set note, we have a lot of Acorns this year also.