Acorns and Deer

[varmint101]

Same Frank! There are a good amount of loaded white oaks, but the nice thing is they aren’t all loaded! They are dropping decently, but not crazy yet. There’s always a few that just drop a lot early, but this year seems different. Certainly an early fall.  It was 35 here this morning, but will be 90 Wednesday. Read Terry’s post twice. Terry said it very well up above. Some might even say to a T. 

[CAPTJJ]

Seeing the same early acorns in my area of NY, only reds so far where I have scouted. They were mostly unripe a couple weeks ago, think those ones got knocked down by all the strong storms we had. Two days ago they were mostly ripe and falling on their own. Need to see if I can find any whites that have acorns this year.

[DouglasCorrell]

W. Central Indiana here. I'm in the same boat as Frank. Various white oak species have, for the most part, hit the ground.  Even the shingle oaks are pretty much done. Persimmons might be my salvation for hunting over food sources in the early season. Maybe 1/4-1/3 of my persimmons are still green and holding tight.

This drought has thrown everything for a loop.

[Michael Guran]

As an update to my previous post, I have scouted 4 different mountain areas in E TN and W NC and have found 0 white oaks and very few red oaks producing.  I’m not sure what’s going on but it’s the fewest acorns I’ve seen in the 4 years I’ve been in the area.  Going to keep looking but it sure looks like it might be a tough winter for the critters here. 

[DouglasCorrell]

Yes, everything is early here in my part of Indiana.
Acorns are dropping, squirrels have been on the walnuts for about a month.
Pawpaw are dropping, too! Picked up 8 in and along the creek, last evening.

Most of my white oak variants have been dropping for several weeks and are all but done. Even worse for me, one of my early season go-to persimmon trees is pretty much barren now.  This drought has been a game-changer.