Acorn Report

[A.S.]

I'm loaded down with Pin Oak acorns right now. I'm sure we will have plenty of red oaks as well when I get out looking in a couple days.

[RC]

Plenty of acorns here only still on the tree. Persimmons are falling and will be my plan next week. Lots of crabapples as well that should be dropping in maybe 2-3 weeks. RC

[pitbull]

A fair crop of reds and whites, but the chestnut oaks are excellent and falling like rain.

[katie]

I have seen a lot on the ground already. We don't open for another 2 weeks.

[Mike Gerardi]

Some by me but not as many as the past two years.

We were covered in acorns for the last two years.

[PeteA]

Last year we had zero. This year tons, reds and whites.

[dnovo]

It's still hard to tell around here. Nothing is dropping yet, but using binos I can tell some of the white oaks are bearing. I don't think it's gonna be a bumper year, but if you find the right spot it's better.

[Keith Langford]

have not found a one, last 2 years were loaded, this year nuthin.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

It seems hit or miss by me which I guess is god, easier to narrow down active feeding.  Funny, I cant see them in the trees but see some on the ground beneath the trees.

[bruinman]

Sucks around here. Not to mentioned they made it legal to bait this year. Been in the woods for the last two days, and I don't have a clue where the deer are. The guys on the property next to ours have put feeders out. Not for sure how that affects things but it is not looking good so far.

[jacobsladder]

Dropping good here at my place.....watched a  doe feeding 30 yards behind my rhinehart tonight..lol

It was funny to watch her.....an acorn would drop every few minutes....and she had to find the one that just rained down....instead of concentrating on all the others that were already on the ground.

[KentuckyTJ]

Yeah the past two years we were loaded but nothing this year. Have talked to a few others around here also and they haven't found any.

I bet if I find a tree dropping it will be a no brainer place to set up.

[The Night Stalker]

No white oak acorns or adequate apple crop. I have looking at all the white oaks I fertilized in the spring. We had a crazy amount of rain this summer. (Record highs)  Usually when we have a bad apple crop it is due to a late frost in May. I do not know if that would affect the acorn crop.

[Rob W.]

My dads farm has nuts but thats about it. All my other spots are slim to none. Walked a couple miles the other day and nothing worth talking about.

[doubleo]

It's raining White Oak Acorns in my neck of the woods. The white oaks are just loaded. I don't know about the reds. The apples are loaded also. I saw 2 different bucks in the white oaks on 2 hunts.

[Deeter]

Aint seen one acorn over here in the sand box haha.  But I will be home friday finally!  Hopefully I will find some while scouting when I get home.

[NoCams]

TJ,
Sounds like a late frost got your acorn blooms.... happened here a few years back when on April 22nd I think it was we had a 25 degree night !!! When I say no acorns, I mean NO acorns that year. We had to move all our stands and started hunted thickets with honesuckle and briars. Splashed 6 deer once we moved. Deer seemed as fat as ever, pretty amazing how adaptable they really are. We have also had some record drought conditions over the past 5 year cycle and even on our hottest driest year the acorns that year were unbelieveable ! A biologist told me that drought would actually stimulate acorn production due to nature trying to preserve the species.

This year has been totally opposite.... we have had record rainfall this year and acorn crop looks good. I think we are close to 60" of rain last time I checked !!! Good luck my friend, I am sure you will kill a KY giant, acorns or no acorns......  

[BenBow]

Nothing in New Mexico drought killed the crop

[HighTecRedNeck]

Not so good in Central FL. I hunt out near Frostproof. The large tress are not dropping yet. The smaller scub oaks seem to have a few but not many.

Looks like there will be a lot of stalking for the piggies vs my tree stand this opening for me.

[KentuckyTJ]

Originally posted by NoCams:
TJ,
Sounds like a late frost got your acorn blooms.... happened here a few years back when on April 22nd I think it was we had a 25 degree night !!! When I say no acorns, I mean NO acorns that year. We had to move all our stands and started hunted thickets with honesuckle and briars. Splashed 6 deer once we moved. Deer seemed as fat as ever, pretty amazing how adaptable they really are. We have also had some record drought conditions over the past 5 year cycle and even on our hottest driest year the acorns that year were unbelieveable ! A biologist told me that drought would actually stimulate acorn production due to nature trying to preserve the species.

This year has been totally opposite.... we have had record rainfall this year and acorn crop looks good. I think we are close to 60" of rain last time I checked !!! Good luck my friend, I am sure you will kill a KY giant, acorns or no acorns......    

Late Frost, very interesting NoCams. I will look into that to see when our last frost was. Not to many days pass where I can't learn something from this great site.