#2112615 - 10/15/10 06:43 AM
Re: Disgruntling week in the woods
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BSK
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i have NO acorns in roane co.
Virtually no acorns at my place either. The late drought wiped them out.
Some are dropping, but most of those have shrivelled nut inside, are hollow, or are worm-eaten.
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#2112621 - 10/15/10 06:47 AM
Re: Disgruntling week in the woods
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pastorbmp
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Man it's been a few years since I've gone 3 sits without a deer. Maybe the fact it's raining leaves is keeping them bedded? Maybe I'm just in the wrong place at the wrong time? UGH! Hope it turns around soon. How's everyone else doin?
LOL!!! We would find it highly unusual NOT to go three sits without a deer around here.
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#2112665 - 10/15/10 07:49 AM
Re: Disgruntling week in the woods
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stik
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i have NO acorns in roane co. Virtually no acorns at my place either. The late drought wiped them out. Some are dropping, but most of those have shrivelled nut inside, are hollow, or are worm-eaten.
there are 2 giant white oaks in the yard of granny's old house. one of our stands is only about 80 yds behind the house. with the old tin roof on the house, the acorns hitting it will keep you awake!! i have heard a grand total of 3 acorns hit the roof.
the ones i checked behind work yesterday are shrivelled or rotten as BSK said.
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#2112693 - 10/15/10 08:15 AM
Re: Disgruntling week in the woods
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Otterman
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Man it's been a few years since I've gone 3 sits without a deer. Maybe the fact it's raining leaves is keeping them bedded? Maybe I'm just in the wrong place at the wrong time? UGH! Hope it turns around soon. How's everyone else doin?
3x here and nothing. almost always at least see one.
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#2112793 - 10/15/10 09:28 AM
Re: Disgruntling week in the woods
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Robbhorn
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So if the amount of acorns is what's getting them not to move so much what would be the reason? Constant clatter? Or just the fact they do not have to move around much for food?
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#2112823 - 10/15/10 09:43 AM
Re: Disgruntling week in the woods
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So if the amount of acorns is what's getting them not to move so much what would be the reason?
Food availability. Deer will only move as far as necessary to meet all of their requirements. If they can meet all of their requirements in a small area, they will do so. When food is everywhere...
In addition, acorns digest more slowly than foods such as food plot plants or agricultural plants. I deer is driven to feed by the volume of food currently in their stomach. As the stomach empties, they feel hunger. If the stomach empties slower, they feel hunger less often.
It's pretty common in hardwood environments for deer sightings and harvests to go down in a bumper acorn year and go up in an acorn failure year. When acorns are plentiful, deer do not have to move as far or as often to feed, reducing their susceptibility to hunters.
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#2112861 - 10/15/10 10:02 AM
Re: Disgruntling week in the woods
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Robbhorn
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Gotcha! So pretty much my theory of jumping out right after a storm is a horrible idea when there are tons of acorns on the ground. Makes sense... All they have to do is lay down and move there head around to find water and food... Darn you acorns!!!! Hahahahahaa
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