Acorn question

[RUGER]

My buddy has an oak tree, of some kind, that the deer are feeding heavily on.
He said the acorns look just like white oaks but they are 2 or 3 times the "normal" size.
He is supposed to bring one to work today.
Is there an oak in SW KY that this sounds like besides a white ?

 

[tntrkkllr]

Sounds like chestnut oak ( think in the same family as a white oak) they normally have huge acorns every time I've seen them!

 

[bigtex]

^^^^^^what he said^^^^^^

 

[megalomaniac]

not sure swamp chestnut oaks grow that far north, but they have huge acorns and deer will hit them even over whites. They grow down here along creek bottoms that flood.

 

[44 mag]

What about a Burr Oak? I know they are huge.

 

[Southern Sportsman]

My buddy has an oak tree, of some kind, that the deer are feeding heavily on.
He said the acorns look just like white oaks but they are 2 or 3 times the "normal" size.
He is supposed to bring one to work today.
Is there an oak in SW KY that this sounds like besides a white ?

If it is in a relatively low-lying area, I'll bet it's a swamp chestnut oak as others have mentioned.

 

[BSK]

Swamp Chestnut or Swamp White.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Yeah swamp chestnut. Deer will absolutely go out of their way to check them in my area.