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Browse will help carry them through the winter but in my opinion the red oaks is their mainstay. They seem to produce more frequently and abundantly than the whites and as mentioned, they'll stay a viable food source on the ground through winter.
 
Wayne & Hardin Co - Probably have the biggest white oak crop of acorns that we have had in 15 yrs. Lots on red oaks as well. Plots are getting a break!
 
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tellico4x4":2afla0ln said:
Wayne & Hardin Co - Probably have the biggest white oak crop of acorns that we have had in 15 yrs. Lots on red oaks as well. Plots are getting a break!
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Seeing the same thing here in SW TN.
 
I pass a clover and alfalfa hay field twice every day on my way to work. I would see deer there almost every day on my way home. That stopped about 2 weeks ago, so I know that the acorns were falling real good. Location, West Cheatham County.
 
I read someplace 100 years ago deer will only eat fresh acorns, like within a few days of them dropping. After that, they won't eat them. Have no idea if this is true just something I read well before the digital age.
 
casjoker":2hl3gwo9 said:
I read someplace 100 years ago deer will only eat fresh acorns, like within a few days of them dropping. After that, they won't eat them. Have no idea if this is true just something I read well before the digital age.
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That would be totally false! Deer will eat Acorns off the ground until they actually rot. Obviously fresh White oak acorns will be picked up first, but when food gets scarce they will eat them until their gone to root or rot. Red Oak acorns will last the longest, many times until next spring before rotting or going to root as they have the most Tanic acid in them. White oaks wont last as long and will rot quicker because they have less Tanic acid and are more preferred by deer because of this. Chestnut oaks are also in the White oak family.
 
Thanks for all the replies! I should have included my location. I am in Nashville.


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casjoker":yzdw5n6c said:
I read someplace 100 years ago deer will only eat fresh acorns, like within a few days of them dropping. After that, they won't eat them. Have no idea if this is true just something I read well before the digital age.
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100 years ago ? Dang, how old are you? :P :poke:
 
My white oak has dropped about 200 pounds of acorns. Best crop in years----Matter of fact, only crop since those stinking wasps arrived. Last 3 years all I got was a cap the size of a spring pea or less. I saw 3 squirrels doing a dance in the back yard.
 
Still falling rapidly and I am picking up many sprouting out the ends already. Wow..........that is early for my area but hopefully this cold will slow that process down somewhat. We have a really heavy mast drop in wayne and Lawrence counties. They are not touching the wheat fields at all as of now. I expect that to continue most of November.
 

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