Acorns

[BSK]

Pictures of a southern Red Oak and a White Oak on my place. As long as these rains keep coming, going to be at last a decent crop. And both of these pictures were from the lowest branches on the trees, which often have few to no acorns even in a good year.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Consistent with what I have seen here.

 

[MFDfire15]

Pictures of a southern Red Oak and a White Oak on my place. As long as these rains keep coming, going to be at last a decent crop. And both of these pictures were from the lowest branches on the trees, which often have few to no acorns even in a good year.

Hope so. I went to check my feeder this morning, and the lid was no where to be found. I guess the wind whisked it away to OZ with Dorothy, unless the deer stole it. So instead of a deer feeder, I was fermenting corn licker. So, here's to a good crop of acorns this year

 

[Wrangler95]

I sure hope, very little to none last year

 

[Rackseeker]

Last year was tough with very few acorns where I hunt. We had too really scout to find the deer last year. The years we have alot of acorns its tough also, but at least the deer stay on the property and eat good. Alot of the deer left last season where I hunt and went to the valley and got killed by outlaw hunters over bait.

 

[BSK]

Last year was tough with very few acorns where I hunt. We had too really scout to find the deer last year. The years we have alot of acorns its tough also, but at least the deer stay on the property and eat good.

This is my situation. In a poor acorn year, deer don't leave the bottomlands for my upland hardwoods. The few deer we do have are much easier to pattern, but it's few deer. In a good acorn crop, we're crawling in deer, but they don't have to move much.

 

[farmin68]

That's very encouraging. But don't forget you need a permit for those acorns before they start dropping.

 

[Creek bottoms]

Keeps the turkeys longer in the woods too.........

 

[Ski]

I think at this point the ground is so saturated the acorn crop is locked in. If it doesn't rain again til September we'll still have good acorns.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

This is my situation. In a poor acorn year, deer don't leave the bottomlands for my upland hardwoods. The few deer we do have are much easier to pattern, but it's few deer. In a good acorn crop, we're crawling in deer, but they don't have to move much.

Same. Poor acorn years produce very little deer movement on our place. They're just gone. Median to abundance of acorns, deer are everywhere all season. I'll take the average to abundance any time.

 

[recurve60#]

Cicadas pruned all the oaks here pretty hard.

 

[BSK]

That's pretty crazy Recurve60#!

 

[BSK]

Same. Poor acorn years produce very little deer movement on our place. They're just gone. Median to abundance of acorns, deer are everywhere all season. I'll take the average to abundance any time.

Agree completely.

 

[Snake]

Cicadas pruned all the oaks here pretty hard. View attachment 281192

Dang ...man that's terrible !

 

[recurve60#]

That's pretty crazy Recurve60#!

I always assumed they chew the tender, new green growth and that is was kills the stem.
I checked a few low hanging limbs and I found no damage at all. I have no clue what they do to kill it like that.

 

[mcbuck58]

I always assumed they chew the tender, new green growth and that is was kills the stem.
I checked a few low hanging limbs and I found no damage at all. I have no clue what they do to kill it like that.

The female cuts a grove in the stems to lay her eggs. The grove weakens the stem and the wind breaks it. They have attacked this years new growth and last years growth. They are really bad here in Edmonson County. They have hit my timber and a lot of the 350 orchard trees I have planted. Some experts say it will affect the acorn crop.

 

[BSK]

Just "WOW" mcbuck58! Thanks for sharing.

 

[mcbuck58]

Just "WOW" mcbuck58! Thanks for sharing.

Yes sir. It's been bad here. KY said places had 1,000,000 per acre. Had a least that. Nothing I could do but weather the storm. Chemical would kill if you hit the cicada. Chemical on branches, stems and leaves did nothing after it dried. They are not feeding on it. Experts said best thing to do was put netting over tree. Kind of hard when you have 350 trees from 2 to 10 years old up to 25' tall. Been pruning and burning these branches before the eggs hatch. Sure it will not reduce numbers 17 years from now but it makes me feel better getting a little payback.