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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5271417" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>Many (if not most) areas of West TN are less effected than Middle TN by whatever the acorn crop.</p><p></p><p>But on another hand, many West TN hunters might not adapt as well as many Middle TN hunters, simply because so many farther west tend to hunt more from permanent blinds positioned overlooking large ag fields. Even with less "woods" in West TN, a moderate acorn crop would cause fewer deer to feed in ag fields.</p><p></p><p>I still think "statewide" (including West TN) the number one reason for a lower deer harvest in 2021 was the huge acorn crop.</p><p></p><p>But collective other issues may have added up to even more significance than the acorn crop!</p><p></p><p>Those collective issues include:</p><p></p><p>1) Less deer hunting for a multitude of reasons . . . .</p><p>but high on the reason list is CWD-related issues.</p><p></p><p>2) Warm weather around Christmas which increased late-season food sources for deer, while decreasing caloric needs, i.e. decreased late-season deer movement.</p><p></p><p>3) Hunters' non-adaptive hunting habits, i.e. hunting more from permanent comfortable stands over-looking fields & food plots, this year, void of deer, which brings us back to the acorn crop & warm weather keeping those deer out those fields & food plots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5271417, member: 1409"] Many (if not most) areas of West TN are less effected than Middle TN by whatever the acorn crop. But on another hand, many West TN hunters might not adapt as well as many Middle TN hunters, simply because so many farther west tend to hunt more from permanent blinds positioned overlooking large ag fields. Even with less "woods" in West TN, a moderate acorn crop would cause fewer deer to feed in ag fields. I still think "statewide" (including West TN) the number one reason for a lower deer harvest in 2021 was the huge acorn crop. But collective other issues may have added up to even more significance than the acorn crop! Those collective issues include: 1) Less deer hunting for a multitude of reasons . . . . but high on the reason list is CWD-related issues. 2) Warm weather around Christmas which increased late-season food sources for deer, while decreasing caloric needs, i.e. decreased late-season deer movement. 3) Hunters' non-adaptive hunting habits, i.e. hunting more from permanent comfortable stands over-looking fields & food plots, this year, void of deer, which brings us back to the acorn crop & warm weather keeping those deer out those fields & food plots. [/QUOTE]
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