Mast report

[recurve60#]

Anyone seeing acorns on the ground yet?

 

[Shed Hunter]

Yes. Quite a few. Henderson county TN all the way to central KY

 

[Snake]

Big white oak here at the house is dropping acorns galore .

 

[catman529]

Shumard oaks dropping a buncha green ones in one spot I checked yesterday. I think the squirrels had knocked a lot of them out. Haven't seen ripe acorns yet, but some trees have a good crop this year, both red and white.


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[tree_ghost]

Shumard oaks dropping a buncha green ones in one spot I checked yesterday. I think the squirrels had knocked a lot of them out. Haven't seen ripe acorns yet, but some trees have a good crop this year, both red and white.


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I'm seeing the same thing. Gonna be a tough October...


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[catman529]

Shumard oaks dropping a buncha green ones in one spot I checked yesterday. I think the squirrels had knocked a lot of them out. Haven't seen ripe acorns yet, but some trees have a good crop this year, both red and white.


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I'm seeing the same thing. Gonna be a tough October...


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I think it will be a good one. Not all trees are loaded, some have hardly any acorns. But I've marked a few that I will definitely revisit in mid October.


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[Shed Hunter]

Shumard oaks dropping a buncha green ones in one spot I checked yesterday. I think the squirrels had knocked a lot of them out. Haven't seen ripe acorns yet, but some trees have a good crop this year, both red and white.


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I'm seeing the same thing. Gonna be a tough October...


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I think it will be a good one. Not all trees are loaded, some have hardly any acorns. But I've marked a few that I will definitely revisit in mid October.


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Yep. I'm loving the fact only certain white oaks appear to have a crop

 

[Roost 1]

Lots of acorns in my neck of the woods.

 

[Grnwing]

White oaks are dropping in Fayette.

 

[catman529]

Y'all post some pics of white oaks dropping this early... they aren't ripening till early October around here


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[Winchester]

Most white oaks on ground now are just those knocked out by high winds and storms, they normally wont Fall consistently in this area until early October. I to think Mast crop here is going to be pretty good, fruit trees are loaded.

 

[recurve60#]

Sometime I can find southern red oak dropping at this time and deer hitting them. Thats at around 2000 ft elevation mind you, but I haven't been out looking this year.

 

[recurve60#]

and a the muscadines here fell way before they were ripe unfortunately.

 

[Jaahspike]

I think the late frost killed all of my persimmons. I have 4 trees in my back field that produce a massive amount each year and none of them have a single persimmon on them. Our farm in W TN has a tree that is covered in them. Why on earth would this be the case? Are there that many different types?

 

[Jaahspike]

I think the late frost killed all of my persimmons. I have 4 trees in my back field that produce a massive amount each year and none of them have a single persimmon on them. Our farm in W TN has a tree that is covered in them. Why on earth would this be the case? Are there that many different types? Just don't understand. Weather seems to be fairly similar. Any ideas?

 

[catman529]

I think the late frost killed all of my persimmons. I have 4 trees in my back field that produce a massive amount each year and none of them have a single persimmon on them. Our farm in W TN has a tree that is covered in them. Why on earth would this be the case? Are there that many different types? Just don't understand. Weather seems to be fairly similar. Any ideas?

I think the frost hit worse in some areas than others. It got down to 28 one night in April here but it didn't hurt the acorn or persimmon production. It did seem to hurt a lot of sycamore trees for some reason.


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[41Magnum]

Got several white oaks just starting to drop a few here on my property in upper East Tennessee

 

[larry ipock]

Starting to find some white oaks on the ground. deer and squirrels are feeding on em in Scott County. Can't find hickory nuts anywhere this year, they were everywhere last year. When we get a good wind, they'll be more on the ground. Hope this happens a week before season.

 

[catman529]

Starting to find some white oaks on the ground. deer and squirrels are feeding on em in Scott County. Can't find hickory nuts anywhere this year, they were everywhere last year. When we get a good wind, they'll be more on the ground. Hope this happens a week before season.

that's interesting, it's a very productive year for hickory of all species here in middle TN


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[Andy S.]

Can't find hickory nuts anywhere this year, they were everywhere last year.

I walked under a bunch of hickory trees Saturday morning and not a nut on the ground or in the trees that I could find. Killed most of my squirrels out of oaks, but they were mainly checking/throwing green acorns out of the trees. I did find some persimmons and muscadines. SW TN.

 

[tellico4x4]

Plenty of hickory nuts, some red oak acorns & I haven't seen a single white oak acorn yet. April 28 freeze hammered ours I think. Do have persimmons as well. Good news is that clover plots look better for early September than they have in 7-8 years! Wayne & Hardin Co.

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[larry ipock]

Can't find hickory nuts anywhere this year, they were everywhere last year.

I walked under a bunch of hickory trees Saturday morning and not a nut on the ground or in the trees that I could find. Killed most of my squirrels out of oaks, but they were mainly checking/throwing green acorns out of the trees. I did find some persimmons and muscadines. SW TN.

Yeah, the squirrels are bouncing around from oak to oak. Won't hardly be still long enough to get a crosshair on em. :lol:

 

[huntncoach]

Saw quite a few acorns from white oaks yesterday in Rhea/Bledsoe. However, they are still green and VERY small. Hopefully there will be bigger acorns in three weeks!

 

[catman529]

Plenty of hickory nuts, some red oak acorns & I haven't seen a single white oak acorn yet. April 28 freeze hammered ours I think. Do have persimmons as well. Good news is that clover plots look better for early September than they have in 7-8 years! Wayne & Hardin Co.

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I bet the red oaks don't do well next year. They take two seasons to grow while white acorns only take one season. So this years acorns were already half way grown when the frost hit so they would be fine


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[recurve60#]

Plenty of hickory nuts, some red oak acorns & I haven't seen a single white oak acorn yet. April 28 freeze hammered ours I think. Do have persimmons as well. Good news is that clover plots look better for early September than they have in 7-8 years! Wayne & Hardin Co.

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I bet the red oaks don't do well next year. They take two seasons to grow while white acorns only take one season. So this years acorns were already half way grown when the frost hit so they would be fine
Yes a red oak tree produces every other year. Its not that red oaks as a whole do. Eveey year there are productive red oaks. Gotta go find them.

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[Andy S.]

^^^ For sure. We find productive red oaks every year, just not the same individual trees as the year or two before.

 

[catman529]

Yes a red oak tree produces every other year. Its not that red oaks as a whole do. Eveey year there are productive red oaks. Gotta go find them.

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[/quote] not necessarily. Red oaks usually produce every year, but the crop can vary of course. They bloom and set fruit every year in the spring. There will be both mature and immature acorns on the same tree when they drop in the fall.

Here's a good link article: https://extension2.missouri.edu/g9414#production

Each fall, trees in the red oak group will have a combination of small, immature acorns on the current year's growth and mature acorns on the previous year's growth. Thus, species in the red oak group can provide an acorn crop in years with a late spring freeze that might have destroyed the white oak acorn crop. However, in both groups, acorn production remains very unpredictable from year to year. Research has shown that, on average, most species produce a good crop of acorns only one year out of three or four.


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[Winchester]

Squirrels absolutely smoking the pine cones here right now along with some cutting Hickories as well. I have found some random Chestnut oak acorns on ground and both White and red oaks seem to have a decent crop still hanging the limbs which is normal for right now. Fruit trees of all kinds including Persimmons seem to have done well also. Should be plenty of food on the ground shortly, which I like but can make hunting a lil tougher, where you have to spend more time finding exactly where the deer want to be at any given time. East TN.

 

[Andy S.]

Squirrels absolutely smoking the pine cones here right now .....

Same here for the areas I have frequented.

 

[TN Whitetail Freak]

Only trees I've seen with mast is a few persimmons and 25% of pin oaks. The overcup oaks are 100% bare which is the only white oak in the river bottoms. Gonna be slim