Todays acorns

[BSK]

Violent storm knocked quite a few out of the trees in my neck of the woods. All still green, but mostly full-size.

 

[CHRIS WILSON]

Violent storm knocked quite a few out of the trees in my neck of the woods. All still green, but mostly full-size.

Got out yesterday to check and prep a few spots here in Wilson county. Found a couple of acorns on the ground that were knocked out of the trees by winds. A good portion of the oaks I view with the binoculars appeared to have a pretty good stash on them. It's looking to be a decent year for acorns.

 

[TNTreeman]

Got out yesterday to check and prep a few spots here in Wilson county. Found a couple of acorns on the ground that were knocked out of the trees by winds. A good portion of the oaks I view with the binoculars appeared to have a pretty good stash on them. It's looking to be a decent year for acorns.

Everything I've seen says you are correct. I think it was a good year for all mast producing trees. Great for the deer but can be hard to hunt them.

 

[BSK]

In my neck of the woods, looks like a bumper crop similar to 2021, which was an acorn crop from Hell. Like walking on ball bearings in the woods. Good for my place as it draws more deer to the property, but bad in that the deer don't have to move as much on a daily basis.

 

[tellico4x4]

Chestnut Oaks dropping now in Wayne Co

 

[BSK]

Chestnut Oaks dropping now in Wayne Co

Are they brown and yellow or still green and yellow? I ask because until they're brown and yellow, most that fall are blown out of the trees instead of falling naturally.

 

[tellico4x4]

Are they brown and yellow or still green and yellow? I ask because until they're brown and yellow, most that fall are blown out of the trees instead of falling naturally.

Brown & deer are on them. One of guys killed good velvet buck feeding on them Sunday afternoon. Earliest I can remember.

 

[BSK]

Brown & deer are on them. One of guys killed good velvet buck feeding on them Sunday afternoon. Earliest I can remember.

That's amazing! Ours are still weeks away from being mature. Most haven't even begun to display the "yellow end."

 

[mike243]

There will be a bunch more nuts in the tree's soon

 

[Flintlocksforme]

I was glad to see this today in west Tennessee. I know it's been a while since the woods had so much food. Plentiful black gum, persimmons, black walnuts too. All the critters should be happy

 

[UTGrad]

There use to be squirrels in my yard but once they started to chew on wiring in my boys treehouse they disappeared.

.177 or .22 disease?

 

[Hduke86]

.177 or .22 disease?

Usually .177 but if on the run 12ga

 

[JCDEERMAN]

In my neck of the woods, looks like a bumper crop similar to 2021, which was an acorn crop from Hell. Like walking on ball bearings in the woods. Good for my place as it draws more deer to the property, but bad in that the deer don't have to move as much on a daily basis.

Same thoughts. But I'll take those years over last year ALWAYS. I've found trying to capitalize during the cruising phase to be my best odds on years with a lot of acorns. They have plenty of energy and are moving about. At our place, 11/13 - 11/20 is money as long as temps are down

 

[BSK]

Same thoughts. But I'll take those years over last year ALWAYS. I've found trying to capitalize during the cruising phase to be my best odds on years with a lot of acorns. They have plenty of energy and are moving about. At our place, 11/13 - 11/20 is money as long as temps are down

This almost exactly. We have great success during that cruising phase during a bumper acorn crop, but for us, the cruising phase is a little earlier, say Nov. 1-9. Nov. 10-21 is when we see maximum breeding/chasing.