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Boltshooter
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No Acorns this Year

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From what I can see, the oak trees in my area have absolutely no acorns at all this year. I'm afraid this will have a detrimental effect on the plumpness of the local deer. :(
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Post by Golden Eagle »

Wow, its just the opposite here. We have tons of acorns and apples and walnuts. Looks like its settin up for a bad winter.
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Post by Boltshooter »

Well, hopefully it won't have too much effect. Deer are browsers and do have tons of different food sources, plus our winters are quite mild.
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Bumper crop in Southern Indiana..
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Just the opposite here in southern Ohio. A bumper crop of acorns, hickory nuts, walnuts, pawpaws, and all the wild fruits & nuts the critters love. I turned my feeder to the minimum setting for dispensing corn, as it was just piling up under the feeder right now. The deer & turkeys are still eating a little of it, but acorns are a very big attraction for them right now. Even the squirrels & songbirds have almost abandoned the feeder! In three days of season I've seen only 8 or 10 deer at the food plot, and only two of them came to the feeder. Most just munched some wheat & clover and then moved on.
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I have never seen this many acorns, in all my 47 years of life.
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wabi wrote:Just the opposite here in southern Ohio. A bumper crop of acorns, hickory nuts, walnuts, pawpaws, and all the wild fruits & nuts the critters love. I turned my feeder to the minimum setting for dispensing corn, as it was just piling up under the feeder right now. The deer & turkeys are still eating a little of it, but acorns are a very big attraction for them right now. Even the squirrels & songbirds have almost abandoned the feeder! In three days of season I've seen only 8 or 10 deer at the food plot, and only two of them came to the feeder. Most just munched some wheat & clover and then moved on.
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decee
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Post by decee »

Gazzillions of big ones in Mid Ontario
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Post by Ben S. »

Area 93...... tons of acorns. Not many walnuts though. The landowner where I hunt has 8 walnut trees in his yard and there aren't even half as many as last year. Believe me I know because we spend many afternoons in between hunts picking them up so they can cut their lawn.
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There's alot of acorns in Eastern Ontario and Quebec this year.

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Post by Kenton »

ohio is loaded with mast, especially white oak acorns
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We have a ton of acorns falling about the same as last season.The deer last year didn't hit my foodplots good until Dec and even then in low numbers compared to years before. This year is looking to be about the same I hate that I was hopeing for less acorns so I would see more deer this season at my farm. On my hunting lease it is a whole different kind of terrian which has little oak trees looks like south texas with big ridges alots of brush so The deer over there are tearing up my corn feeders big time.
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