acorn drop timing

[beefydeer]

Obion County seems late. Some of the white oaks I hunt haven't dropped yet at all, usually the ground is covered.

 

[Popcorn]

Very few acorns of any variety in the Stewart and Trigg county farms I work. Low percentage of them viable.

 

[BSK]

Very few acorns of any variety in the Stewart and Trigg county farms I work. Low percentage of them viable.

Basically, what I'm seeing Popcorn. I'm just praying some of the Reds/Blacks are still holding on to their viable acorns and they will trickle out of the trees over the next month or so.

 

[Ski]

We've got virtually nothing in westcentral TN.

It's hit or miss here in Coffee Co. A couple woodlots have some good drop, not great, but others have almost nothing at all. My place in southern Ohio is a complete wash. Very few reds & blacks, almost no whites, and underdeveloped chestnut. Woody browse will be the ticket this season I'm thinking.

 

[Popcorn]

Basically, what I'm seeing Popcorn. I'm just praying some of the Reds/Blacks are still holding on to their viable acorns and they will trickle out of the trees over the next month or so.

Non existent mast crop, drought ruined food plots, native browse absent …
Gonna be rough overwinter in some areas. It would be a good year to thin them doe!

 

[Popcorn]

With the already lack luster antler development/ lack of improvement year over year at best I may just wait till December and just consume some doe tags. I see nothing impressive on camera which also means any decent 3.5 year old will be taken out by others

 

[Andy S.]

SW TN - over the last three weeks, I've found red and white oaks with viable acorns on the ground. First few pics are from September 28 (bow opener) in hill country, and last few pics are from this last week, more in bottomlands.

 

[Outdoor Enthusiast]

I have seen a good number of red oak acorns, but the chinkipins are very poor this year.

 

[BSK]

You're lucky Andy. Those are some good acorns.

 

[BSK]

Non existent mast crop, drought ruined food plots, native browse absent …
Gonna be rough overwinter in some areas. It would be a good year to thin them doe!

Something tells me whatever growth I get in my food plots (and they're doing OK so far, but a couple more weeks without rain and they'll be in trouble) is going to get mowed down pretty fast. One of the years where the plots are lip high all season.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Like @Andy S. , I've found a few what I think were white, could be black. Turkey scratching gave this tree away

 

[Ski]

With the already lack luster antler development/ lack of improvement year over year at best I may just wait till December and just consume some doe tags. I see nothing impressive on camera which also means any decent 3.5 year old will be taken out by others

That's about where I'm at unless something really changes fast. I've not even seen a hint of anything I'd be interested in chasing yet.

 

[BSK]

Like @Andy S. , I've found a few what I think were white, could be black. Turkey scratching gave this tree away

Looks like Black Oak

 

[ROVERBOY]

They're dropping everywhere around my place. I've got a Red Oak in the edge of my yard that was full, and still dropping.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Looks like Black Oak

Probably. I didn't examine as well as I should have - trying to get in my tree and was dark coming out. I just knew it was in the white family. It's right on the edge of the woods