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BSK

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Right now, with a total acorn bust, food plots not producing because of the drought, and scrapes not being worked yet, I've struggling to get good trail-cam pictures. However, I did find that looking for good terrain features near any type of natural browse has been my best bet. I've been setting up cameras to cover saddles in ridges near overgrown timber cuts with lots of natural browse, and I'm finally getting a steady parade of bucks moving out of the cuts and through the saddles. Just a heads up for anyone else struggling to get good pictures before scraping begins in earnest next month.
 
TheLBLman said:
How convicted are you that acorns in your area are a total bust?
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Completely. Did a survey of trees Saturday and only found 5 that had a few acorns. So basically, maybe 1 in 100 trees have a acorns, and then only a few.
 
BSK said:
Completely. Did a survey of trees Saturday and only found 5 that had a few acorns. So basically, maybe 1 in 100 trees have a acorns, and then only a few.
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Sounds like a good thing to me from a hunting standpoint. At least they have to move to find something to eat. Not a great thing for the deer though.
 
bobbuck said:
Sounds like a good thing to me from a hunting standpoint. At least they have to move to find something to eat. Not a great thing for the deer though.
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Downside is, I'm surrounded by big agriculture. Without acorns, it's hard to draw deer into the hill country hardwoods. Also a bit hard on the deer during winter. But you're right, the deer we do draw to the property will be moving considerably more often and farther than in a big acorn year. That's a big help to the hunters. We also have what all of the surrounding ag land doesn't once the crops have been harvested by MZ and gun season: lots of cover to hide in.
 

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