What's up with the early acorn drop?

[Bonesplitter]

Yup, dropping like crazy in Leakey. Wear your cap when sitting in the shade of an oak mott. Those little points on the bottom of the acorn hurt! Look's like it may just be a good winter.

[Ricky T]

After the drought last year all the oak trees got together this year and said, "I'll show ya."

[buckmastertexas]

Yes, I have noticed it too. I have a live oak in my front yard and it is totally loaded and has droppped a bunch of immature acorns. I wonder if the trees are just too loaded and are dropping some of the excess, so the rest can mature.

I guess the extra rain we have had is going to help the wildlife recover from the drought by helping on the acorn production.

[J-Mac]

Oaks in the yard are pretty full but haven't started dropping yet.
At the lease in Mason though, it's raining acorns. Sounds like hail on the camp house roof.

[PondPopper]

In Mcculloch county that ground was covered. Deer slacking off the corn big time. Trees still putting them on and are loaded.

[txfireguy2003]

Guess I'll have to go harvest some from under the live oaks before going hunting on opening day. Then throw 'em out with my hand corn.

[Etxbuckman]

Let 'em fall now. This way there'll be that many fewer acorns once the season begins (specifically the general season).

[Patton]

So what does this mean for us hunters?

Will the acorns sour quicker because they fell sooner?

Is buckmasters correct and they are dropping the excess? Is the excess too sour for the deers likings?

Just curious

[TimH]

Our pecan and oak trees are overloaded this year because if the rains happening at the right times starting last fall. Pecan clusters are normally in three on the branch, but this year we have loads of 4-5 in a cluster and they are huge compared to recent years. Noticing now that pecan trees are, IMO, dropping the unwanted pecans because if the abundance of them. Seeing the oak trees around me doing the same with smaller, immature acorns.

[Horitexan]

A cold winter is uh comin!

I hope you're right! It was 107 again today and, at one point, the temperature on my truck read 119. IT SUCKED! I'll believe it when I see it, though.

We've had some acorns dropping for about a week. I hope it runs its course quickly - I hate the acorn drop because it really frustrates so many of our hunters.

[whitetail adict]

I have some live oaks that are just 2 years old and are loaded with acorns. Is that normal?

[luvmyhoyt]

early acorn fall means a great november.....