Where they at?.......a hunting related thread

[Low Fence]

With all the rain it looks like a record year for red oak, and water/pin oak in east Texas. And from what I saw in brownwood this past weekend the live oaks are loaded and dropping already.

In my part of east Texas post/ white oak are either here or there... You either got em or ya don't. I was noticing today that I hadn't seen and white oaks with acorns. Went on a scouting mission to every white oak grove I knew of and found 1 lone tree with acorns... And it's a small tree that the squirrels will wipe out in 2 days. While deer will eat red and pin acorns they won't gorge themselves on them and really don't prefer them to corn from what I've seen. But white oaks are a different story. They places I have that have white oaks on years they produce are always fantastic

Sooo, anyone have a lot of white oaks producing this year and I'm just missing out, or is it just one of those off years?

[Texifornia]

I hunt just south of Brownwood and all of our live oaks are dropping and will continue to do so for a few more weeks. The spanish oaks are loaded and ready to start dropping any day now and the post oaks still have a couple more weeks. The total amount of acorns I am seeing this year is more than ever before and I hope we are able to fill our tags. In 2014 we had a good crop of acorns and our deer disappeared until mid Dec.

[Gladesgator]

My place is in Rusk county and the white oaks have lots of acorns, as do most of the other oaks. It is going to be a good year for acorns here.

[jerp]

I have a popup pitched on a piece of carpet under a big white oak. A big storm came through and uprooted the blind leaving the carpet exposed for about a week. I went to put the blind back and there had to be 200-300 acorns that had fallen just on that 6x6 piece of carpet, and the ground around the entire tree canopy was covered with them. Multiply that times the thousands of oak trees on our lease and I don't think the deer will be much interested in corn for a while...

[AntlerCollector]

Lots of mine have hit the ground. Mostly due to storms.

[Slick8]

Oaks and every other kind of browse in going full strength in the area where I hunt.

Been a banner couple of years for rain and it shows, every doe seems to have twins and I saw a set of triplets last week browsing with mama on the cut corn field.

Going to see some good deer survive the season due to all the browse this year...I hope.

[Matt_C]

Well, from what I've seen, the deer will walk past 10000 Red Oak, Burr Oak, Water etc.. oaks to get to a white oak acorn tree. The thing is, the white oaks won't last long. If it rains it ruins them, if it doesn't rain, the hogs, squirrels and other varmits including coons will eat them. But if I had a white oak I'd be set up off of it 15-20 yards and play the wind.

[SaltwaterSlick]

Our place in Liberty county has spotty acorn mast at best... Haven't seen a single tree that had what I'd consider a "lot" of acorns... few burr (overcup), few pin oak and red oak... Pignut trees though seem to be loaded, but far as I know deer don't eat pignuts...

[Razrbk89]

I'd say it's a spotty crop up here this year. Last couple years have been bumper crops so it figures. Some trees are loaded and some areas don't have much. SHOULD make it easier to get on them in areas where they're dropping.

[Texifornia]

I'd say it's a spotty crop up here this year. Last couple years have been bumper crops so it figures. Some trees are loaded and some areas don't have much. SHOULD make it easier to get on them in areas where they're dropping.

Agreed unless 99% of the trees on the property are oaks like where we're at. Then it makes the hunting harder.

[Thirstyswimmer]

I have a popup pitched on a piece of carpet under a big white oak. A big storm came through and uprooted the blind leaving the carpet exposed for about a week. I went to put the blind back and there had to be 200-300 acorns that had fallen just on that 6x6 piece of carpet, and the ground around the entire tree canopy was covered with them. Multiply that times the thousands of oak trees on our lease and I don't think the deer will be much interested in corn for a while...

Hopefully the hogs get to work, or they rot quick!

Luckily there aren't that many big oak trees on our place.

[AgHntr10]

I haven't seen much in our area either and they are eating corn still. Around the house a lot of them dropped in August during that dry spell, I would imagine that has something to do with it.

[bowtechbandit]

all the post oaks around the house have very few on them, the water oaks and willow oaks are spotty. I have one burr oak that's loaded up, and I have a couple white oaks to check yet, but I doubt they have any this year. last year on the other hand... the most acorns I have ever seen on my trees. every variety was completely loaded to the point it was breaking branches on some of my red/shumard oaks. my burr oak didn't have any acorns on it last year. it only produces about every 3 years. this time last year my corn piles started to grow!! not the case this year. they are mopping up 50# of hand corn every couple days! should be a good year for hand corn I believe.

[lmartin5]

Acorns are falling like crazy at our place in Callahan county.