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tut
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:28 am
Posts: 1181
Location: Hamilton, va
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 curious on acorns this year I was at my mothers last week and the acorns were everywhere. Then made a run west of Harrisonburg and nada at all and I walked a lot. Curious what folks are seeing. Far as I'm concerned with little logging in the National Forests anymore the only fairly consistent food source left for deer/turkey/grouse is acorns. Anyway, curious what folks are finding.
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| Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:57 am |
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Bird Dog
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm
Posts: 2649
Location: central Va
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Re: curious on acorns this year Here EBR acorns everywhere. NF in Amherst, a pretty good crop also where ive been but not a very wide sample. No game though. Lack of Management in the forest has impacted wildlife terribly for everything except bear.
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| Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:58 pm |
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Gobblenow
Co-Owner/Dog Feeder
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 10:20 am
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Re: curious on acorns this year my impression is that much of southern appalachia is having a bumper acorn crop.
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| Thu Oct 23, 2014 2:10 pm |
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RONnTN
Longbeard
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:24 am
Posts: 182
Location: Knoxville, TN
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Re: curious on acorns this year Our lease in Franklin County is loaded. Whites, Reds, Chestnut Oaks and Sawtooth
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| Thu Oct 23, 2014 4:29 pm |
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hawglips
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:13 pm
Posts: 393
Location: Garner, NC
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Re: curious on acorns this year Seeing some oaks with a lot of mast, some with none.
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| Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:27 pm |
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beardbuster84
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:48 pm
Posts: 790
Location: Westmoreland co. Va
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Re: curious on acorns this year Seeing alot here in the Northern Neck i have white oak nuts the size of my big toe in my front yard. I killed 2 does one Sun. evening and one Monday morning both 90 to 100lb range chocked full of nuts.
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Greyghost
King of Spring
Joined: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:12 am
Posts: 2451
Location: Midland, VA
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Re: curious on acorns this year A good crop of white oaks here in the area. Beach, sawtooth and reds also looking good.
A couple friends hunting in NY and seeing lots of various acorns. And seeing and killing a few turkeys. Come on Saturday.
Earl
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RONnTN
Longbeard
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:24 am
Posts: 182
Location: Knoxville, TN
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Re: curious on acorns this year Forgot to mention, buddy of mine watched a 6 point absolutely sucking up white oak acorns. So fast, that on 3 occasions, the deer actually choked. He said he has never heard a deer "cough" until then.
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| Fri Oct 24, 2014 9:33 am |
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roscoe
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:23 am
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Re: curious on acorns this year Lots of white and scarlet in my neck as well, too many I believe. Seeing deer but not alot of heavy sign in any one spot. Seems they don't have to travel much to eat.
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| Fri Oct 24, 2014 2:24 pm |
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tut
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:28 am
Posts: 1181
Location: Hamilton, va
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Re: curious on acorns this year Made a trip out to Rockingham County today to look for Grouse. Disappointing in that I only flushed 2 birds after walking for 4 plus hours. Least it was a nice day. Good news is there are indeed lots of groceries out there. Lots of acorns and a good many wild grapes. Good for all wildlife when nature cooperates for sure. Actually saw 4 deer in the National Forest which is damn rare these days. A good plus was there were squirrels everywhere.
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