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Old 08-08-2014 | 10:50 AM
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Bob H in NH
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Originally Posted by dougl
Nope,I've been hunting for over 35 years and I don't watch phony hunting videos.I hunt the big woods of northcentral Pa and never hunted over or near a food plot either.First of all,if there's no pressure and sufficient food,it doesn't take long at all for deer to increase numbers.If there's no pressure and few deer,you most likley have a habitat problem.That's a fact.Second,healthy acorns don't rot,they sprout.If you're finding rotten acorns,they were most likely infected by a weavil and were rotten before the deer had a chance to eat them.It's a common problem and when you scout,you really should be picking up the acorns to see if they're edible.
I always check them when scouting! Couple years ago I learned to stop biting them to crack them open. Besides bad for your teeth, when you find a piece of a worm in one... .yuck.

I cut them open now
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