Originally Posted by
bronko22000
Like I said, there is no agriculture where I hunt. Two of the 4 stand locations are located in a patch of white oaks with dropping acorns. No hunting pressure either.
But this happens to me every single year. Three years ago I didn't see a single deer until Nov 10th. A nice 8 pt that is now hanging on my wall. Last couple years I don't see deer moving until about the 3rd week of October. Hopefully things will change here in the next few days.
Yeah hunting acorns can be a pain. We have a farm covered with acorns. We hunt them but its hard to get on the right tree(s)
When we do it can get really good. The bottom line is food+cover in the same spot makes them hard to hunt. Specially if you don't want to risk running them out trying to find them.
White oaks produce a bumper crop about every 3rd year. Somewhere there is probably white oaks more productive and/or in heavier cover than the ones your hunting.
We have some that haven't been touched yet,some that have been eaten up and some that haven't dropped yet.
If a guy could figure it out it would be a lot of fun because its pretty exiting when you find the right tree at the right time.
Ive got some guys that are frustrated with it this year but it is what it is. You can either scout in season or wait. or both if you have a lot of land.
Of course this is all based on my experience in my area not PA but I can't imagine that white oaks are dropping and thats not what they are eating.
Are you seeing a lot of squirrels and turkey? The white oaks you are hunting don't happen to be the chestnut oak variety do they? Are your white oaks just starting to drop?