Acorns falling already...
 

Went to check game cams Saturday and was totally shocked to find several red oaks dropping big ol' acorns.I dont think I have ever seen them fall this early.Maybe now the cams will get some pics on them for it has been a slow slow summer for buck pics...

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I have been preaching an early season for weeks now!!!! No one wants to beleive me:eek: I like it, i think the rut is going to be early as well also, the cooler weather here in ohio is soooo nice right now.

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Turkey fan I believe,I believe.Here in Maryland we had a couple nights down in the low 50's.That was nice and I bet it got them deer moving.They probably thought winter was gonna hit any minute.:D

Bring on the rut.

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I dont want to jinx it but the wheather here in north texas has been alot cooler than normal and alot more rain than normal the grass is still growing and is still green usully by now it has been over 100 degrees about 20 - 30 days and the grass is all brown and dead so the deer should be eating good and be good and healthy in 53 days 8 hours 20 min 30 seconds but whos counting!!

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Man, Iam telling you what, the weather here in the southern tier of NY is just awesome lots of rain and the cool nights, It's got down in the low 50's the last few nights. I hope it stays this way till sept, Oct, Man I can't wait. I am so pumped. I hope everyone has a awesome season this year.

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I noticed red oaks dropping acorns around my land to I don't think they were mature though maybe a storm made them fall off the treewas still loaded with acorns though. I put my stand near a trail that was about 25 yards from the red oak. I am feeling really confident about this spot Oct 1 will be here sooner or later.

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Here in MO we have had the 10th coolest summer on record. The high here tomorro is only suppose to be 70. Should be around 100 this time of year. I agree, early fall on the way. Some of the trees are turning already as well. Not many, just a couple, enough to dream.

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Here in MA I havent seen any acorns dropping yet. Hell I cant even see them on the trees yet? Whats going on in my area?

Jim

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I've been working on planting a fall plot on my land in New Hampshire and there was a vast amount of mast falling from the trees. The property only has red oaks and they've been dropping for the better part of the last two weeks.

It won't be long now.....

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There falling in my back yard here in NJ, small and immature but this is the earliest I've seen them.

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I thought it was crazy in my neck of the woods as well...acorns are dropping everywhere!!! However, as far as the cool weather triggering an early rut, I still think the rut is strictly triggered by photoperiod....not weather...but I sure would like to be wrong;)

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Aint nothin stricly my friend;) I beleive...............and this is just my opinion and experience as a hunter, that the weather has alot to do with the rut. Now some people.....i wont say no names;) Believe it has to deal with the light in the day. I think its alot of reason, but i mainly believe in the weather as a prime key to good Rut.

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I have to get out and check them big ol' white oaks!

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TURKEY...I understand how there are some people;)who tend to believe in weather as a substantial factor as to the timing of the rut. Now I will agree with some people;)in that when the weather is cool AND it is "the rut" then hunting has never been better. Folks see deer everywhere! BUT when it's unseasonably warm and it's the rut then folks never see as much activity because it is generally limited to nighttime activity when it is cooler, so those same folks tend to correlate cool temps to triggering the rut with warm weather stalling the rut. IMO "the rut" is a much more intricate process refined beautifully by centuries of evolution wherein fawns are born at a time when cover is adequate and food is plentiful wherein they can grow and fatten up in time for the coming winter so they don't freeze to death or starve to death. It's much bigger than a couple warm weeks in November could ever hope to impact....just my opinion;)

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I think Wolfens right. Our mares though not deer they are much the same have to be put up in stall for sometimes three months with the light on for 24-7 to bring them in. This tricks their biological clock into thinking it is horse breeding season. We have to do this to ensure January foals. Per AQHRA rules if they foal December 31 they are considered 1 year old the second they hit the ground. IMO deer react in the same manner. It just seems logical. But then again if science had anything to do with harvesting ole mossy then we would all have one hanging on the wall.

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I have Black Walnut trees in my yard here in Missouri, and they are dropping walnuts in my yard like crazy! Way early