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Hunting deer over acorns

Unread postby jonsimoneau » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:03 am

When I was in college and I lived in Southern Illinois I used to love hunting over white oak acorns as they would normally begin dropping around Oct. 1 which is opening day for us. Now that I have moved back home to Northern Illinois it seems that most of our acorns are gone by the time the season opens. When do your acorns drop where you hunt, and do you hunt over them when they do?


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Re: Hunting deer over acorns

Unread postby Black Squirrel » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:04 am

Acorns are dropping pretty hard right now in NE WI.
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Unread postby kenn1320 » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:07 am

Was up in northern Mi this weekend, they are dropping right now.

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Re: Hunting deer over acorns

Unread postby JakeJD » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:10 am

Unfortunately, there are no oak trees on any of the properties that I hunt.
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Unread postby Kraftd » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:12 am

N. IL as well, and usually they are just wrapping up for me on the opener. Makes the few left a hot ticket for me the first week usually.
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Re: Hunting deer over acorns

Unread postby exojam » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:16 am

I am hearing a bit more dropping this year than in the past few years over here in my section of Mass.
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Unread postby G3s » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:31 am

Here in Northern Michigan it sounds like it is raining acorns right now. They are falling like crazy!
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Re: Hunting deer over acorns

Unread postby cbigbear » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:05 am

Here in the south we have acorns dropping all of hunting season, which runs Oct 1 - Feb 15. I don't think you'll find a better method to kill deer than a hot oak tree.

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Unread postby whitetail007 » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:13 am

took a little walk today and I was pelted with falling acorns in southern wi.
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Re: Hunting deer over acorns

Unread postby PLB » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:33 am

My best success hunting acorns has been when the oak Ridge is right up against a thick swamp .

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Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:03 am

Yes key food resource for sure...

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Re: Hunting deer over acorns

Unread postby Southern Man » Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:37 am

jonsimoneau wrote: When do your acorns drop where you hunt, and do you hunt over them when they do?


Our acorns start in early September for Post oaks & Sawtooth Oaks, early October for White Oaks, and late October / early November for Red Oaks.

And yea it's hard not to hunt them, they're everywhere here. One piece of Public land close by estimates a good decent year will produce an average of 400lbs / acre of acorns. That's a bunch.
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Re: Hunting deer over acorns

Unread postby HoosierG5 » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:54 am

Mid to late Sept in Indiana but first week of Oct good too

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