[stingerslinger]

A buddy was doing some scouting on Nat'l Forest land around Mena last weekend, and said ground was littered with acorns. Is this normal?

 

[MountainBuck]

Acorns falling off My pin oak trees here in the Yard.

 

[SwampCat]

Oaks shedding some acorns here. They were covered up but have not grown any since mid july. Noticed yesterday some had fallen but were the size of a pea.

 

[ArkGirl]

My guess is that they put on a lot of acorns when we were getting good rain and when it turned off hot and dry the trees have to cut their losses and drop some of them due to the stress.

 

[firehunter]

Trees are throwing acorns heavy in SW Arkansas. I have had .2 of an inch(yesterday) of rain since the middle of June. I found one striped oak that was dropping acorns that were filled out pretty good and deer were eating them. Most of the acorns falling have not developed enough to be eaten. Trees are loaded but if we don't get rain most of the acorns will fail to develop I'm afraid.

 

[Rfoster]

my guess is that they put on a lot of acorns when we were getting good rain and when it turned off hot and dry the trees have to cut their losses and drop some of them due to the stress.

x2

 

[mikebri]

Wind will blow some out also.

 

[Sylamore]

Most of the Acorns I see in my driveway have worm holes in them. :thumb:

 

[MountainBuck]

Correction on Pin Oak trees dropping acorns, They are willow oaks, I was raised calling them Pin Oaks. I was 30 years old before I found out they were really Willow Oaks and Not Pin Oaks. But the acorns are good.

 

[lightsoutcalls]

Red oaks around Winslow have been dropping acorns for several weeks. These are about as big around as a nickel, but not as "tall" as usual. They are green and haven't seen any cut hulls or shells.

 

[Ridgesaddle]

Correction on Pin Oak trees dropping acorns, They are willow oaks, I was raised calling them Pin Oaks. I was 30 years old before I found out they were really Willow Oaks and Not Pin Oaks. But the acorns are good.

At least you KNOW that! Most don't.:shrug:

I have tried to clarify this point many times in conversation.......

 

[MountainBuck]

At least you KNOW that! Most don't.:shrug:

I have tried to clarify this point many times in conversation.......

I've had some pretty good arguments over this myself. You have to show them the proof and then sometimes you still get some Non-Believers!!

 

[Ridgesaddle]

Some folks REFUGE to be educated. Calling something by it's local name is one thing, but seeing the proof and refusing to accept it is called, being purposely ignorant!:banghead:

 

[JB Weld]

Acorns are falling at my place out in Western Pulaski Co. Nice big ones. I started looking yesterday, and they are everywhere.

 

[Timberking]

Not trying to throw a monkey wrench, but those willow oaks could be water oaks. I still say pin oak flat

 

[FALLCOLORS]

White Oaks are dropping up here in Baxter County.

 

[Earnhardt fan #1]

lack of rain and most are worm infested

 

[Ridgesaddle]

Not trying to throw a monkey wrench, but those willow oaks could be water oaks. I still say pin oak flat

Only if you don't know what you're looking at, or standing in! One has narrow, "willow" like leaves while the other has a leaf that gets wider towards to tip and ends in a lobe. They DO hybridize, but still.....

 

[boomer]

I hope that there are no acorns. I hate mast years like last year. It makes hunting tough where I hunt, everything we have is hardwoods. Heavy mast years we see and kill fewer deer.

 

[ARDB450]

I seen a white oak yesterday in Johnson county that was flat dropping acorns like rain. Big, full acorns. Squirrels were wreaking havoc on them.