Saturday, August 25, 2012

Acorns, the Big Buck Attractor

I have talked about the importance of acorns in hunting before, and now I'll do it again.

In the rut bucks are more interested in does than they are in food.  So if bucks are more interested in does, why would they want to go to oak trees?  You can pretty much answer the question with common sense.  The does need the nutrition that the acorns have in them so they can breed.  So if you have a concentration of white oaks which have their acorns are falling, you will probably find does there.  Where you find a bunch of does, you will find bucks coming in after them.

When the acorn crop drops to very low amounts of acorns falling, here's what to do.  Look for an area that has a bunch of oaks beside each other that are producing more acorns than the rest of the oaks around.  Deer should flock to that area because of the higher acorn crop.

Hunt over acorns.  A bunch of white oaks next to each other to hunt over is a good way to get a deer this season.

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