Thanks for all the responses guys, there's some good information in them. My brother-in-law and I were discussing it and we pretty much think that once the crops are out, the acorns will become the main food source. I am going to set up a camera or two and try to keep and eye on it. I'm also going to keep watching for signs of activity, like disturbed ground and droppings, which so far are just not there. Thanks again for all the responses. Blessings. .........Pastorjim
I would add that the longer the red oak acorns lie on the ground the less bitter they become. The tannins help prevent them from rotting as quickly. Later in the season when the crops and white oaks are gone, they will eat the reds. Ive seen them dig thru snow a lot of times in the past to get to the red oak acorns in mid dec-jan.
bucks round here walk right on past those acorns and head for the corn fields . Squirrels eat the heck out of them though.
The crop is unbelievable this year. I am also picking them up by the 5 gallon bucket for the late season
All I know is we had 1000's of wild apples on the ground on a couple different spots on the property last year, this year there's none (Illinois) They sat there and rotted for weeks, nothing touched em. I sat the cornfield after it got harvested, checked the apple trees and within about a week every apple was gone. I always thought deer foraged and ate as they walked and bedded, but these deer took down a small orchard in about a week. I think they bedded right by it. Your down South but if I had those kind of numbers of acorns up here I'd hunt the hell out of it once it gets cold
