The section of 4D i hunt has very few

 

Wonder why. No late freeze this year. So many oak trees are also dying off. Poe Valley camp ground had a few oak trees dropping acorns but even the ones there dropping didn't have many.

 

1B
Red
White (may go to 4 thumbs up but pretty good so far)

 

I would say almost a bumper year for chestnut oaks down my way. Reds are pretty good. Not really noticing whites.

My black oaks are dying at a pretty quick rate in the last few years which is really unfortunate.

 

If you have no white oak acorns it is usually a result of frost during the 2025 spring. But, red oak acorns are set from the previous year's spring conditions. That means if you had a frost in the spring of 2024 you probably will not have red oak acorns in the fall of 2025.

In our area we had some late frost this year. But it didn't affect all area and elevations. So we do have a few white and chestnut oak, a member of the white oak family, acorns in some places this fall. We had pretty favorable weather without frost in most local areas during the 2024 spring, so we have red oak acorns in more areas this fall.

The late frosts this spring probably means no red acorns next fall though.

Dick Bodenhorn

 

We had no late frost here. It was about as good as one could ask for with last frost prior to warming up.

 

Lots of red, black, and pin oaks here, but few whites. Mercer county.

I walked a piece of timber in Lawrence county last week, lots of red and white.

 

Looking good here in Crawford County.

 

All I can say is -WOOHOO- in 5C and 5D!

Falling like rain, and they are killing them!

 

I'm seeing the same in 5C - acorns everywhere, I can hear them falling the moment I step outside. Trail camera videos show deer crushing them during daylight hours.

 

Geeze, the North East parts of 4C where were have been are loaded with white and red acorns.

 

4C is has interesting boundaries. I am in the far SW corner of 4C. We are vastly different than far NE 4C in many ways. I am within 7 miles of 5B, 5A, and 4B.

 

Im in 1b.. all my oaks in my yard are loaded with acorns..

 

2B, Eastern/Southern side, lots of big, fat reds up high in the trees still and chestnuts seem decent, on the 3 different properties I have scouted on. In the one spot, private, but open to anyone who asks, of course, the best grouping of chestnut trees had a stand and a cell cam set up nearby. Day late and dollar short...story of my life. Hopefully the hunter gets a big one there! Same hillside, farther up and farther south....two big, fresh scrapes and a couple oak trees scattered near by. This would be over 200 yds away from this persons stand so I may be checking it out for a few early hunts.

 

From what I have seen in parts of 1A and 2F there are alot of acorns on the ground Mostly reds Some white oak acorns also

 

My area of 4C, upper Dauphin lower Schuykill, has no acorns this year that I've seen. Haven't been out a lot but was out hiking the mountains this past Sunday specifically keeping an eye for acorns.. Didn't see a one, perhaps the huge deer herds are eating them as soon as they hit the ground?

 

I'd agree with Byron and Bowhunter. The areas in 4C I hunt are pitiful. Even near my parents in west central 5B, the acorns are dismal. Definitely not like it was last year, or what others are seeming to have. It may, or rather will make for more challenging hunting season for me and others.

 

1A reds look good, whites so so. Just got back from 2G it was spotty at best for both red & white. Lots of trees were barren. None were loaded in the area I hiked this morning.

 

Where I have been in 1A and 1B, reds look good whites are decent. Hickory nuts everywhere. Curious about 2D and 2F?

 

Looking good here in northern Allegheny County. Both reds and whites are dropping. Red's are looking better.

 

I actually found some yesterday in the mountains of 4C. Mostly reds. Very few whites. But a couple chestnut whites were dropping well.

 

Checked 3 spots in 4c today. Found a few northern reds and some pink oak acorns. Maybe 1 white acorn. Zero chestnut acorns. So disappointed.

 

Whites are really dropping now..

 

 

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The acorns with caps still attached are not viable. They are sometimes eaten but usually they are not eaten. They are not going to ever result in a tree sprouting though.

Even some on the ground without caps will not be viable.

Dick Bodenhorn

 

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