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Title: NE Kansas oaks
Post by: Irish on August 23, 2008, 03:59:00 PM

Spent some time out in my hunting grounds this morning.   Looked to me like the oaks are going to have a very poor crop.  The hickorys were loaded, but not many acorns.   What are you guys finding?

Title: Re: NE Kansas oaks
Post by: bretto on August 23, 2008, 04:36:00 PM

Haven't been out to check the Oaks yet but seems the Walnuts are few and far between this year also. Like You said the Hickory's are loaded.

Seems some of those late frosts were hit and miss on the mast crops.  bretto

Title: Re: NE Kansas oaks
Post by: Big Ed on August 23, 2008, 04:41:00 PM

Got some here in Pa, Not quite like last year but decent. I started spike fertilizing some of the core trees in my hunting area, big difference. A whole lot cheaper and easier than food plots.Big Ed

Title: Re: NE Kansas oaks
Post by: bluegill on August 23, 2008, 04:47:00 PM

Mel,

I don't know about up there but we had 3 days of freezing weather last spring during turkey season that wiped out our oak crop, the white oaks last year and the red oaks this year. The white oaks look good this year but I agree the red oaks do not look too promissing.

Sean

Title: Re: NE Kansas oaks
Post by: K.S.TRAPPER on August 23, 2008, 04:51:00 PM

Everything looks pretty good here but we have lots of different kinds of oaks. Hickory's are looking good to.

Tracy

Title: Re: NE Kansas oaks
Post by: Irish on August 23, 2008, 05:37:00 PM

I was just north of you Tracy.  Don't have many white oaks, mostly red on the two properties I was checking.

Title: Re: NE Kansas oaks
Post by: Earl E. Nov...mber on August 23, 2008, 07:06:00 PM

I hunt SE Nebraska. I have a ton of Burr oak (White oaks) on the farms I hunt and they are loaded