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Title: NY-Mast crops??
Post by: 3Feathers on August 31, 2014, 08:47:00 PM
Any crop update from NY?Apples are some what plentiful in my area,haven,t found any beechnuts yet.A few acorns also.
Title: Re: NY-Mast crops??
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on August 31, 2014, 08:50:00 PM
Not a lot of apples at the farm where we ride horses but I'm comparing them to last year when we had the biggest bumper crop I've ever seen.

I have been seeing red oaks dropping at the horse farm and deer have been picking them up on the way to the corn field.

I have not found any beech from this year yet.
Title: Re: NY-Mast crops??
Post by: Wapiti Chaser on August 31, 2014, 08:50:00 PM
On my property apples are few but I have never seen so many acorns both red and white. Also with all the rain browse is thick . I haven't gone up in my beech yet to look .
Title: Re: NY-Mast crops??
Post by: RIng on August 31, 2014, 09:50:00 PM
The reds have been dropping in my yard for several weeks . I am in Grafton at 1500 ft. The acorns are not full size and green . It is not uncommon for this to happen . We went through 10 + year's with few if any acorns . Last year lots of all mast crops . I have oaks all around me ( few too no whites ). There are few if any squirrels , and few dear left around me . If I hunt hard I can see 1-2 deer a day, we'll 10 years ago a after noon walk I could see 12 or more . It is my hope that the mast we'll last for years to come and all the game will return . I am headed for Maryland in a few days and I hope the marsh oaks are loaded .

May life's simplest things bring you the greatest pleasures !!!
Title: Re: NY-Mast crops??
Post by: Stumpkiller on August 31, 2014, 10:10:00 PM
Agree that wild apples are sparse this year.  Red oak acorns seem OK and hickory nuts are perhaps low or normal.

The berries seem OK.  Lots of low browse.