Kentucky Mast Crop

[Bob Moran]

I've been doing some scouting for squirrel hunting and noticed that there were hardly any hickory nuts being produced. I went on to UKY Forestry website and this is what they had to say:

http://www2.ca.uky.edu/forestryextension/treefreeze.php

Looks like both the hickories and white oaks got hit by a late freeze. Hopefully, the red oaks will be producing. I also noticed that a few persimmon trees that have always been good producers don't have much on them either.

[Bowwild]

I just came in from nearly 3 hours of stand trimming and scouting. Found bountiful persimmons, red oaks and white oaks. A surprisingly diverse good crop this year. But, while I love to squirrel hunt, I missed the August weeks this year so I don't know what the hickories look like here.

One of my degrees is Forestry so I have an "elevated" interest in trees.

[Bob Moran]

Bowwild, I'm in Harrison Co, where are you?

[Bowwild]

Bob,
I'm in Anderson.

[varmint101]

Same here in southern Indiana. Very few hickory, but seeing decent pockets of acorns and decent persimmons.

[Warden609]

Squirrel hunted several times before bow season started. I killed out of oaks and pig nuts. There were very few scaly bark hickory nuts. Hunted mostly WMAs in the central KY area.