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ACORNS The truth and Myths

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#1 ·
Why is it some years we have lots of Deer drawing Acorns on the ground and others not so many?

An interesting thing about acorn production is that there are species that take one season from flowering till acorns mature, and there are species that require two seasons. In general, species in the white oak sub-genera take a single year, while species in the red or black oak sub-genera, take two years.

So you will have a year in some areas with no Acorns. Also Oak trees are air pollinated to produce the Acorns. If they flower at a time were weather has little wind or lots of rain the pollen doesn't transfer thus poor Acorn production. Now if this happens to red oaks it could be four years before they produce a good Acorn crop.

Myth= Deer prefer White Oak Acorns.

False. They just produce every year and Deer know it so you will see more Deer around these areas.
 
#7 ·
Truth Algore invented them when he found out he had also created Gorbull warming.

Acorns hit my dog "Teddy" on the head causing him to eat my homework an act that not of my own doing caused a downward spiral in my life that continues today.

Acorns spin clockwise after hitting the ground north of the equator and counter clockwise south of the equator.

Acorns if they see their shaddow....

Deer realy do like white oak acrons more because they have less tanic acid than other acorns.
Some red oaks have less tanic acid than others and so are enjoyed as much as White oak acorns.

Chestnut Oaks acorns are often ignored by deer compleatly.
 
#17 ·
also, acorns have masting years so basically theyll produce about 10 times as many as normal in hopes there aren't enough mammals to eat them. if you don't believe me, 3 years ago was a masting year and since then everyone has been freaking out that production is low while it's really just normal again