Good luck tomorrow to all you New Hampshire hunters and anyone else who opens (or hunts) tomorrow!
Shoot true!
Shoot true!
Looks like it will be another sparse year for acorns in this area . Good luck tonight.Good luck all from Northern NH. Hoping to be out sitting tonight and start figuring them out. They've been hard in the Acorns here for last 2 weeks.
I have seen basically the same, a little more acorns than last year, but not much and spotty.Can't say the same thing in the Monadnock region - we got hit pretty hard with the late frost. Wondering if that took a toll on the acorns. But I've never seen as many beech nuts.
Off to a slow start - only 2 sits and haven't seen a thing yet.
I wish I was a headlight on a north-bound train
Oaks are pretty frost hardy; but if it did have an impact it would be on next years Crop. Red oak acorns take two years to form. So the nuts falling now were pollinated in the spring of 2022.Can't say the same thing in the Monadnock region - we got hit pretty hard with the late frost. Wondering if that took a toll on the acorns. But I've never seen as many beech nuts.
Off to a slow start - only 2 sits and haven't seen a thing yet.
I wish I was a headlight on a north-bound train
Both 21 and 22 were pretty dry around here so that may explain the last 2 years of poor acorns. The late may frost around here was more like a freeze. I have never seen leaf kill on oaks and maples as well as other trees and plants like we had this spring.Oaks are pretty frost hardy; but if it did have an impact it would be on next years Crop. Red oak acorns take two years to form. So the nuts falling now were pollinated in the spring of 2022.
You could fall back on spots where you have seen them active in previous years when there have been similar date/weather/food conditions otherwise keep doing what you are doing. When you do find that fresh sign it will be real fresh! The bucks are starting to chase doe's.My favorite way to saddle hunt is scouting my way in until I find hot sign to set up on.
I find it challenging to find good sign this time of year when the leaves are falling daily and covering most sign.
Any suggestions for a fellow Granite Stater?
I wish I was a headlight on a north-bound train
RatsPassed a doe on the opener since it was almost 80 degrees, figured I'd shoot one sunday instead, that didn't pan out.