Bumper acorn crop on the way

[Cyres]

I thought it was just in our area but having been in Yorkshire and Devon over the last week or so there seem to be a potentially huge crop of acorns and also the beech mast appears good. Will make for some good pigeon/squirrel shooting and the rape shooters will be complaining about the lack of pigeon, cause they will be in the woods.

Also I expect some of our pheasant shooters/keepers may have their work cut out preventing birds straying.

Am I correct in thinking Fallow are fond of acorns?

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[223]

fallow on my ground love acorns

 

[norma 308]

Great so do bloody pheasants and oaks on the boundrys all along the road !

 

[wildfowler1]

Brilliant for the Muntjac in my woods. Its the heaviest I have seen it.Wf1

 

[CWMMAN3738]

Wild boar love them too will make it a bit harder to feed them out of the woods for shooting, but is this a sign of a bad winter to come?

 

[Pine Marten]

Brilliant for the Muntjac in my woods. Its the heaviest I have seen it.Wf1

Well if a little later in the year, when the undergrowth dies back a bit, you need any help saving the acorns, please feel free to let me know! I wonder if a diet of acorns has the same effect on venison as it does on pork? Essentially, are acorn-fed munties fattier and tastier? Only one way to find out!

 

[badbob]

Bumper mast year this season after two poor years.

​rake them up and bag em for later in the winter