MAST OBSERVATION

[fish4thepeck]

I have had a few health issues and the Dr. has me on a diet and exercise program so I started hitting the mountains and looking to dig some roots and scout a little. I live on top and the nuts are slim pickings in my area. Found a few red oaks about three benches down but they are small, mostly hull and very tiny nuts. I have found very few white oaks and chestnut oaks. Decided to go a little lower and look at some chinky pens. I love to hunt chinky pens. They were loaded but again were very small mostly hulls. The freeze and dry weather we had up here ( Marion county) really affected the oaks. Been told by a few old timers that it takes oaks 2 years two fully recover. Seen a really good ole swayback buck picking around in my yard the other day and he was already losing his summer coat. Hope to show him to all yall in about a month.

 

[Kirk]

Good luck. Looking forward to the picture.

 

[Hagen]

Ever run across any Grouse?

 

[AThornton]

My club in south Ga is loaded with Whites this year. Hardly any water oaks or pin oaks at all, but the whites are LOADED. Persimmons and muscadines are doing good too. But the 'dines seem to be falling awful early this year. All that I found will be long gone by Sep 13th. But the persimmons are unreal. Like Ive never seen them before!

 

[churly]

I've been seeing alot of healthy normal looking acorns of all types. but haven't been in the high elevations yet. I'll be hunting some ground not far from you on the mountain in Franklin Co. (sherwood/sinking cove) and hate to hear the mountains are having trouble.

 

[fish4thepeck]

I killed some good bucks out of sinking cove, round cove and the stubblefield hollow back in the early 70's.
Are you on the DSO hunting lease.

 

[fish4thepeck]

Not very often... when the coyotes started showing up in the late 70's the grouse started to decline in these parts. Ever now and then will hear one drumming.

 

[churly]

fish4thepeck - 8/26/2008 12:17 AM

I killed some good bucks out of sinking cove, round cove and the stubblefield hollow back in the early 70's.
Are you on the DSO hunting lease.

Close-Burned Stand Ridge. Is that area any good? Also, I have noticed the deer in that area rut very late (late Dec.-January) And thats the reason I joined, so I could hunt 2 ruts in the same state. I hunt several places around here and in Mid TN that the deer rut in Novemeber-early Dec.

 

[fish4thepeck]

oh yea, know that area... your right about the rut.... sometimes they will get cranked up earlier but from Christmas on it's prime time. Good luck this season.