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| 184.1 | Going Nuts! | GERBIL::SOUTHWORTH | | Tue Jul 26 1988 13:50 | 8 |
| This years' mast crop may not be the largest, but it sure will be
better than last year. Already I have been picking up stray acorns
and beechnuts that have fallen off of the trees in my yard (Milford,
NH). I'm not sure if the weather will adversely effect the nuts
currently growing, but they do seem to be doing well.
Ray
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| 184.2 | Looks Good! | SKIVT::WENER | | Thu Aug 11 1988 12:58 | 13 |
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I was in the woods recently here in Vermont, and it does indeed
appear that we will have a good mast crop this year ( at least up
near the Burlington area ). I've also noticed beaucoup apples.
This is good and bad. It will be difficult to locate concentrations
of activity when the woods is full of food. When there is very
little food available and you find it, it makes things somewhat
easier. Deer eat just about anything, so in a good year as this
one appears to be heading towards, the deer may be everywhere!
- Rob
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| 184.3 | central VT | TWOBOS::LAFOSSE | | Thu Aug 11 1988 15:31 | 18 |
| while up in the S. Woodstock area recently, we noticed a fantastic
crop of apples in our old abandoned orchards.... (hotspots)
Last year there was a definate decrease in apples, and with the
snow/rain and windy weather during the bow season, it turned out to be
a disapointing archery season. This year looks good, one thing
we have in our favor although i'm sure the deer find arn't happy
about, is that we don't have a mast crop, mostly sugar maples, no
oaks and very few beechnut to speak of. This makes the old abandoned
orchards very prime targets for stands throughout the day.
lots of sign, and if the deer made it through the winter we should
have another good season ahead of us, as we found that while
muzzleloading many deer had made it through the rifle season, a
number of them bucks.
keeping my fingers crossed, Fra
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| 184.4 | Hurry Up October.. | BTO::STEVENS_J | | Mon Aug 15 1988 16:34 | 11 |
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I have found in nothern VT. the food supply is great.
Just yesterday we were out and found a heavily traveled run that
goes right into a corn field. While we were there we saw a doe and
fawn going into the field. The field won't be cut until late Oct.
This will work to our advantage for the Oct. bow season. I have
already put my stand up and hope it is productive....
jeff
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| 184.5 | Ready | NWD002::BROWNDA | Dave Brown | Wed Aug 17 1988 12:47 | 10 |
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Looking good here in Western Washington, for the first time
in about 4 years we have had a 'normal' rainfall. Strange thing
is though that the best deer hunting is in Eastern Washington where
it doesn't rain very much and is semi-arid. The deer like that better
for some reason. Maybe the deal is that there is more deer on the
west side but you just can't find them for all of the trees and
heavy underbrush. :-)
db
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| 184.6 | | NEBVAX::PAPPALARDO | CLEVER PHARSE. | Mon Oct 03 1988 13:46 | 11 |
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No Acorns or beech as of 10/2/88 here in Warner N.H. which is about
20min. west of Concord on I-89. I checked the ridge and found 1
set of tracks where there is usally many. Thought i would check
some wild apple trees i know at an old secluded field and there
under the tree was a Doe munching away. Only thing thou there were
only 3 apples left. One on the tree and 2 on the ground. Usally
deer don't seem to hit apples til later,but due to the lack of nuts
they are exhausting the apple supply now.
Rick
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