White oaks are looking good and reds are hit or miss. Did find a few whites on the ground yesterday that were rotten but it was in one area so hopefully it was just a fluke. I have noticed some are alot further along than others so time will tell if they all make it.
Some of the whites I have seen up high seem to be underdeveloped. Thought they would be further along by now.
Made a little lap this evening at lower elevation, in the 18 to 2k range. Whites were scarce. Found 2 that I would consider fairly loaded and rest only a hat full in each tree. Hoping to check 2 to 2500 ft range next week.
I've got a idea that they might be scarce up high with so many bears seen down low in the last few weeks. Seems they know before we do. There is a lot of hickory nuts this time so that might be something to look for. Also notice persimmons have fallen off early rotten. All this rain has really seemed to affect things this last month. Everything seemed to start off good early summer but seems a lot has went down hill.