Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A young buck paws at the ground and feeds on acorns. (Photo by Aaron J Hill / Adobe Stock) Few average Joes can correctly identify ...

Acorns are beginning to shed from oak trees with fall’s arrival in the Midwest. To some, the acorns are a welcome sign of cooler days to come and can even provide entertainment by attracting wildlife.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. White oak acorns have fewer tannins and are sweeter, the reason wildlife prefer them over red oak acorns. As leaves change color ...

Q. We planted a 10-foot-tall red oak in 1998. We love the fall color it gives us. This year it is producing a large crop of acorns. We would like to plant some acorns on our property in the Texas Hill ...

Acorns aren't just food for wildlife, they are the seeds for the next generation of white oaks. For the past decade, researchers say there haven’t been enough of them in Connecticut. “Prolonged ...

Determining the identity of a tree can be a bit challenging, especially during winter when leaves are not present. This is when knowing other characteristics are very helpful. Take the oak trees, as ...

BRAINERD — Last week’s cooler weather beckoned those who lean toward the outdoors, or at least got them thinking about it. Read more Bill Marchel I took advantage of the comfortable temperatures to ...

“Planting nuts requires a vision for a future that goes beyond one’s mortal reach.” — Bernd Heinrich from "The Trees in My Forest" Last fall I was presented with a gift of two 1-gallon plastic bags of ...

It’s no secret that whitetails love acorns. Ask any food-plot or farm-field hunter where his buck disappeared to in early fall, and if he’s not guessing “to an oak stand somewhere,” he hasn’t been ...

On a cool day last week I took a stroll through the oak flats in several of my favorite local hunting spots. The temperature was in the 70s, the dew point was low and a moderate breeze kept the bugs ...

COLUMBUS -- Ohio's fall crop of acorns is very good this year and will again provide a vital food source for more than 90 forest wildlife species, according to the Ohio Divison of Wildlife ...

Do you feel like you're crunching on acorns every time you step outside? In Ohio, that could be true. That's thanks to a slightly above average production of acorns from white oaks. In some places, it ...