Arizona acorn crop

2022 Arizona mast crop report.

Annual snapshot of acorn and hard-mast production for Arizona during the 2022 hunting season — and what it meant for stand-site selection.

2022

Annual mast report

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Red OakFair

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Regional notes

Sky-island oaks produced moderately; pinyon mast strong in northern Arizona.

Hunter implication

Mixed conditions — some areas with productive oaks, others without. Scout for the pockets that produced and hunt the travel routes between bedding and mast. Plots and ag fields still hold deer where mast failed.

How to hunt a fair mast year in Arizona

Mixed conditions reward scouting. Find the productive oaks and set up on travel routes between bedding and active mast — food plots, ag fields, and persimmons still hold deer where mast failed.

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