Arizona acorn crop

2023 Arizona mast crop report.

Annual snapshot of acorn and hard-mast production for Arizona during the 2023 hunting season — and what it meant for stand-site selection.

2023

Annual mast report

OverallFair

White OakFair

Red OakFair

Other MastFair

Regional notes

Southwest drought-driven mast variation; conditions varied widely by elevation and aspect.

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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