California acorn crop

2022 California mast crop report.

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

2022

Annual mast report

OverallFair

White OakFair

Red OakFair

Other MastFair

Regional notes

Drought conditions reduced acorn production in much of the state.

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 California

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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