Washington acorn crop

2022 Washington mast crop report.

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

Annual mast report

2022

Fair

White oak

Fair

Red oak

Fair

Other mast

Fair

Regional notes

Limited mast habitat; conditions averaged for 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 this year

How to hunt a fair mast year in Washington.

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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