Colorado Black Bear Acorns

[Silver15tacoma]

Hello, I am thinking of heading to west/southwestern Colorado hopping to fill a rifle Black Bear tag.

My plan was to hunt in acorn rich areas and hopefully stumble upon a bear. I have heard from a few sources that the acorn crop is really bad this year due to how dry it’s been. Can anyone confirm or deny that? With giving it a shot or waiting until a better acorn year? Thank you in advance.

 

[Mudranger1]

scrub oaks near Trinidad are full of acorns

 

[prhunter]

Hunted southern NM last week and the scrub oaks had very few acorns on them.

 

[nrpate05]

I'd spend a lot of time looking over oak brush. I think it has been pretty dry in CO - usually when that happens, more bears end up closer to towns looking for food.