when did you plant? How sure are you that they didn't come up due to drought? I'm seeing a lot of food plot "failures" this year due to over browsing, not actual failures.

I'm not sure what caused the extreme amount of growing shortly after planting. My guess is that it was from lack of other available foods due to drought, and then quick cold snaps making other foods unavailable, and late acorn drops. Those are guesses, however.

What I do know is that over browsing caused our "failures" this year.