Property Calendar
Property Calendar
Month-by-month tasks for Zone 5-7 landowners. Food plots, habitat, trail cameras, and equipment — organized by priority.
Zone 5-7 Midwest · 2026 Season
High Priority
Medium Priority
Low Priority
Current Month
January
- Review trail camera data from season trail-cameras
- Map next year's food plot locations food-plots
- Maintenance on sprayers and implements equipment
- Order soil test kits food-plots
February
- Prepare for frost-seeding clover food-plots
- Start shed hunting deer-management
- Plan timber stand improvement projects habitat
- Check trail cameras for winter activity trail-cameras
March This Month
- Frost-seed clover on frozen ground food-plots
- Collect soil samples before spring rush food-plots
- Apply lime based on soil test results food-plots
- Plant bare root fruit trees habitat
- Service sprayer equipment equipment
- Order seed before spring sellout food-plots
- Plan controlled burns (check local regs) habitat
April
- Plant spring oats and clover food-plots
- Apply pre-emergent herbicide food-plots
- Set trail cameras on mineral sites trail-cameras
- Clear shooting lanes habitat
- Start mowing access trails equipment
May
- Plant warm-season food plots (wait for 60°F soil) food-plots
- Spray weeds in established plots food-plots
- Check trail cameras — velvet bucks appearing trail-cameras
- Hinge cut timber for bedding areas habitat
June
- Monitor food plot growth food-plots
- Refresh mineral sites deer-management
- Pull trail camera cards monthly trail-cameras
- Mow firebreaks and trails equipment
July
- Spray food plots for weeds food-plots
- Begin fall plot prep — soil test if needed food-plots
- Inventory trail cameras and batteries trail-cameras
- Order fall seed varieties food-plots
August
- Plant fall food plots (brassicas, cereal grains) food-plots
- Deploy trail cameras on travel corridors trail-cameras
- Hang and check treestands gear
- Clear shooting lanes habitat
September
- Check food plot germination food-plots
- Pull trail camera cards — pattern bucks trail-cameras
- Early season scouting deer-management
- Prep ground blinds gear
October
- Hunt pre-rut food plot edges deer-management
- Run cameras 24/7 for movement patterns trail-cameras
- Check treestand safety equipment gear
- Note food plot utilization for next year food-plots
November
- Peak rut hunting — all-day sits deer-management
- Run cameras on scrapes and funnels trail-cameras
- Plant winter rye cover crop food-plots
December
- Late season food plot hunting deer-management
- Year-end trail camera data review trail-cameras
- Service and store equipment equipment
- Plan next year's food plot layout food-plots
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