2025 Land Management Case Study

You would think that after a decade of intensive work on my land I wouldn’t have much in the works for 2025 - but you’d be wrong! I have lots of plans.

I plan to create four hinge-cut barriers, cut or improve six trails, clear shooting lanes at two stands, move a stand, and put up a new stand. I have identified nine areas where I can improve the bedding cover, though I will be lucky to be able to do one or two. My left hip wore out last summer so I have a replacement scheduled for the end of April. Just like last year, my heavy woods work will be delayed until I can recover from surgery so some of the strenuous projects may need to roll into 2026.

The Redneck box blinds are a little tricky to unlock and climb into as you have a bow in your hand, so I have “porch extensions” to install on each of them. There is a spot near the Grove box blind that always collects water so I plan to dig a new pond there. I have solar panels on my barn and the woods to the south have grown-up so I plan to clear that area. And I have regular maintenance tasks to do, like posting the property lines, put up wind indicator flagging at all stands and blinds, and re-work the camera mounts for wintertime surveillance.

I will do the usual soil tests, spraying, cutting, and planting in my food plots. Hopefully, after spreading lime and fertilizer in 2024, there won’t be anything major to do in the fields and plots this year, but you never know. And the epic acorn crop of 2024 shouldn’t repeat itself so soon, so I expect a better hunting season in 2025 - fingers crossed!

Check back in the spring of 2026 to see how things went.

To keep reading about my land management project, Click Here To Go Forward To 2026 (available spring 2026)

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