Use this handy "calendar" to get a jump on the next season when planning
for quail habitat management:
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August *Begin preparing firebreaks for fall and winter burns * Cool-season grass and legume seeding dates (August 1) |
September * Begin burning prairies or native grass plantings to encourage wildflowers and set back rank grasses *Cool season grass and legume seeding dates (September 30) *Till fire breaks and new food plots prior to onset of wet weather *Seed wheat, barley or rye into tilled firebreaks or food plots *Spray brome and fescue with Roundup or Touchdown. Select, Poast or Fusilade herbicides will work on fescue. Eliminate invasive grasses from shrub thickets, fence lines and field edges. |
| October *Conduct quail covey call census 45 minutes before sunrise on clear calm mornings during mid-to late- October *Most USDA Conservation Programs will announce new sign-ups after Oct 1 *Begin light disking through April 1 (if thistles are a concern, wait until late November) *Spray native grass plantings for invading brome and fescue after killing frost *Prepare ground for spring shrub plantings |
November - February *Begin dormant season burns of native grasses to stimulate legumes, forbs, and wildflowers *Native grass and prairie wildflowers can be dormant seeded starting Nov 15 *Begin edge feathering operations *Begin basal spraying of undesirable trees *Dormant seed legumes from December 1 to March 15 |
| March *Do not burn thick, rank stands of native grass after March 15, this stimulated the grass too much for quail *Dormant seeding of native grass ends March 31 |
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