ORIGINAL: DropTine249
Who is a member of a hunting club ?
I am.
With what weapon do you hunt club property ?
For deer.... bow.
For turkey.... shotgun.
For doves...shotgun.
For ducks.....shotgun.
Why are you a member- Place to hunt ? Comradery ? New to the area at the time, good way to meet people ?
Place to hunt mainly. Unless you are a landowner or rich most folks can't afford a decent size chunk of land to lease themselves... if you don't form a club then a club will come and lease it out from under you.
Quite often, its a good way to access more property than you would normally be able to afford on your own. A lot of times they will have a club house with all the basic facilities (shower, bed, storage, heat, etc) so that can save you a commute (which is 70 miles each way for me). Most of the clubs in SE VA are geared towards hunting deer with hounds and shooting buckshot.... and thats all a lot of the guys care about.... so if you are a bowhunter you can often have 1000 or quite often more acres to yourself or just you and a couple other folks. Same goes for turkeys or ducks. I know a few folks that join such clubs JUST to turkey hunt there. And most of the members are glad to have them because its more money for the club and one less person to perhaps shoot a big deer... save more for themselves I guess! And lastly, yes there can be some good fellowship and friendships developed. The club me and Rebecca are in is really more of just a lease now... cause we are really the only ones who ever use it. Its great.