Glad to hear it all worked out. Yeah i was curious about the lock situation myself. Here in NC/ SC when you lease from a timber company all the hunt clubs use the same locks put on by the timber company. Most of the Timber companies wont like it much if you swap out there locks and prevent them from accessing their land. That it unless you contract it with them and negotiate the lock situation.

Also we have a few Hunt Clubs that are like that. They believe everything is a communal property as long as it suits them but once you try to isolate your belongings they get a stick up their butts about everything.

Word of advice lease your own timber lands with a few buddies. Most hunt club fees are increased to help pay for things you might not use so going this route would allow yourself and your buddies to only put in what you really want. If you join another club probably see if they have a contract for all members to cover any possible issue like personal property disputes. Most of the really good clubs will keep a list of personal property and who it belongs to listed with the contract of what they expect out of the hunters.