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How about this.... Look around Caroline country south of Bowling Green and around the Mattaponi? I know a guy at work who's hunted around there and has said it's a good area.

Maybe even west of 95 towards Spotsylvania and Lake Anna area, but it might be stiff competition with other clubs.

Butch

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Butch... Caroline was one of the places I was going to be spending some time.... I know about the area you are talking about part of the area is called Supply... its right along the back side of the "Hill".. There are some huge deer there as well as plenty of them...

The Partlow area around Lake anna is good... I have a friend who runs a club down there... he said he would help me try to find land.. he knows most of the land owners since he has lived there all his life.. they have more land now than they usually hunt.. he said he would rather it go to a friend or good group rather than a group that wont respect it!!

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Justin this sounds like a great idea, you say you will be going out this weekend, I should be free this Sunday if you want to hook up, I did give you my phone number didn't I? If not email me at [email protected] and I will give it to you.

There are several things we will need to do before we sign on the dotted line with any land owner.

1. We will need to know how many folks want in.

2. We will need to know how much money we will have to work with.

3. I am not sure but we may need to get some kind of insurance.

4. We will need a binding contract drawn up for the landowners.

5. We will need some binding agreement for those who want to join.

6. All members will need to get together and agree on all of the above and lay down some rules.


It would be a good idea to see if your friend who runs a club could sit down and talk with some of us to where we do it right the first time. The last thing we want to have happen is for 10 people to say "Oh yea I will pay that much and then later on after we have signed leases with the landowners and half of them decide to back out and the remainder is left holding the bag.

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Taz.. I will try to address all your points!!

I was vice president of a club for a couple of years, then I became the "lease man" as they called it meaning I was the one knocking on doors lol!!

I do have 3 or 4 different versions of Landowner / Club lease contracts. I am also going to draw up a long term contract too to see if that will help with some landowners who are growing tired of the here this year gone the next clubs..

The insurance I have seen on Buckmasters web site and will go check it out..See what it is going to cost etc... I have never been with a club that has had it but have thought that it would be a great selling point to a landowner that we are willing to go that extra mile to show his and his land respect!

I have started working on a basic set of rules for the club this morning.... if it werent for all these damn contractors who keep coming in and buying supplies I would have more done on them.. dont the know its rude to bother a man trying to do personal buisness at work.LOL J/K:D I figured I would come up with a basic draft and then send copies to everyone who is interested in doing this. At that point I would want everyone to reply with any changes or imput good or bad so that they could be revised... then I would try to set up a time for everyone to meet up and meet everyone else and go over them in a group and iron them out.

For the number of people... at this point I am counting around 6 or so people from here that are interested and that is not counting any family or friends they may have... I also have a small handfull of family and friends who would like in.. I am going to try to keep the number of people at a level thats comfortable for the land.

If anyone has any suggestions please feel free to post them!!!!!

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eng there is one place I have hunted a few years ago that would be a great lease if the guy would lease it, right now he lets some guys who work for him hunt it, but who knows, if we wave money in his face he may let us hunt it. The place is full of deer and at least 3 monster bucks as of 3 years ago which means there are a lot more, if I recall correctly he has around 600 acres right along the Rapidan river.

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Taz I will try to get together with you this weekend and we can ride out there as well... I am not sure yet what day I will be going ... depends on a few things but if Sunday is the day I will let you know!!!

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eng I am really surprised we have not gotten more folks interested in this. In a way I guess it is a good thing, a small group makes it easier to coordinate things.

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Taz.... great minds think alike:D I have been watching this and thinking the same thing... I know there was more interest in it when I mentioned it back in the friends in va post I made..... Dont get me wrong I am excited about those that have shown interest. Being able to meet these fine folks and hopefully share some wonderful memories in the future with them!!!!!!!

ON that note, would everyone who is interested in this provide me with an email address so that I can start a contact list! Martin I already have yours just in case you forgot where some of those jokes you get come from LOL!!;)

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taz and eng--i might be interested in this venture if you could find land within say a 90 minute drive from prince william county. right now(last deer season), i hunted around 8 different places. 1 place i paid $250 and only hunted it 1 time. that was in buckingham county. the other thing is that i only bow hunt during archery season. i like to bp and rifle hunt as well. right now, it is hard for me to look at any new land until tax season is over(april 15th)--so i guess i would have to rely on your knowledge of any new land. if you want to contact me you can email me at [email protected]

john

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o2bebowhunting more than likely within 90 minutes of Prince William will be more than doable, but I can not speak for eng, he is taking the lead on this and I am a mere follower. I can see by your email addy why you might be busy! LOL