Rules of a hunting club????
11-25-2007, 09:29 AM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Rules of a hunting club????
How many of you guys are in a hunting club and could you post some of your rules that you have. MY brother in law and i have started a club and I we did not set any kind of rules for this year and we have some really nice deer on our lease and we want to manage the place for quality bucks and turkeys. any help would be appreciated.
11-25-2007, 11:10 AM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ponce de Leon Florida USA
Posts: 10,079
RE: Rules of a hunting club????
I've been in a lot of clubs, some good and some bad. It is going to depend on what your views on hunting are, as it is your club. Just remember you can over "rule" your club to the point it is not fun. Keep your member numbers as low as possible and have a strict limit on the guest (zero is the best number).
11-25-2007, 11:16 AM
#3
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
11-25-2007, 06:15 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Millboro, Va
Posts: 1,134
RE: Rules of a hunting club????
8 pts. only, unless a major 6
sight in weapon before season
we have a whiteboard that has every hunters location
must wear blaze orange to and from hunting stand- hunters perogative as to how he uses it in the stand
if a hunter thinks he missed a deer, we have two people check the blood trail
just general stuff, but you guys are right, you can "over rule" your camp to where it is no longer fun.
sight in weapon before season
we have a whiteboard that has every hunters location
must wear blaze orange to and from hunting stand- hunters perogative as to how he uses it in the stand
if a hunter thinks he missed a deer, we have two people check the blood trail
just general stuff, but you guys are right, you can "over rule" your camp to where it is no longer fun.
11-01-2018, 04:25 AM
#7
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 1
How to share the land?
11-01-2018, 01:01 PM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Posts: 511
Obviously the minimum set of rules you can go by would be to follow state regulations. In Florida, we have a Spring and Fall Turkey season. But in the hunting club the rule is no fall harvest of Turkey. So that sucks, but in the end it’s worth it because of the Turkey population and the size of the Toms that are harvested. You can do whatever you want. I would definitely suggest keeping member numbers down if the money allows for it. My club has about 5200 acres and we have 52 members. So that’s ridiculous and when the hunting starts, it’s almost over because of the pressure. Just because the state has it regulations you can make your own. If you want the deer population to stay the way it is or be better have each member take only one or two bucks and 1 or two does. Then you can continue to make inventory and go from there for the following years. I would love to be able to be a club president and run the show but it’s a lot of work and do the best to please everyone. But again if you have some good friends or some family members that can join in, y’all won’t have to worry about anything.
11-01-2018, 06:01 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Wherever liberalism must be eradicated.
Posts: 2,734
Our camp is, no one fills another's tag until last weekend.
Otherwise, since we spread out on the public land around us, and on our own 35 acres.
If its brown its down (based on tags available). Unless the shooter wants to wait.
Otherwise, since we spread out on the public land around us, and on our own 35 acres.
If its brown its down (based on tags available). Unless the shooter wants to wait.
11-01-2018, 06:26 PM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Midlo, Va
Posts: 558
Our club has not antler restrictions. We put up club stands in the areas determined by the Board of Directors. All private stands are club stands and anyone can sign into one after 6:30 am. No private stand can be placed within 100 yards, yes yards, of a club stand. On organized hunts the Board decides the areas and the stands to be used. Members then draw a number corosponding to the stands. No one can fill a tag of another member period. Members are responsible for their one guest and must make sure the guest fews are paid. All members MUST work 24 hours before the season begins on scheduled work days.
Just some of our rules. Board of Directors have final say on any problems.
Just some of our rules. Board of Directors have final say on any problems.
