re: I was asked to leave the hunting club for not violating any rules

This thread has convinced me to keep hunting public land (5 deer last 2 seasons, I'll take it) until I buy my 300 acres outright.

Chances are you aren’t the first one this happened to in that club. Never see as much childish female like drama,gossip and chickenshit bull crap as you see sometimes in a poorly run deer lease. Been in deer and duck leases and in a duck lease everyone is happy when you hunt legal and kill what you hunt for. In a deer lease some act like they own the deer and pout like pussies when someone kills a buck. It’s either too small or too nice for YOU to kill.

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It’s either too small or too nice for YOU to kill.

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Sounds like my lease.

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BruslyTiger

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Get some buddies, finance and buy your own land. Leases always end in heartache.


Talked to a guy that lost his lease of over 30 years up by natchez just because the timber company sold. 30 years of memories gone with a pen stroke. Now that dude doesnt have anywhere to hunt or bring his kids to hunt. Leasing is a losing proposition long term (more than 5 years or if you only have one lease).

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this may sound wild - but our unwritten rule was only shoot something you want to put on the wall....that is what i was taught as a child..

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Same way we operate


2-3 yr old 8 points are dime a dozen
If you need meat kill a doe.,, too many of them as it is.


If you hunt in a place place that sucks and you never see much then understand why you disagree

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this may sound wild - but our unwritten rule was only shoot something you want to put on the wall....that is what i was taught as a child.. Same way we operate 2-3 yr old 8 points are dime a dozen If you need meat kill a doe.,, too many of them as it is.

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That rule while may be with the best of intentions is full of flaws.
I only shoot mature bucks, I have two mounted but will probably never mount another even if it’s bigger than my biggest (~155in) I still like chasing mature bucks and doing a euro is in my opinion just as much a a “trophy” of my hunt as a mount is.
I also hunt with a few guys that if you told them that they had to do is mount them all, they would fill up the back of a pickup truck with small bucks and laugh at 10k$ worth of taxidermy.

Well that’s assuming you don’t have people that mount a scrub obviously

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Your post reminds me of this classic LINK

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Moved to AL 30+ yrs ago due to work. Leases & club were cheap . If had known then what I know now - buy property/ start equity club,
Problem is- improve habitat, harvest good bucks then family wants it back or timber co gets more $ .
Add lease , club cost , sweat equity , incidentals , see ya cost . Then look diligently for property in the right spot . Get a 30 yr farm loan & all the tax benefits - much more enjoyable & do what U want.
Did it 15 yrs ago & a few of my buddies did it 30 yrs ago - wish I had done that!
Good investment so might take a percentage of retirement/ 401K to make it work .
Most of us will hunt till we can’t , add children & grands .

This thread reminds me of how lucky I am. I’m sitting in a box stand slamming beers at the moment. When I leave here I’m going to my buddy’s house to a Super Bowl party that’s an 1/8 mile up the road. My family has almost 1000 acres that is now a mix of ag and planted pines. There are 6 of that hunt it between family and good friends. We are all on the same page rule wise. We try to kill mature deer that’s it. We all chip in on the work and money that it takes to keep it up. I do more than most. Me and my young sons love it. We get to drive tractors, plant seeds, and run saws. We are also adults and don’t get our panties in a wad very often.
I’m also in a club that has over 70 members. They run dogs almost exclusively. It’s a ton of fun. We had our annual family night last night with over 100 people attending. Of that 100, at least 20 were kids under the age of 12. It’s a great camp. They do not put up with any bullshite. You start some shite you are told not to come back. I say all this to say..not all hunting camps are bad. The good ones are few and far between. If you find yourself in a good one, make yourself valuable.