We had a club 1700 acres 12 members and it was a pain to deal with the members. This year we have 800 acres 4 members and everybody tells everybody everything. We share all our stands and it is awesome to be able to talk deer hunting with them. Everybody helping each other to get kids on a deer it has been do much fun. I would never be in a club again and I would never be in charge ever again. This year has healed my broken hunting spirit.

I agree running a hunting club suxs.

That's how we try to run ours and we have no issues or drama.

I would not say it suxs but is definitely a labor of love......

The problem with large acreage clubs, is you have to have so many members, that you get away from having like minded people in the club. You have to search and advertise to get members and you take anybody that will write you a check. I hate large clubs and will never be in one again. Sounds like you have it figured out. Its better to have smaller acreages with fewer members. It cost more, but worth it in the end.

Awesome!!

2 guys on 450 acres. Only issue is he is my first cousin. been hunting together for 5 years and never had a problem. One hunt he picks first on where to hunt. Next hunt is my time.

My dad, brother, and I on 340 acres. We spend most of the time trying to get the other to pic the spot first. If my daughter hunts, she gets first pick. We are not in a competition with each other and I would rather see one of them shoot the big one than me.

The biggest problem we had was we had adults that hunted like 16 year old kids that would sale there soul to kill a deer. They would put cameras out where I had stands just to see what I was hunting it was unreal. Good hunting buddies are hard to find and I've learned they make it so much more fun.

I never had any personal issues in a large club, I just found it difficult to kill deer. Sort of like someone said above, you get such a diversity of personalities, hunting styles, beliefs, standards, and so forth, that the place gets carelessly and needlessly pressured. I will always remember a guy who rode his 4wheeler through a cutover "looking for sign", to decide if he might want to hunt it that afternoon. So I too began to lease smaller blocks with one or two other guys who were like me.

So true... I am the president of two clubs, one with 18 members and 2300 acres. Former president just resigned after 5 or so years that is a pain at times to manage, feel like a baby sitter. The other is a 560 acre tract that my friend from LA and myself lease, no problems there. Mature bucks only, young kids of his and mine can pick and choose but they don't hunt it much. My land borders it on the west his on the east.