Originally Posted By: RonBuck
If I was ging to run a club , I would be looking at recruiting trophy hunters and this is how I would try to run it . I would assign areas to hunt for each member. I would basically divide the tract up myself based on interior roads and terrain and I would assign areas and they could potentially cost diffrent amounts based on size and huntability, but I would try to keep it as even as possible to avoid this . But if you had a really good producing spot you could charge more for it .. If after straws were drawn the winner could pay for the good spot , or Pass it on to the next guy. I would be looking at keeping members for the long term . If a member wanted to allow someone to hunt there spot , it would be there choice . You could draw straws for the areas if you had a lot of members lined up at the beginning . You could also redraw straws for each season if you wanted , but this would be your choice , if you wanted to keep your area then you could .



Are you in a club close to Eufala? A friend of mine is in a club down there and basically when you join you get a 100 acre block. That block is yours to do whatever with you want. You just didn't go on another man's 100 acres and hunt. The members were numbered in seniority and if one got out of the club, the ones below him had the opportunity to take his spot and give up theirs.

They said they were very successful with this method and had killed a pile of really good bucks over the last several years. I have a feeling that has more to do with the area that club is located, but it's still an intriguing setup.


"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."

-- Archibald Rutledge