Trophy Hunt Club

[b35w]

Just because I'm bored at the moment (not really)

What is the definition of a trophy club?

One that attempts to grow mature deer.

[b35w]

The ones I’m aware have a common goal of letting whitetail buck deer get to a certain age structure before they get shot. All you need is acres, money and people that will follow the rules. The most successful ones that have been around the longest have large tracts broken into different blocks that the members have to themselves with a 2 buck per year maximum harvest. They kill very nice deer every year, they also don’t let strangers in.

This sounds right in line with what I am looking for

[Nephrohunter]

Boroughs plantation in Statesburg, SC outside Sumter May have an opening

[Buckhunter99]

May I ask what you all pay to be on a hunting lease?

[KRT]

We have antler restrictions. I just thought of it as "managed". Just curious.

[StrutnBPS]

The ones I’m aware have a common goal of letting whitetail buck deer get to a certain age structure before they get shot. All you need is acres, money and people that will follow the rules. The most successful ones that have been around the longest have large tracts broken into different blocks that the members have to themselves with a 2 buck per year maximum harvest. They kill very nice deer every year, they also don’t let strangers in.

What's the name of that club down around Williamsburg/Clarendon county area that in order for a member to shoot a buck it has to be videoed and all members must agree to it? It may be in a different county?

[trkykilr]

What's the name of that club down around Williamsburg/Clarendon county area that in order for a member to shoot a buck it has to be videoed and all members must agree to it? It may be in a different county?

That’s Oakland, but that is no longer the case. That hasn’t been the case in a good number of years

[BigBrother]

What's the name of that club down around Williamsburg/Clarendon county area that in order for a member to shoot a buck it has to be videoed and all members must agree to it? It may be in a different county?

Good grief. I dont have the patience for that nonsense.

[b35w]

Good grief. I dont have the patience for that nonsense.

Yeah, heck with that


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[Carolina Counsel]

That’s Oakland, but that is no longer the case. That hasn’t been the case in a good number of years

That was in fact the case. I had it directly from the (ex)manager there. Silly.

[trkykilr]

That was in fact the case. I had it directly from the (ex)manager there. Silly.

Correct. It was the case under the former manager, but he is no longer there

[Whackumstackum]

That’s Oakland, but that is no longer the case. That hasn’t been the case in a good number of years

Yup. All those guys are on the same page still. Those that don’t have the “patience” for that type of hunting have never experienced that type of hunting. It’s world class.

[BigBrother]

I understand the premise, but it's not a lack of patience for the process, but I'll be damned if I wait for a bunch of chuckleheads to reach a quorum on a trophy buck before I ventilate him. If I dont know which deer I am shooting from pictures I tend to hold back. The camera has saved a bunch of deer that would have had significant ground shrinkage.

[Glenn]

Trophy has no definition because it means different things to different people.

Antler restrictions are definable. Outside the ears, count to 8, shoot. Congrats on your high grade 2 year old but don't shoot the 140" narrow six point with 5" bases that's 7 1/2. Dumb.

Age restrictions meet somewhere in the middle. Easier to define than trophy. Harder judge than ear width and an 8 point rule but lets you see what a gollywhopper of a 6 will do with time.

As for me and my house?

All those rules can change in the time from a morning sit to an afternoon. Which is why I hunt alone most of the time. Too much pressure trying to follow subjective ever changing rules. Plus deer taste good and should be et and et often.

[centurian]

Nothing wrong with restrictions and they only work with people of the same mind in a club. We have both and fairly loose restrictions but if you drag in one still with milk on his lips or a button head prepare to get an ass chaffing for the rest of the season maybe forever. It is what ever you make of it in the end so just find a place you fit in with folks you can get along with and agree on how to hunt the place.

[Palmetto Duck]

Glenn if you have a 140” 6 point you should shoot it, hunting alone or otherwise. That’s a “trophy 6”.

[Glenn]

Glenn if you have a 140” 6 point you should shoot it, hunting alone or otherwise. That’s a “trophy 6”.

They're easier to drag when they're 40" so doubt they'll ever put that extra hunnert on around me.

Kidding.

Sorta.

[Coastal Woodie]

The best hunting clubs have one member.

[Drylok]

The best hunting clubs have one member.

You cannot beat that.

[Sasha and Abby]

The best hunting clubs have one member.

Couldn't agree more... I was a member of some huge (5000-15,000 acres) tracts twenty years ago. I kill more and better quality bucks (125-140) every year and have the ability to pass anything I want without the nagging fear that one of the other guys will shoot it because it is 8pts/15" etc... When you have a bunch of smaller tracts (30-200acres), you have the unique ability to manage the most important aspect of bucks - PRESSURE. You never hunt the area unless conditions are perfect and you don't have a bunch of chuckleheads scouting/riding atv's constantly.

Smaller tracts outproduce larger tracts for me.