Hunt Club Membership Delima

[noonebil]

I got a little time to decide, but I am considering joining a differnet club for next year. There are several factors that I have to weigh out. Cost is not an issue because both clubs dues are close to the same.

The Big Swamp (current club)
Positives:
HUGE! Over 30,000 acres
Lots of game. If you can hunt it in Georgia, it's on the Big Swamp.
Family atmosphere
Know the members (many are family)

Negatives:
80 miles round trip just to get there & back.
Because of the distance & my work schedule, I can't hunt as often as I want.
Timber companies are clear cutting everywhere (It will grow back, but in how many years?)

South Diamond (possible new club)

Positives:
The club surrounds my house.
Because of how close I will live, I can hunt more often.
Better Deer & Turkey Hunting.
Access to Satilla River
Club members are from local area (my kids go to school with their kids)

Negatives:
Not knowing what to expect.
Not as big (although it is fairly large).
No Bear.
I don't think a lot of the women & children hunt (although the membership is for families).

I will be checking into the new club further (lots of questions) before making a decision. I guess I'm looking for some comments & concerns to help me with my decission.

[deerslayer11]

The close ones are nice. I used to be in one less than a mile from the house. It was nice to be able to hunt in only a few minutes if you got tied up doing something around the house. The one im in now is on the other side of the nest county. It is probably 30+ miles one way also. So I feel your pain.

[NitroHunter]

Hunt clubs are not really that big around here. We only have one that I know of close by and from what I've heard, public land is just as good or maybe better.
I guess it's all in how they are managed.

[noonebil]

There are numerous wma's in the area. The biggest problems with them are too many people & too few open days.

[bulletproof]

noonebil said:

There are numerous wma's in the area. The biggest problems with them are too many people & too few open days.

aint that the truth ..some of the wma land has so many people huntin it its scary

[Shorthair]

You should go as a guest if you can and check things out. And the important thing, do they turn out the hounds?