Private hunting club

[topcat265]

While I know many members are from places north and west, I'm hoping that some folks here might know of a very nice private hunting club in the Georgia Florida area which I can look into for membership.
A few weeks ago, I visited the Gilcrist hunting club, about an hour drive west of Gainesville, Florida It was very nice and I applied for a membership, which will likely take several years.
A several year wait got me thinking about whether there are other nice hunting clubs (no high fence) in the southeast. An Internet search did not yield anything particularly positive.
So I am hoping to turn to the experts who know hunting much better than I.
Any ideas?
I appreciate your assistance.
T

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

Check this out!

Long Range Shooting Facility PRS Style - Have a few Shareholder Positions available - East GA.

We have a few open positions to be a "Shareholder" at a 100-acre Facility located in Sparta, GA. "Swaggy Valley" The facility has several PRS Style Shooting Ranges, Shooting Lanes, Conex Platforms, Shooting Sheds along with a Clubhouse. It is a Shareholder type organization limited to "25"...

www.longrangehunting.com

 

[HRM Johnny]

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[LDHunter]

Most hunting clubs that I've ever encountered are controlled by people that only let in people they've known for several years. Even those clubs have waiting lists and most members literally don't ever leave the clubs until they die.

It's tough. It took me 9 years to get into the one I'm in now as an example.

If you can make the trip to Georgia then you will have much better success finding trophy bucks and often the hunting clubs are easier to get into. Be sure you get in a club north of I-10 if possible. When they put up the high fence to keep deer from the roadway on I-10 they isolated the Florida population and we not longer get the infusion of big wandering northern bucks to improve our population.

 

[jglenn]

The outdoor trader web site has a hunting club forum for Ga

Hunting Clubs & Land

Advertise land or hunting clubs

www.theoutdoorstrader.com

Most clubs are word of mouth from friends who also hunt.

You can also look on the Georgia outdoor news web site

GON Forum

Woody's Campfire Talk

forum.gon.com

You should also take their magazine. Easily the best hunting and fishing mag in the state

Gon.com

 

[jglenn]

I'll also add that Ga has very good wildlife managmemt areas across the state..some they own and some they lease from owners.

I'm lucky my father bought some land for the family to hunt prior to his passing years ago.

 

[arawls88]

Man you need to start searching timber companies and see what leases they have. That's what we do in Louisiana and Arkansas. Leases usually come due June/july every year so keep an eye out around that time. I know Weyerhaeuser has land all over the south.

Search Properties

rlms.potlatchdeltic.com

https://recreation.weyerhaeuser.com/Leases/Search

 

[tim1457]

Hunting clubs are drying up in my area. Between the thousands of people moving in yearly and the horse people, who hate hunters, the hunting/farm land is disappearing. Good hunting leases are being sold out to development constantly. It's really sad.

 

[topcat265]

Very unfortunate.

 

[HandgunHTR]

Having lived in the SE for a while now, I have found that my money was better spent purchasing land and developing it for my hunting needs. I was able to get a very nice piece in WV next to a large block owned by people who were like minded and with whom I have become very good friends. One of them lives in FL, BTW. The remainder of my money that I used to spend on leases is put towards traveling to hunt exotics in TX, Elk, Moose, etc. I have found that there is much less drama and I get to hunt more than just WTs.