Looking for a Duck Club/lease for 2019. Anyone have any good suggestions and estimated cost?
Thanks,
Michael
Thanks,
Michael
ttha_aggie_09 said:
What area are you looking?
Ducks4brkfast said:
Thunderbird is who I would recommend. Rob Sawyer who runs the duck + goose hunting is good as gold.
Member of Thunderbird (great club btw). The "lite" deal isn't a thing anymore, only the normal membership.trip98 said:
also depends on your budget.....
last I heard Thunderbird did a duck "lite" deal that was a little north of $2k. Full regular membership was $4500.
there's also Blessing Hunt Club. I was on there and it was good. Some other ags still on it as well. It ends up being about $1500 or so per gun.
I think Run n Gun now has membership deal as well but don't know any details.
Hunted it this year, seems like a good outfit.Uvalde Moon said:
Is anyone familiar with Bucksnag Hunt club in Garwood?
Oruc Reis said:Hunted it this year, seems like a good outfit.Uvalde Moon said:
Is anyone familiar with Bucksnag Hunt club in Garwood?
This is a big deal if I were looking at joining a club. I hunted on BHC for a couple years and this was the way their blind reservation worked at the time. It may have changed since then, so a current member could chime in on that.MrWonderful said:
3. Draw system is 100% fair. No logging frantically into a website, no shenanigans. Anybody can get the best pond
mneisch said:
I know a fair number of guys on hunting clubs. And what's funny is the one hunt I went on with them was actually my worst hunt all year. I killed far more ducks on public land, but none of those guys liked the idea of wanting to work for birds. They seem to like pulling up to the blind in their lifted Rangers and doing as little work as possible. I'm not trying to brag/harp on them too much, just showing that you can kill ducks without paying a boatload of money.
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They seem to like pulling up to the blind in their lifted Rangers and doing as little work as possible
No, I'm not implying that they should walk in to their spot rather than driving up. I'm talking about these guys in particular, where I have offered to take them out on public land (where the hunting has been consistently great), but lost all interest when I commented to them it would require wading in several hundred yards. Would I take a 4-wheeler on public land if I could? You bet. But I don't totally disregard a good spot just because it isn't easy.ttha_aggie_09 said:mneisch said:
I know a fair number of guys on hunting clubs. And what's funny is the one hunt I went on with them was actually my worst hunt all year. I killed far more ducks on public land, but none of those guys liked the idea of wanting to work for birds. They seem to like pulling up to the blind in their lifted Rangers and doing as little work as possible. I'm not trying to brag/harp on them too much, just showing that you can kill ducks without paying a boatload of money.
You're right. Some people don't have the time to invest in scouting and planning a hunt like that every weekend on public land. Hence the reason for joining a club.
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They seem to like pulling up to the blind in their lifted Rangers and doing as little work as possible
Are you suggesting they just walk from the gate to make it more challenging? Make what more challenging? You're hunting a known blind (most of the time) and out setting up decoys and then hopefully working birds into the spread once daylight hits... what more work should they be doing on Private Land?
For the record, I don't drive my ranger out to the blind and probably never will but if someone does, who cares? Most of the time we're talking a hundred yards or less. Maybe I am missing something but what extra glory is there to be had walking an additional 100-200-300 yards, just cause?