Located in Clay County with approximately 2,000 contiguous acres with 5 current members. This is all private land not timber company land. We have not added any members in over 10 years however we are looking to increase our total membership to no more than 10 people. Please note, if we add 0 members this year, the show will go on. We'd like to get to a total of 10 members over the next couple of years. If we add 1-2 this year that will be a success. We're looking for the right members.

We need help taking care of this place. Both financially and in terms of planting, tractor work, stand maintenance, etc. The area surrounding this club is part of a 5,000+ acre QDM cooperative. We also border a 30,000+ acre WMA (on one side) which provides great hunting and access to the WMA that others don’t have.

This club is made up of serious hunters who all share the same goal of shooting mature bucks. We don’t have point restrictions or spread restrictions. We simply shoot mature deer. 4-year old’s being the absolute minimum age to harvest. We like to have realistic goals for the area we hunt and killing 4-year old bucks is very realistic here. We send the jawbones off to make sure we are accurate with our estimates and on track with our management plan. You can kill 3 bucks per year. You’re second and third bucks DO NOT have to be bigger than your first. It simply does not matter to us as long as they are 4-years old, or older. While we are very QDM minded we don’t believe in shooting every doe we see. We enjoy having a good-sized deer population and enjoy seeing deer when we hunt. Our current buck to doe ratio is not severely out of whack but it is not 1:1 and we don’t mind. We have never had any problems with not seeing deer chase, or fight, or no distinct factors that have disrupted our rut due to having too many does. This is the type of management plan that we think is best for this piece of property. It is not uncommon to see 10-20 deer in a morning or evening hunt (especially on a green field). We have a year-round mineral program we start in the early spring and go through late summer, we run approx. 20 trail cameras to keep an inventory of deer, we have approx. 13 food plots that range anywhere from 2 acres to .25 acres and we have roughly 15 stands (ladder stands, shooting houses, loc-on’s) scattered throughout the property that anyone is free to use. With this much acreage and this few hunters the deer rarely get pressured and it really is some great hunting.

We don’t have an endless number of rules. Like I said, this club will not be for everyone but the members we currently have are all like-minded and we all get along well. Some key takeaways out of the rule book include: no shooting does off green fields, keep four-wheelers and truck traffic to a minimum and on designated roads, shoot only mature deer, $500 fine for shooting a young buck, minimalist guest policy (one guest, one time), etc.

We do not have any private spots and use a pin-in, pin-out system. This has never been an issue.

We have a house with full kitchen, full bath, electric, gas, DirecTv and water. We also have an area for you to bring your camper and hook up. Currently the house is full but two areas are available for camper/RV hookups. More can be added if needed. You would need to provide your own camper or sleeping arrangement of some sort. Hotels are approx. 15-20 minutes away if needed.

We have killed some good deer in the past and even a few good ones recently. We regularly kill 120”-130” bucks, occasionally 140”-150” bucks and rarely a 160”+ (killed in 2015). We also have a lot of good deer on trail cameras. The genetics in this area are very good. In terms of terrain it is very diverse. We have a large creek that runs through the entire property so there is bottomland, swamps, thinned pine stands and cut overs of several ages. There are also very hilly and steep areas with large hardwood bottoms and ridges. Lots of different areas and scenery to hunt. There are no agricultural fields on this property. We are neighbors with the only agricultural field in this area. Soybeans currently planted in approx. 100 acres. There are no hogs, some ducks, a great turkey population and a great deer population. This land hunts extremely large due to the terrain.

The price on this is about what you would expect for a 2,000-acre QDM club with 5 members. We’re looking for 10 members at $2,900 per member. This is a long-term lease we have had for 20+ years and do not ever plan on getting rid of. Club budget will be distributed to show revenue and total costs/expenses. This membership fee is an all-in fee. It includes everything (leases, insurance, minerals, seed, etc, etc, etc.) Each member is expected to complete four work days (two weekends). A fine of $150 per day will be assessed if the member does not complete their work days. This fee will go towards hiring outside labor.

A decision on the membership will be voted on by club members and will mostly be about how good of a fit you will be. This is not a first come, first serve opportunity. If you have any questions feel free to contact me via PM.

Aerials, trail cam photos, kill photos, etc. will be distributed to serious inquiries. The proof is in the kill photos and recent trail camera photos that this particular area creates and holds 130-150” deer regularly.

NOTE: We do have an exception to the harvest criteria for children of members. Any child who has never harvested a deer can shoot any buck/doe of their choosing. No age/size requirements. These can also be shot off food plots. This is to encourage participation and make hunting fun.

Sounds like a real nice place for anyone looking in central Alabama!

Have had a lot of questions regarding location in Clay County. This is very southern Clay County county approx. 5 miles from Goodwater.

That area has some good ones running around. Used to catch a glimpse of a few crossing the roads outside of Goodwater back when I was going to and from college in Montgomery. Good luck with your lease!

One membership filled. Would like to add one more this year if anyone is interested.

Two memberships filled. Have found some really like minded guys. All food plots planted and have had good rains on them. Looking for more of the right guys if we can find them. Lots of really good deer on camera this year as well.

I have a membership at Midway Hunting club which is very very close to you. Possibly even borders. And I live in Goodwater. This would be great for me, but I'm out of work at the moment (laid off, going to school.) It's really cool to know there is a large QDM club so close to home. Maybe in a year or two when I'm recovered financially, I'll get in touch with you guys.

Very cool Michael. Yes, we border y'all on the other side of Hatchett Creek I do believe. There are some really good landowners around us. I've always enjoyed running into the Midway guys on the road. Nice bunch of guys from what I can tell. Sounds great, please reach out sometime.

Well... We must be doing something wrong here. Bottom line, we are back to our original 5 members. No new members have been added this year. We had 2 people very interested earlier in the year and were supposed to be sending money, but we have not received any. We're looking for good, long term members. Please reach out if you have any questions or want to look at the place.

Please call Rick at 205-305-9600. NO PMS please.

I’m located in Anniston and am looking for a club for this year. I know it is last minute. I’d like to talk with you and come see the place to see if it’s something I could do. I have a tractor and some equipment to use for work days. Please call or text me.
Whit Welch
205-306-9898

I would be interested in talking with you on your membership. I am currently in two clubs, one got clear cut this year and the other has 45 members (out of control). Please give me a call. Dan = 256-294-6448.

Thanks to everyone for their interest in our club. There have been a flurry of inquiries since mid November.

We're currently full for the 2018-2019 season. I have also started a waiting list for the 2019-2020 season. We're not going to show the property anymore this year except for the people we've already had it scheduled with for a few weeks now. We will re-evaluate membership in May 2019 and I'll follow up with the people on the waiting list if we have any openings come available.

Any openings for 2020/2021 season?

I'm extremely interested and would like to discuss in more detail. Send me a PM if you’re interested.

Hello everyone, thanks for the PM's and replies but looks like we're still full. I do have a waiting list going if anything comes open.

Quick update for everyone that has called and PM'ed me. The 18/19 season was excellent. We killed a 171" net 14 point along with a few other lower scoring but mature deer. The ages on these three bucks were 7.5, 5.5, 5.5. One of the 5 year old's was the 170".

The 19/20 season was not very good. No mature bucks were harvested. I think a lot was attributed to the high(er) than normal pressure the property received with 11 members. and also the baiting law. With the poor season we had the majority of the new members have left. We've decided to pull back the reigns and will be moving forward with somewhere between 5 and 7 members.

Wit that said we are always open to 1 or 2 members who share the same goals as we do. A few things you must know however:
1. This property is not easy to hunt. It has terrain and is mostly wooded. Don't expect big large fields, power lines, etc. There is not a 140" buck behind every tree. This is Alabama we're talking about.
2. Majority of our shooting houses are in poor shape and we don't have stands on every field. A climbing treestand is your friend.
3. The house is full and no room for sleeping. There are some camper hookups available.
4. Our soil is poor. Don't expect anything different. We've got clay and rock everywhere but miraculously we are blessed with good genetics.
5. We need lots of lime but a lime buggy is out of the question due to terrain and bottomland in parts. Needs to be spread with an ATV and as everyone knows that is quite the undertaking.
6. We've got a county road that runs down the middle of the property and have recently had some issues with poaching (during turkey season and during the middle of the week).

Is your place on County Road 7?