Wanted to get opinions from those that have developed land into quality deer clubs. I just found out I’ll be taking over a lease of 2300 acres in South Montgomery County. I hunted the property this past year, and there are a lot of deer on the property. In 38 sits I saw 172 deer. There are an excessive amount of does on the property. The rut was really slow and there were not a ton of big buck sightings, or kills. There were 12 members on the property this past year, but it was only 1500 acres. There has been 800 acres added this year.

This past year it was a heavy bait club. I am wanting to move away from that.

There are only 2 returning members from last years club, so there will be a good amount of new members. I have not determined dues, so I’m not sure the number of members we’ll have.

What would be some of the things you would focus on first, or things you would do to develop your management plan?

Thanks for your input.