I've never met the guy, but he used to manage a plantation in SC near my house. I think he left about 15 years ago. Oakland Club. Roughly 26,000 acres on the Santee River in Berkeley county. It was and still is a quail club for the wealthy. The quail membership is around $60,000 a year.
A friend of mine is the head manager now and took over when Buxton left. The quality and number of deer on the place is pretty damn strong. The little bit I've heard about the Buxton man was not real positive.
Now I've heard of people having more money than sense but paying $60k a year to shoot a damn quail takes the cake.
The crowd that hunts there isn't worried about it. It is the equivalent to $600.00 to normal people. I think they get 12 hunts a year. I have actually hunted it a few times when some of the members cancelled. I didn't pay a dime. Hunt off horseback and only shoot covey rises. They have a full time chef that feeds you throughout the day. It was rough times I tell ya.
The quality of the deer is outstanding and the turkey hunting is pretty strong as well. Hunted deer and turkey there a good bit years ago.
Anyway, Buxton was the head man there for years.
