I've come to the conclusion that folks who are satisfied or dissatisfied with a hunting club, has a lot more to do with their individual personality and ideals about hunting than it does the club itself. My experience with every club / lease I've been involved with, in addition to countless friends' stories about their clubs, lead me to believe ALL clubs are the same. Seriously, hear me out.... Deer aren't hard to hunt, if you've got deer, then it will be a "good club". But we don't make rules to manage deer, we make rules to manage deer hunters. In the same way that you are subjected to every sort of personality, beliefs, and ideals in the general world (think about political voting), it's the same with hunting clubs. Just because someone is a deer hunter, in NO way makes them the same as you. But my bad experiences really have just been about "hunting". The reality is you aren't getting a great HUNTING experience in most clubs, you're just getting a good fellowship experience. I've never been the kind of guy to set up a camper, or otherwise stay at the club overnight anyway....I've always been in leases close enough that I can drive back n forth daily. It's ALL about the deer and hunting to me, but that's just my personality and ideals, I understand it's not the most common view of hunting clubs (which is why I've long said that I realize I "don't play well with others", I'm not made for a hunting club). I've been involved with good clubs, that had lots of deer, but I didn't enjoy my membership. I've never been part of a squabble, never even been in a club that had any drama or any of the other bad crap most clubs have, I just hated the way most members were so carefree about everything (especially about the hunting itself).
