Help finding a hunting lease/club

[Jaegerr]

I’m near the coast in SC. Clubs / leases that have a big turnover are that way for a reason. Too many of the bigger ones have a core of older members with a constantly rotating group of new “donors”. They get the shit spots and get out after a year or two. A good club / lease usually has a wait list. I got out of the club scene years ago and have a couple of small farm leases that I hunt with friends and family, a small farm that I live on and a couple of public areas that I’ve hunted for decades. There are some really good WMAs in SC and some really shitty ones. The farther you get from population centers the better off you are. Going mid week is a big advantage. Good luck, our state’s population is exploding and finding places to hunt gets harder and harder.

I do have the ability to go mid week, maybe I’m not an experienced enough whitetail hunter but finding a good spot In the woods is extremely difficult haha as I would imagine it probably is for most people which is why success is lower

 

[JB93]

Had good luck checking with Chamber of Commerce within counties that we were searching for lease. Several didn't have an online posting, but would share info with you over the phone. That's how we secured our current place (in Texas).

 

[Jaegerr]

Had good luck checking with Chamber of Commerce within counties that we were searching for lease. Several didn't have an online posting, but would share info with you over the phone. That's how we secured our current place (in Texas).

That’s a unique idea, did you just call asking if they had any land for lease?

 

[WCB]

I'd quit....

 

[JB93]

That’s a unique idea, did you just call asking if they had any land for lease?

Yes - but it wasn't the county leasing land - it was people who owned (or who were agents) within that county. I think this is probably only useful in counties where hunting is a positive impact to their economy and they want to have hunters coming in with money to spend.

 

[Jaegerr]

I'd quit....

I’d rather have bad hunting than no hunting, but I’m also the type that’s just happy being in the woods. Best day of hunting I’ve ever had wasn’t even a day I harvested anything