Silver Creek Hunting Club Rules: 2010 - 2011

NO VISITORS for deer or turkey season unless visitor is a high school student and gives copy of school schedule and first report card to club officer or a college student age 22 and under. 

ALL VISITORS must be accompanied by a club member while on property.

Children under age 17 may hunt with a club member. Club member must be with child while on property. Only one child under the age of 17 at a time for deer and turkey.   If child kills a deer, club member and child have to sign the deer out. 

Visitors are allowed for small game.  Visitor & Member can not exceed state limit for one person.

All members must mark map.   Do not erase other hunter markings on map.  Map shall not be marked over 24 hours in advance.  No one is allowed to reserve another person’s stand.  You may hunt another person’s stand only if they have not reserved it or is not there 45 minutes before sunrise.

Small game hunters are not to release dogs any closer than 300 yards from other hunters.  Coon hunters may not hunt until 1 hour after sunset and must leave by 3:00 am.  Only 3 coons allowed per tract of land, per season, per member.  Coon hunters may take visitor, but visitor must leave their vehicle at front gate.

All deer must be signed out at gate on date of kill and jaw bone from all bucks must be given to an officer of club and a picture within 14 days of kill.  Name, address, and telephone number of the licensed taxidermist must be provided.

Membership card must be with you at all times and vehicle pass must be visible in vehicle.

No cutting of trees.

No shooting over adjoining landowner property.

GUN:  300 yard minimum distance between hunters    BOW:  150 yard

Designated “sight-in area’ for rifle will be designated by officers for that track of land.

Hunters using another hunters permanent stand, must provide another permanent stand for use by others, somewhere on that track of land.

No stands will be nailed to the tree.

Call 911 if trespassers are observed, at time of the incident. Ask for a Game Warden when 911 is called.

Also, all members must carry some kind of camera.  If you see someone trespassing, try to get their name and their picture.  Provide to club officer with date & time.

All members must do one of the following:

• Plant a food plot
• Put out a feeder & keep it full (member’s name must be visible on all feeders)

      All feeders and feed must be removed 14 days prior to deer and turkey season

• Put out minerals (No mineral blocks only liquid or granulated allowed)

You must notify the officer over the property, what you have done on the track of land.

MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS:

Bucks must have minimum 15” inside spread for Watkins Gin, Hwy 101, Haywood Valley. 

Bucks on Hwy 411, Dry Creek and Bailey Road must be six (6) points or more.

Bucks must be shoulder mounted or European mounted by licensed taxidermist.

Hunters killing a buck that does not meet the above requirements will pay a fine of $200.00.

Button buck fine $200.00

Hunters killing a buck that does not meet the above requirements will not be allowed to hunt until fine is paid and will not be allowed to take two (2) bucks during that year. 

Members may take one (1) doe during archery season and one (1) doe with firearm on any one track of land.

No does to be killed on a club food plot.  Hunter and doe must be 100 yards away from food plot.

No does to be killed after November 15^th on club property.

Any dove fields planted will be fully open to dove hunting during deer season

NO JOY RIDING ON CLUB PRPERTY DURING HUNTING SEASON!!

Anyone caught playing in the mud, tearing up property or roads will be kicked out of club with NO REFUND!

Anyone caught breaking State Game Laws will have club rights taken away with NO REFUND!

Anyone caught breaking club rules or Temple- Inland Lease will have club rights taken away with NO REFUND!

NO ONE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ON PROPERTY AT ANY TIME!!! NO ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ALLOWED ON PROPERTY AT ANY TIME!!! ANYONE CAUGHT IS AUTOMATICALLY DISMISSED FROM CLUB WITH NO REFUND!!!

Club President
Michael A. Warren
481 Brumbelow Road
Aragon, GA  30104-1416
Home    (706) 232-8729

Officers for Watkins Gin
Hugh Dorsey                706-270-4545
Kenneth Dorsey          706-673-9756

Officers for Bailey Rd - Hwy 101 - Williams Rd  
Michael Jones              404-925-2689
Terry Swanson            706-252-2518

Silver Creek Hunting Club Rules  -  Click this link to download an Adobe PDF copy.