Silver Creek Hunting Club Rules 2025 – 2026

General Rules

1. All members must have a valid Silver Creek Hunting Club membership card in his / her person and accessible to show to a fellow member while on the club’s property.
2. Club members are required to display a current vehicle pass on vehicles and an ATV sticker must be visible on ATV’s.  Vehicles and ATVs without a visible vehicle pass (sticker) are subject to being towed at the owner’s expense.
3. Guests are not allowed during deer and turkey seasons except for your spouse, your child and/or your grandchildren under the age of 19. A club member must be present when bringing the above mentioned guest.
4. IF a child kills a deer, both the club member and child must sign-out the deer. Children must abide by the club's harvest rules unledd the deer is the child's "first ever" Deer Harvest.
5. Only Club members can work on club properties. Unless approved by club president.
6. Club membership dues for 2023 are $800.00 which includes a spouse membership.
7. Our club membership year starts March 1st and ends February 28th of the following year.  Membership slots are filled on a first paid basis. Current members in good standing have membership renewal preference until March 1st.  New members will be accepted based on available (open) membership slots.
8. Check our web site for updates – www.silvercreekhuntingclub.com/rules.html

Deer Harvest Rules

1. Georgia DNR (state) hunting regulations apply to all club properties.  Additional club restrictions also apply.
2. Georgia DNR (state) Game Rules Tracts
   Bailey Road and Haywood Valley – Georgia DNR game laws and deer harvest rules apply. A maximum of two (2) does per membership, one of the allowed doe must be harvested with a bow or muzzle loader.  New Club Rule – Bucks Harvested must have a minimum of 6 points.
3. Quality Managed Tract
   a. Watkins Gin – Bucks harvested at Watkins Gin must have a minimum 15” inside spread or 16” for both main beams.  A maximum of two (2) doe per membership - may be harvested.  One of the allowed doe must be harvested with a bow or muzzle loader.
   b. Hunting (harvesting) doe on a club food plot or another member’s food plot is not allowed.
   c. Both the hunters and doe must be 100 yards away from the food plot. Exception, children under the age of 16 can harvest a “first ever” doe (or Buck) on a club food plots.
   d. Bucks harvested on a “Quality Managed Tract” must be shoulder or European mounted.  The name, address and phone number of the licensed taxidermist must be provided.  All deer must be signed out at the gate on the day of the kill.
   e. PICTURE AND THE JAW BONE OF ALL BUCKS HARVESTED ON THE CLUB TO A CLUB OFFICER WITHIN 14 DAYS OF KILL. Additionally, also send a picture to info@silvercreekhuntingclub.com
   f. Hunter’s harvesting a buck that doesn’t meet the minimum requirements for the “Quality Managed Tract” will be fined $200.00 and will not be allowed to hunt until the fine is paid. After the fine is paid, the second buck may only be harvested on another tract.

Small Game Hunting Rules

1. No Guest Allowed.. except a spouse or your child under age 19. A club member must be present with the child (children) while on club property.
2. Small game hunters are not allowed to release dogs any closer than 300 yards from other hunters. Hunters are limited to 6 rabbits per day. Coon hunters may not hunt until 1 hour after sunset and must leave by 3:00 AM. Only 3 coons are allowed per tract of land, per season, per member. 
3. If applicable planted dove fields will be fully open to Dove hunt during Deer seaon.
4. All State game laws apply.

Sign-In Rules

1. All members must mark the sign-in board map (of the appropriate property) while visiting or hunting a property.
2. You must sign-in when you arrive and sign-out when you depart.
3. Do not erase another member’s markings on sign-in board / map.
4. The sign-in board shall not be marked over 24 hours in advance.

Land Management

1. No cutting of trees.
2. 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)
   Put out minerals.

3. All Members must attend a club workday.
4. You must provide the appropriate club officer with the details regarding your work on the tract.
5. All feeders, feeds, and visible traces of minerals must be removed 14 days prior to turkey season.
6. Food plots and feeders must be approved in advance by a club officer – responsible for that track of land.
7. If you place a feeder, it must be actively actively managed with a mix of corn and high protein feed.
8. Any camper (s) on properties can only be on the property 2 weeks prior to deer (bow) season and must be removed by 2 weeks after deer (rifle) season.

Stands

1. Stands may not be placed over another member’s food plot.
2. Stands will not be nailed to trees.
3. All stands, feeders, and personal property must be marked at eye level with the year, member’s name & phone number.
4. Stands on Power lines & Gas lines are not to extend no more than 3 feet onto right of way and must be on the same side as all other permanent stands.
5. If you have a stand, you must maintain your stand year-round and visit each stand on a monthly basis.
6. If you have a permanent stand on that piece of property you may only hunt another membes stand if you've contacted and gotten permission beforehand.
7. Members will only possess 2 stands on Haywood Valley property.
8. Any and all safety restraints shall be required while climbing stands.
9. Do not hunt another members’ stand unless you have a permanent stand on the same tract and visited that tract once per month.
10. If you harvest a deer from another member's stand/food plot, you are not allowed to hunt that member's stand/food plot again during the current hunting season.
11. Hunting (harvesting) doe on a club food plot or another member’s feeder or food plot is not allowed.
12. Any stands on our HAYWOOD Valley property (only,) the GPS Pin must be given to Bob Holliday, Club Officer for Haywood Valley property.
    

Feeders

1. All stands, feeders, and personal property must be marked at eye level with the year, member’s name & phone number.
2. We recommend that the feeder activation time be set for 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM.
3. Corn and feed must be removed from the feeders by the end of February and may be returned after Turkey season.
4. Feeders must be maintained and in place by September 1st.
5. If you come across another members feeder do not tamper or mess with it if it's not yours.

Rules of Conduct

1. No shooting over an adjoining landowner’s property
2. Approved “Sight-in” area for rifles will be designated by officers of that tract of land.
3. Sight-in rifles prior to opening day of Deer (Archery) season – sight-in is not allowed after opening day.
4. A safe distance must be maintained between hunters during Deer season; 150 yards during archery (only) season and 300 during gun season.
5. If you see someone trespassing, try to get their name and picture.  Call 911 and ask for a game warden then report the event. Provide details to a club officer including the date and time.
6. Members are asked to carry some kind of camera.
7. NO JOY RIDING ON THE CLUB’S PROPERTY DURING HUNTING SEASONS
8. No riding through Food Plots.
9. Anyone caught playing in mud, tearing up property or roads; anyone caught breaking State Game Laws or caught breaking club or lease rules will be kicked out of the club.

No one under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance is allowed on the property at any time!!   No alcohol or controlled substances allowed on the property at any time!!   Anyone caught is automatically dismissed from the club!!
 
THE SILVER CREEK HUNTING CLUB HAS A NO REFUND POLICY

Current and New Members must complete, sign and submit the Annual "Membership Agreement" form with your club dues

Spouses that will hunt the properties must also complete and submit the "Waiver of Liability" form in order to hunt the property.

You will receive an E-Waiver from Premier Hunting sometime in mid March that you respond to in order to complete your membership. This E-Waiver will be sent to the cell number indicated on your membership form. Your resonse is required in order for our lease to be executed/completed with Premier.

 
Silver Creek Hunting Club Officers