The History of Sito Hunting Club
This came from Darryl Horne

CLUB FOUNDED IN 1973 BY TERRY MCPHERSON,PAUL ANDERSON ,AND TONY
GIBSON(MASTER RACK LODGE). IT WAS ALL DOG OR TURKEY HUNTING FOR THE 1ST 21
YEARS.THERE WERE SEVERAL CLUBS IN THE VICINITY THAT WOULD GET TOGETHER TO
HUNT .OURS,BIG BUCK CLUB ,SACO RIVER CLUB, POPATOP CLUB, AND ROD AND GUN
CLUB(HANK WILLIAMS JRS CLUB). THIS WAS A VERY LIVELY BUNCH THAT WENT FROM
DRINKING MOONSHINE TO FIGHTS OVER WHO'S DOG WAS THE BEST OR WORST.

DOG HUNTING FADED OUT IN 1984 DUE RISING COSTS OF LAND.AT THAT TIME WE HAD
APPROXIMATELY 3500 ACRES OF LEASE LAND WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS ALSO OWNING
LAND.IN TOTAL THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6000 ACRES AVAILABLE BEFORE WE MADE A
CHANGE AND DECIDED TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF ACRES TO MANAGE AND THE NUMBER
OF MEMBERS TO MANAGE (THE HARDER JOB).

I STARTED IN THE CLUB IN 1978 AS A PAYING MEMBER.THE 1ST YEAR I WAS IN THE
CLUB,DUES WERE .00 A YEAR AND THERE WERE 45 MEMBERS IN THE CLUB AND ABOUT
150 DOGS.THERE HAD NEVER BEEN A DOE SEASON IN PIKE OR BULLOCK COUNTY UNTIL
THAT YEAR AND IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE 40-50 DEER BEING RUN IN ONE
HERD.THERE WERE SEVERAL SATURDAYS WHEN THERE WOULD BE 10 OR 12 BUCKS (ALL
RACKS) HANGING UNDER THE SHED.THERE WERE SO MANY DOES THAT IN 4 DAYS OF
HUNTING WITH OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR WE KILLED 127 DOES BETWEEN 12 HUNTERS.

MANY PEOPLE WONDER WHY I AM SO FINICKY ABOUT KILLING DOES .IN 1981 THE
AVERAGE BUCK WAS A LARGE 8 POINT WEIGHING 175 LBS OR BIGGER .IT WAS NOTHING
UNUSUAL TO SIT ON A GREEN PATCH AND SEE 30 DEER AT ONE TIME .THE CONDITIONS
OF OUR HUNTING CLUB ARE BETTER NOW THAN THEY WERE THEN IN EVERYBODY WANTS TO
KILL EVEN MORE DOES.

Members
The members of the club represent a cross section of the local area. We range from maintenance men to a CPA, a bookstore manager to a insurance representative, a copier repairman to a salesman. There are also individual in finance, utilties, software and sales. Some of us are pretty level headed and then some of us are complete idiots...depends on the wind.

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