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[SteelheadTed]

If all my conditions were met, good access, many days of hunting, variety of animals to hunt, camp sites or place to say on properties, etc.  I'd pay a couple thousands bucks a year.

[kukusya]

And I would like to see members get together for clean up, work to improve habitat.

[bb76]

I found a club on Craigslist that was asking $1400 a year. Last time I looked they had dropped it to $1000.

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[Rainier10]

$1,000-$1,500 annually if it is managed correct would be well worth it.  There should be a cap on members and you should have to buy your one time membership, like $2,000-$3,000.  Over time the membership fee could increase if approved by a majority of current members.  Any member could always sell their membership back to the group.

[Taco280AI]

$3000 buy in and $1500 annually, with increases?

And what would you expect in return for all that money?

[asmith]

$3000 buy in and $1500 annually, with increases?

And what would you expect in return for all that money?

Yea, that there is crazy talk.  Way to much for a hunting club in washington!

[The100Road]

I'm confused? Is this not just like say vail? $300 for year round access. You, your spouse and children under 18. Can hunt all the seasons with a limit of 800 people for over 200,000 acres.

[Rainier10]

A couple of disclaimers here. 

First:   I am not making any offer, this is just an attempt to feel out what folks would be willing to do and what kind of budget some you would give yourself.

Second:  If you don't like pay to hunt kind of stuff, thanks for checking but please move along without sharing your comments,   I honestly don't care if you view this as the coming of the anti-christ. 

So with that being said here is the question. 

Would you be willing to join a big game hunting club?  A club that provides members only access to good hunting ground for deer, elk and small game as well as the possibility of bear and cougar.  Water access to rivers and lakes for fishing. Possibly the inclusion of duck and goose fields.  All available to members and managed numbers of hunters based on the season and game type. A club campground environment that is a family friendly environment that allows/provides  for tent camping, campers and RVs, or daily access.   

I'm really trying to put a plan together would reflect some of the best aspects of lease hunting with some of the more hands on management you might find in a really good duck club.  Shooting lanes, food plots, and the like.  Primitive camp grounds with water and electricity.  Horse packing areas.  Someomne who is definetly in charge and the freedom to hunt behind the boundary without a crowd.   

My question is do you feel there is a interest in creating something like this on the west side?  What about the East Side?  What kind of a price would you be willing to pay for something like this?  Would it be better if it were just big game? 

What are your thoughts?

$3000 buy in and $1500 annually, with increases?

And what would you expect in return for all that money?

If you have say 100 members, how do you plan to pay for campgrounds, tent and RV slots?  Power and water?  I assume you need a RV dump spot.  Shooting lanes for a range?  Hopefully the waterfowl area exists, if not it does cost money to create that.  Are you going to have people bring their own blinds?  I would assume if you are providing camp sites you would also provide ground blinds.

This stuff costs up front money.  Do you expect the person that comes up with the plan and lease to do all this work for free and then just charge access to use it?  Do you think costs to maintain or improve will never go up?  Just come up with a price for 2016 costs and then let that stand for the next 20 years?

I am just expecting what the OP has in the original post and think that the costs that I have suggested would be a great start to help pay for all that you are getting.

[Taco280AI]

Does every business owner expect their up front costs to be paid back in full that first year?

No

[Rainier10]

Does every business owner expect their up front costs to be paid back in full that first year?

No

The op asked for input on interest level and dollar amounts to be a member.  I have offered suggestions of what I think would be reasonable.

Do you have something to offer to the conversation?

What would your business model for this hunting club be?   

[Taco280AI]

I posed a lot of questions that would help get a better understanding if answered. You're throwing out numbers without knowing what you're getting

[Rainier10]

So I put out a number, which he kept asking for, of what it is going to cost per member to have access to what the OP did state in his post, camp sites, rv hookups, shooting lanes, waterfowl fields, food plots with the assumption that he is going to have to create that stuff.  There are also things like insurance that will carry a cost.  You wanted to know what you were getting for that and I explained that you are getting what the OP already said you would get.  I think it is way easier to put a price tag to that stuff than to put a value on what type of animals are there and what quality of hunting it would be.

With what you know from the OP's original post of what you would get what do you think the dollar figure for all of that should be?  I think we can all assume there will be animals there to hunt, if not it would just be a camp ground.

[JDHasty]

"I think we can all assume there will be animals there to hunt"

Well, there might be and there might not be.  I have access to a lot of properties that I don't hunt because the density of game is pretty slim.... yet just down the road a piece there are places that I do hunt on.  Sometimes these areas can even be w/in walking distance of one another. 

[Taco280AI]

I think it greatly depends on how many members are allowed. How is the land going to be managed? Can you wander around all the land? Is it in grids you can hunt? Are you limited to a stand or blind? How do you determine who gets the "good" areas? Can everyone hunt at the same time? Do you get all seasons?

[Rainier10]

For clarification once you pay the membership fee it doesn't increase for you.  If I buy in 2016, I pay $2,000-$3,000, if you buy in 2025 maybe the membership fee has increased to $3,500.  I wouldn't have to pay more towards my membership if it goes up.   I can always sell my membership back to the group for the money I paid, they could then resell it at the current rate.

The annual fee could go up every year like homeowners dues.