Hunting Club Rules Template

These rules apply to all members and guests of ________________ for the ________________ season. Every member must read and sign these rules before hunting. Violations are handled under Section 9.

1. Safety

1. Treat every firearm as loaded. Firearms must be unloaded in vehicles, camps, and buildings.
2. Positively identify your target and what is beyond it before shooting. Never shoot at sound or movement.
3. Wear hunter orange as required by state law, and at all times while walking to and from stands during gun seasons.
4. Use a full-body safety harness in every elevated stand, from the time you leave the ground until you return to it.
5. No alcohol or drugs before or while hunting.
6. Do not shoot from, across, or toward roads, camps, or neighboring houses.

2. Check-in and check-out

1. Check in before entering the property and check out when you leave, listing the stand or area you are hunting.
2. Do not enter an area or stand where another member is checked in.
3. If you will be out after dark tracking game, let another member or the club contact know.

3. Stands and areas

1. Stands are assigned or claimed through the club's check-in system on a first-come basis unless the club assigns stands.
2. Mark new stand, blind, feeder, and camera locations with the club before placing them.
3. Do not hunt within 200 yards of another member's stand without permission.

4. Guests

1. Each member may bring guests up to ________________ days per season. Guests must be accompanied by the member at all times.
2. Guests must sign the club liability waiver before hunting and follow all club rules.
3. The member is responsible for any guest violations and any game a guest harvests counts toward the member's club limits.

5. Harvest rules

1. Follow all state season dates, bag limits, and tagging and reporting requirements.
2. Record every harvest with the club (species, sex, weight, date, and stand) within 24 hours.
3. Make every reasonable effort to recover wounded game, and report any wounded animal not recovered.
4. Any club-specific antler or doe limits adopted by vote are added to this section.

6. Vehicles and roads

1. Drive only on existing roads and trails. Maximum speed is ________________ mph.
2. Stay off roads when wet conditions would cause ruts.
3. Leave every gate as you found it, and lock any gate that was locked.

7. Property and camp

1. Pack out all trash. Clean game only at the designated cleaning area and dispose of carcasses where the club directs.
2. No cutting of live trees without approval. No open fires outside approved areas.
3. Respect the landowner's crops, livestock, timber, and equipment at all times.

8. Dues and work days

1. Dues must be paid in full by the date the club sets. Members with unpaid dues may not hunt.
2. Members are expected to attend scheduled work days or contribute as the club decides.

9. Violations

Violations are reviewed by the club officers. Penalties may include a warning, loss of guest privileges, suspension, or expulsion without refund of dues. Any game law violation on the property may result in immediate expulsion. Questions about these rules go to ________________.

Member acknowledgment

I have read and agree to follow the ________________ club rules.