Moscow Hunting Club

1. Stands must be tagged with your metal tag and a sign (6" x 6" or larger) with your name and membership number.  Please see enclosed stand sign explanation.  Hog traps must have a sign with your name and membership number attached.  Hog traps, Ladder stands and Climbing stands can only be used in the 300 yard recommended radius of your metal tagged stand.  These stands can only be placed toward unoccupied areas and can not create an overlap into another member's area.

2. All stands that are not legally tagged are subject to removal by the club.  Stands must be at least 500 yards from campsites and at least 50 feet off road ditch named roads. You can not use graded roads as shooting lanes.

3. Please show courtesy when traveling by other stands and try to avoid distrubing hunters.  during Rifle Season avoid excessive riding during prime hunting hours (Daylight to 9:30 am and 3:00 pm until dark). Do not ride ATV's during these time periods except going to and from stands. NO excessive riding in camp area and through out lease during deer season.

4. Beginning with Bow season please observe Daylight to 9:00 am and 4:30 pm until dark.  Please apply this not only to driving but to also working on stands food plots or anything that could disturb the hunters.

5. It is mandatory that your MHC tags be displayed at all times while in the club.

6.  Trash and litter is a problem. Everyone, please, clean up your campsites and stand area, and help keep roads and gate areas clean.

7. NO DISCHARGING OF FIREARMS IN CAMP AREA

8. Members shall not abuse existing private roads, pipelines or fire lanes by the use of vehicles during wet condidtions.  Motor bikes and four-wheelers may be used in the club but if in RMS opinion, their use becomes destructive, they reserve the right to prohibit them.  Food plots on side roads or pipelines are subject to being crossed by other members.  Discing of main roads are prohibited, and you must leave an access area to cross the food plot.

                                 Supplimental Protein

9. A part of our Quality Deer Management Program is to add supplemental protein to our deer.  This will greatly improve our Buck's antler development and help with does giving milk to fawns.

10. Protein feeders at least one (1) per membership, with protein provided at least March thru August to cover the fawning and antler development  period.  Please use a 16% or greater protein pelted deer feed.

11. Food plots- I encourage every membership to have at least one (1) maintained with the proper amount of Lime and Fertilize.  The club recommends every pipeline or highline stand have a maintained Spring and Fall food plot.  A 50x100 yard food plot roughly equals an acre, it requires 1 ton of lime every 2 years and 300-400 lbs of fertilizer each planting Spring and Fall.  Arrangements can be made with local feed stores for bulk delivery and if members pool their money together we can save money and time.   Spring food plots should be planted between April 15-May 15 and Fall plots September 20-October 15, if you do not have access to equipment please contact me.

                                 Observation Cards

  12. Observation Cards- In order to estamite herd size, sex ratios and number of fawns per doe, hunter observation are essential. This data is required under the MLD program and will be a requirement of each membership . Without this information it is very difficult to impliment a meaningful QDM program. Extra cards will be kept at the weigh station when one becomes full deposit it and start a new card. Starting each year October 1st and thru out hunting season record all deer observered while on the lease and after each hunt. After cards are completed place in observation box at weigh station  failure to turn in data will bring membership up for review for non-renewal status.

                                              Guest policy

13. Camp Guest - You are allowed to have a camp guest at any time these guest must remain in camp during hunting hours and are not allowed to go thru the club after hunting hours without the member being present.

14. Each membership will be issued four (4) guest passes for either squirrel or deer season, passes  may be used beginning in October 1. The guest must be registered in the sign in book and keep pass in his possession untill end of the day when it shall be deposed in guest pass box. All game taken by a guest will count on the members quota. Members will bear the burden of penality for failure of thier guest to comply with any regulation. It will be as if the member had not complied. Any infraction by a guest will count againist the Member and become his/her responsibillity.Please see bi-laws for complete rules on guest passes.

                                                        Lease Security

15. PLEASE KEEP GATES LOCKED AT ALL TIMES if you have a stand near a gate please check that gate and keep it locked each time you are at that stand.

16. The Club asks each member to help with patrol of the club and report any unusual activity.  Clay Platt and James Pixely local hog hunters will also help patrol the club.

                                        Non-renewing members stand areas

17. Renewing members will be able to claim exiting members stand areas starting March 1 thru the 14th you must follow the stands rules to claim a new area. After March 14th the stand areas will become open to new members entering the club. Please remember you can only claim the area as any stands or feeders are the exiting members property and they have untill May 31 to have it removed.

18. A list of non-renewing members will be placed at the weigh station on March 1 and or posted the the web site.