Yardbird Hunting Club Background
The Yardbird Hunting Club is the brainchild of J. J. McAnelly, Barry Young and a host of others. Our group has pulled together some of the finest duck and goose hunters in the Houston and Austin areas since the early 1990’s. We have placed them on selected tract land leases in the Gulf Coast Rice-belt west of Houston. We do not strive to make a profit. We only hope to defray some of the costs of the operation. Each lease is a pure "pass-through" of costs for that lease to the individual lease members. We do not allow any more members on that lease once the costs of the lease are covered.
Our mission is to use our collective ability, experience and resources to find, organize and hunt the most productive waterfowl season leases. We use our contacts in the rice business and the waterfowl arena to garner hunting rights in the best areas on the Gulf Coast. We support those leases with water consultation, landowner and farmer negotiation, blind setup and regular scouting.
Leases are hunted on strict rotation schedules that focus on the weekends and at most one weekday morning. This promotes the hunting experience and conservation. Scouting is provided periodically through dedicated college students and our vast regional contacts. Both attempt to provide scouting reports at various times during the season. Others on the lease programs scout. They are encouraged to post their results as well. We always try to coordinate and time our hunts to maximize the weather and the number of the lease members who can get away to make the hunt.
Lease members are aggregated by individual experience and personality to promote camaraderie. All levels of experience are welcome. Guest rules generally permit lease members to bring one guest on any given day during the season. We modify this at times during heavy usage periods, i.e. Thanksgiving and Christmas as well as most "opening days".
Our overall goal is to have as much fun as possible in a safe and responsible manner. This always leads to a few birds in the bag along the way. Members will be extended invitations to hunt properties in addition to their subscribed property. We host an annual dove hunt for the Central Zone opener for members and selected guests.
Our operation is now supported by this website. Please forward suggestions to web-master Jay Daigre (Jay@yardbirdhunting.com). We are always looking for a few new qualified members as we are always picking up new land. Please have them view the site and send us their information if you have a referral. We appreciate your interest and look forward to seeing you in the blind!
Best personal regards,
B. Y. and J. J.
