January 2012 - Goodbye to our good friend Tommy Hawkins... MORE>>
May 15, 2011 - Fishing Season has started - see Doug's and Nat's catch................
May 15, 2011 - Turkey Statistics recorded.............
April 2, 2011 - Turkey Season Opens - see Turkey in the Hunting Section.
March 21, 2011 - Philip Fontenot reserves the Lodge June 10 - 12 for his Fontenot ShinDig. See Lodge Reservation Sheet.
February 17, 2011 - Doug Hardcastle goes west to harvest a Mountain Lion.......
February, 2011 -
Four shares of HD are now available - Please see the revised Highlights page as well as the For Sale postings.
Members - CHECK OUT THE News and the LODGE RESERVATION SHEET.................
December 31, 2010 - Nate Greene finally pulled the trigger on a big boy.....................Now that's the way to close out the old and bring in a New Year!!!
December 24, 2010 - Greg Sheanshang has reserved the lodge May 18 - May 22 for his annual Corporate Outing. See 2011 Lodge Reservation Sheet.
November 24, 2010 - Daniel Morgan - 8 pointer harvested Nov 23rd 9:00 AM..................
Green Score 146 +
July 30, 2010 - Brent Chance for 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!! - see Lodge Reservation Sheet...
HD - HAPPY BIRTHDAY # 22 !!!!!!!!!!!!
Posting on May 23, 2010 - Cathy and Bill Johnson - Anyone remember this 13 lbs., 8 oz Bass?
That fish, caught on Saturday March 11, 2006 at our lake would have been the state record in 31 other states!!!!!!!!!!
see http://www.landbigfish.com/staterecords/fishrecords.cfm?ID=6
May 8, 2010 - Nate Greene takes # 6 - See picture of the spur.
April 13, 2010 - Con Knox harvests # 4. Added picture of Bo Chance and his prize.
April, 2010 - It's Turkey Time!!!! Quick score by Jamie Osteen...a few days later by Philip Fontenot...and then the 2nd weekend by Bo Chance. See Bo's story as told by his dad Brent.
Nov 26, 2009 - Pictures of Eric Fontenot's deer inserted below and in his deer story. Likewise, inserted pictures below of Bryan Chance's and Jamie Osteen's deer.
Nov 25, 2009 - Doug Hardcastle - 9 point, 23 1/4" main beam, 17" inside spread, 180 lbs, 3 1/2 with a B & C green score of 129.35. Rumor has it that he was hunting a stand Robert Alexander had installed two days ago. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Nov 21, 2009 - Bryan Chance - 6 point (several broken off), 21" main, 16 1/2" inside, 160 lbs, 4 1/2.
November 21, 2009 - Jamie Osteen - 9 point, 19" main, 14 1/2" inside, 160 lbs, 3 1/2.
November 21, 2009 - Philip Fontenot - 7 point, 18 1/2" main, 17" inside, 3 1/2 year old.
November 15, 2009 - Eric Fontenot shot a 3 1/2 year old. See his story.
November 14 , 2009 - Wilson Burton put an arrow in a 3 1/2 year old buck on the Refuge. He was retrieved 24 hours later. See picture and story.....
April 26 - The following morning, Jamie Osteen called once and had a 20 pounder run to him
April 25 - probably our biggest day for having harvested turkeys - a total of 5 were taken - Philip Fontenot started it off at 8:00 AM, virtually the same time Jim and Jamie Osteen (see story) were taking their double...then at 9:45, Jim Love dropped one...and finally, David Neblett (see David's story) scored at 11:45...that's # 10, # 11, #12, # 13 and # 14 in one morning! See Philip's story for the second bird... ...
April 24 - # 9 - Philip Fontenot - see story...
April 17 - # 8 - Tim Freel, guest of Richard Speer, harvests his first ever - a jake.
April 10 - Turkey # 7 - Sam Greene (Nate's brother) gets his first ever!!! See pictures and story.
April 4 - Turkey # 6 - Wilson Burton got another - his third! 17 1/2 lbs., 10 5/8" beard, 1 3/8" spurs on each side.
April 1 - Turkey # 5 - Wilson Burton - Wilson fooled another one (his second) on April Fool's Day - 21 pounds 11 oz., 1 5/16" spurs and an 8 3/16" beard.
March 29 - Turkey # 4 - Robert Alexander takes his usual opening day bird - 21 1/4 lbs., 9 1/2" Beard and 1 1/4" spurs.
March 28 - Regular Turkey Season. Turkeys # 2 & 3 - The first day, Nate Greene , Jr and Wilson Burton scored.
March 21 - Youth Turkey Hunt. Turkey # 1 - Story and pics to follow...
January 07 posting:
1. See the Summary of Ownership in Heart's Desire Hunting Club at the end of this page, or click on the hyperlink.
2. Four shares and related assets like the sheds and a room in Motel 12, are for sale at various prices. See Selling Shareholders and Prices.
November 26 - Nat Harris harvested a nice 8 pointer at 10 AM. See story and picture...
November - Owen Hardcastle finally coaxed another big boy out of the thicket at 11 AM. See picture...
November , - Marcus Sheanshang harvested his first buck in 20 + years - a nice 3 ½ year old 10 pointer. Picture to follow...from Lynn.
November 13 - Nonie Dunn had her deer hunting dream come true - Archery Season - Nonie had a young 8 pointer beneath her stand for about 30 minutes, then spotted a much larger one across the field. For some reason, the bigger one took a path straight to her. Nonie stopped it with a well placed arrow which severed his jugular vein - 8 pointer with a kicker for 9 - almost perfectly symmetrical! 165 pounds, 19 ¾ main, 3 ½ year old. See first picture Story to follow...
November 9 - Daniel Morgan gets his first deer - a 207 pound monster. See details.
October 15, 2008 - Quick notes of the initial board Meeting for 2008-09 plus some random news of what's going on at HD...
Opening Day - Saturday, September 27, 2008 - First deer of the season falls to Philip Fontenot. See picture and story.
The ROOKIE gets # 15 - but his first ever - Rusty Dunn the accomplished duck hunter, managed to get his first. See the story...
Turkeys 12, 13 and 14 were recorded. See the Turkey Section.
And, amazingly, on the 10th day, Turkey # 11 is recorded by Ned Priest .
Then, on April 7, # 10 is recorded by Wilson! See News...
And now we're up to 9!!! (Through April 5) See News...
MERRY CHRISTMAS
From - Sadie Hardcastle (with her dad, Owen)
To - POP (a/k/a Grandfather Doug)
December 1, 2007 - Jamie Osteen - 8-Point 190 lbs. See Story.
November 26, 2007 - Steve Minneman - 8-Point 185 lbs. See Deer.
November 26, 2007 - Posted the deer hunting stories of the weekend.
November 22, 2007 - Will Coble takes a nice 10 pointer. See Deer.
October 15, 2007 - Rusty Dunn kills his first ever buck - a very nice 8 Pointer.
January 28, 2007 - Guess who enjoyed the last day of duck hunting season? See Hunting/Waterfowl.
Bo Chance and Harley, January 2007
December 20, 2006 - See News...
October 29, 2006 - Results of the juvenile weekend - Two does - thanks to Greg Sheanshang's guests - Kaetlin Michaelis and her brother, Derick. See Deer Hunting.
If interested, please write Nate Greene, c/o Colliers, 400 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37201, call and leave a message at (615) 850 - 2729.
September 2006 - Taylor Harris wins two National championships. See News.
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A picture of one of our bucks.....
2006 - Turkey Season Results....
2006 - March 11 - Cathy Johnson catches a 13 lb., 8 oz. bass!
2005 - November 19 - Richard Speer takes the only 3 1/2 year old of the year. Our hunters this year passed up on many borderline 3 1/2 year old bucks this year. And, in total, our members spotted more bucks than any previous year. Next year, all these guys will be a year older, hopefully not a year wiser and we're certain of an abundance of "shooters". Only time will tell.
2005 - October 29 - Youth Hunt - Nathaniel Minneman, Tom Barnes and Jack Jackson were successful. Nathaniel harvested his first ever deer with a perfect shot on a 1 1/2 yr old spike. That afternoon, Tom Barnes took a 120 lb 2 1/2 yr old doe from Stand 13. Then, Sunday morning, 8 year old Jack Jackson made a 100 yard shot from Stand 212 and got his button buck. Thanks to all who attended - Derrick and Kaitlen Michaelis, Nathaniel Greene and Maddie, Greg Sheanshang's 7 year old granddaughter. Take a look at Nathaniel's expression on receiving his knife.
2005 - August 15th - Mike Wright was officially hired as our Club Manager, assuming the responsibilities after Jimmy Barnes retires on December 31st.
2005 - Turkey Season - Opening morning - Many members present, including Robert Alexander, Wilson Burton, Philip Fontenot, Nate Greene, Owen Hardcastle, Nat Harris, Jim Love, Will Morgan, Steve and Al Minneman, Skip Neblett, Greg Sheanshang, Richard Speer and Frank Stephens. See Turkey Hunting for details.
2004 - Turkey Hunting. We finished the turkey season and surpassed all realistic goals with a total of 25. 
Opening Weekend (Gun Season) 2003 - Deer Hunting. These three were harvested on our opening weekend by Owen Hardcastle, Will Morgan and Ned Priest. See story in "News" and in the Deer Hunting Sections.
SUMMARY OF OWNERSHIP IN HEART'S DESIRE
The twenty-four shareholders each own an undivided interest in 3,250 acres (all contiguous), the 1,800 square foot lodge, farming equipment, work truck, an 8 acre fishing lake, the manager's house and all other assets. An additional 457 acres are leased. Governed by a shareholder-elected Board of Directors, the property and facilities are managed through the manager, Mike Wright. Mike has a BS and an MS in Agriculture from Murray State University and is retired from the UT Extension Service, having served Humphreys County in various capacities, the last 2 years being as the Director. Mike is assisted by Stephen Scott who resides on site.
The overall purposes of this multiple-absentee-owner, on-site management concept are to optimize hunting, minimize farming and security problems, and, equally as important, to share expenses. Owners each own 1/24th, utilize 100%, and are not required to actively participate in the on-site activities and/or problems.
In other words, ownership in HD offers an attractive alternative for all those currently dealing with the various problems of hunting on public or leased land, poacher control, property management, farming and costs associated with all the above.
Many members use the club for hunting only. For others, the full use of the property year round for business or family meetings, hiking, four-wheeling, "camping out", etc., is a bonus to get the entire family and/or business associates involved.
At present, membership is full. However, four members have expressed a willingness to sell their certificates and other assets individually owned to other hunting enthusiasts who share the same or similar objectives and who would be compatible with the other members. For additional information, follow this link to the Selling Shareholders. The shares may be owned either individually or corporately, subject to each member/user being approved by the Board of Directors.
The purpose of this site is not only to inform existing members of current happenings, recent harvests, hunting schedules, etc., but also to expose others to this premiere hunting and recreational facility in hopes of generating replacement members and a waiting list of potential members. We have a couple of prospects on the list and are seeking more.
