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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...

Wow!  Webmaster is asleep at the wheel!  There's a lot to report...Opening day - 4 kills, second day we had two successes...the following week, two more!  Total is eight so far...  See News for more details...

.....make your plans...today is march 11.  Turkey opening morning is March 29.

It's Turkey Time in Tennessee

See the Lodge Reservation Sheet.....

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.

Click to enlarge...

Sept 3, 2007 - See News.  Or, see Hunting dates for 2007 - 2008.

August 8, 2007 - A few newsworthy items to report - We have two new members - Rusty Dunn and Jim Osteen. 

March 31, 2007 - Turkey Season finally opens in Tennessee.  See News or go directly to Turkey.

February 27, 2007 - See News.

February 15, 2007 - See News.

January 28, 2007 - Guess who enjoyed the last day of duck hunting season?  See Hunting/Waterfowl.

Bo Chance and Harley, January 2007

January 23, 2007 - see News...  Lodge Reservation Sheet updated...Con Knox added...Richard Speer added...Philip Fontenot added...Greg Sheanshang changed...See Sheet...

December 20, 2006 - See News...

December 10, 2006 - See News.

December 2, 2006 - See News.

November, 2006.  See News.

November, 2006 - See News or see Members Hunting Trips.  See Doug Hardcastle's Elk.  See Doug Hardcastle's Deer.

October 29, 2006 - Results of the juvenile weekend - Two does - thanks to Greg Sheanshang's guests - Katelin Michaelis and her brother, Derick.  See Deer Hunting.

October 24, 2006 - ONE MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE - for one year!  One of our members is taking a sabbatical out of the country and is offering the use of his membership during this period.  Annual dues and assessment for the membership will be $8,000, which will entitle the user all hunting rights and full access of the club facilities for the year.  If you have considered membership in HD, this is a once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity to become a pseudo member for a year. 

If interested, please write Nat Harris, 205 Powell Place, Brentwood, TN 37027, e-mail Nat at npharris1@xxxcomcast.net (remove the xxx) or call and leave a message at (615) 369-0852.

October 2006 - See News...

September 2006 - Taylor Harris wins two National championships.  See News.

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A picture of one of our bucks.....

 

For the very latest each day, see "News", then follow the direct links.

Members - Here's the link to the new Lodge Reservation Sheet.

2006 - Robert Alexander and Nat Harris - Fishing Trip Results -

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 - September ?? - Arnie Pittman took a button buck from the McIllwain lease property.

2005 - August 15th - Mike Wright was officially hired as our Club Manager, assuming the responsibilities after Jimmy Barnes retires on December 31st. 

2005 - Manager Applications - Jimmy Barnes, our Manager for the last 17 years is to retire one day.  In an effort to create a smooth management transition from Jimmy Barnes to some new person, we are beginning the process to receive applications and interview candidates for Manager.   

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

Founded in 1988, Heart's Desire Hunting Club, Inc. owns and operates a private hunting club in rural Sugartree, Tennessee - three miles south of I-40 and midway between Memphis and Nashville (a two hour drive from Memphis and an hour and a half from Nashville). 

Click "News" for the latest news, edits, etc.  1.  The three shares have been sold and the note paid off.  2.  The final tally for the turkey season was 13, which tied last year.  Click "Turkey Hunting".  Let the fishing and predator hunting begin!  And, the fall hunting seasons are now published.

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 on-site manager, Jimmy Barnes, a retired TWRA officer. 

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.  At the launch of this site on Dec 6th, three members had expressed a willingness to sell their certificates to other hunting enthusiasts who share the same or similar objectives and who would be compatible with the other members.  All three have now been sold.  The shares may be owned either individually or corporately, with 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 three replacement members and a waiting list of potential members.  We also now have that list.

Contact Information - In all e-mail addresses, "remove this" has been added to prevent computer generated spam correspondence.

Nat Harris - (615) 369-0852, or, npharris1(remove this)@comcast.net

Mike Wright - (731) 847-4868, or, wrightem(remove this)@bellsouth.net

Mailing address
c/o Nat Harris, 205 Powell Place, Brentwood, TN 37027

Last Edited - Wednesday April 09, 2008

 

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