2011 ESC MEMBER ORIENTATION

1. 2011 ESC MEMBER ORIENTATION

2. Except for one guest of each associate member, or members holding day guest passes, guests are not allowed to hunt on any ESC lease. See Associate and Day Guest Pass Regulations. Associate Memberships and Day-Guest Passes

3. Associate Memberships • Established by ESC so a limited number of members could bring guests to hunt upland birds, turkey, or deer. • Each year, ESC Board decides number and price of Associate Memberships. • ESC Board reviews and approves applications to fill available spots. • Granting and renewal of Associate Memberships are not guaranteed or automatic.

4. Associate Memberships • Two separate categories of Associate memberships based on type of game to be hunted • Deer Associate • Quail Associate • Turkey can be hunted using either Deer or Quail Associate • ESC also offers Guest-day passes for each category

5. Grandchildren Hunting Guests • Must be under 18 years of age. • Only one grandchild per member on the hunt. • Grandchild must be under direct control by the grandparent. • Only one gun per grandparent/grandchild hunting party. • Not valid for hunting on opening weekend. • Available for all game species.

6. Associate & Guest Behavior • To protect hunting privileges of all club Members, ESC does not tolerate violation of club rules. • Members are required to be with Guests at all times. • Members are responsible for Guest behavior at all times. • Guests must follow all ESC rules.

7. NO TRESPASSING Remember Trespass on neighboring property owners will not be tolerated. A violation of this nature will be considered a major violation of club ethical rule of conduct, and may result in the immediate dismissal of the club member with no refund of dues paid.

8. Identify Yourself All members shall have in possession a current Edmond Sportsmen’s Club (ESC) membership card while on Club property. All members shall display the membership card and drivers license to any other member, Lessor, State Game Ranger, or Federal Wildlife Officer upon demand. All autos shall display a valid parking decal while on ESC leases.

9. Booking a Hunt

10. Booking Methods • Book on line at www.eschunting.org This is the ONLY method for booking a hunt for the Edmond Sportsmen’s Club. • Must know your LOGIN NAME and PASSWORD

11. Booking Guidelines Rules • All leases are booked for the entire day • Reservations may be canceled if done prior to the date of the scheduled hunt. Cancelations after the hunting day has started may be only accomplished by a board member. Newreservations may be made at any time, provided the ESC rules and regulations are followed. Reservations must be cancelled or hunted. Failure to do either will be considered a violation of ESC rules.

12. Booking Guidelines Rules • Opening Day • Opening Day hunts are booked through a drawing held at a September meeting. • Any available Opening Day spots not booked through the drawing can be booked six days in advance. • Regular Season • Hunts can be booked a maximum of six days in advance. • Quail hunts are limited to two dates in advance on the schedule. • Deer / Turkey hunts are limited to four dates in advance on the schedule. • Combination Quail & Deer leases • Weekend Closures • For the three weeks that these hunting seasons overlap each year, our combined leases are closed to Quail hunting on Saturday and Sunday • Weekday quail hunts • Arrive on property no earlier than – 9:00 a.m. • Depart by 4:00 p.m. • Combined leases require both quail and deer lease numbers • Dove hunts • Book the hunt using the quail lease number for the property

13. Booking Hunts for Associates and Guests • Hunts for Members, Associate Members, and Day Guests are all booked in the same manner. • The Club Member must book the Guest or Associate. Each member purchasing an Associate or Guest pass will have a family member named either “Guest” or “Associate” and hunts must be booked using the “family member name”.

14. Booking Cancellations • Bookings can be cancelled on-line at www.eschunting.org • When you cancel a hunt during deer and turkey season, notify all of the members and that are booked on the lease at the time of the cancellation.

15. Lease Closures • Several of our leases will be closed completely to quail hunting during the deer gun season. If you are not able to view the lease on the lease scheduler it is closed and will re-appear when the lease is open again. Various Kansas leases will be closed during the season because of landowner agreements for deer season.

16. On Line Lease Manager

17. On Line Lease ManagerDefinitions Username: FIRST NAME space LAST NAME • The last name will always be the last name of the primary card holder, regardless of the child/spouse last names. • Each family members name will be listed on the main members file. Bookings for family members and Guest/Associates will occur from within the main members login. Password: Membership number as shown on the membership card. Schedule:: This tab is used to begin the process to book a hunt. Hunt Reports:: This tab is used to begin the process of reporting the results of a prior scheduled hunt.

18. On line Lease ManagerNavigation User: Your personal login name is displayed. Lease: The drop down arrow will display either, all of the available leases that can be booked today, or just one lease if you select one from the list. If you have any trouble seeing a proper list, do not pre-select a lease or game type, go directly to Get Schedule. Only leases that can be booked on the date of your login will be displayed in this list. Example: If you login on Friday and Deer season doesn’t open until Saturday, none of the Deer leases will be displayed in the drop down list but would appear on the actual schedule when the season is open. Game Type: You may sort the display of leases according to game species. IE: Quail, Deer or Turkey. Or, you may leave this field blank, and all the leases will be displayed. Note, if you do not specify a game species the list of available leases may be very long when more than one game type season is open. Get Schedule: After you have made your prior sorting directions you press this button to display all of the available leases that fit the sort criteria you have selected.

19. On-line Lease Manager Selecting a Lease to Book • The lease schedule will be displayed, beginning with the day that you are logging in and continuing for 6 additional consecutive days. This date range is the only date range that you may book or cancel a hunt. The name of each available lease and the lease number will be displayed followed by a dash and a single digit number. The single digit number represents the total number of people that can be booked on the lease. • If you possess a Guest pass or a Associate membership, you will book your name for yourself and “Guest/Associate for your Guest. If your guest is a family member listed on your membership, book the family member under their name. Under no circumstances should your name appear twice on the same lease for the same date. • Beware, the system will not prevent you from exceeding booking limits discussed in the Rules Section of Booking a Hunt.

20. On-line Lease Manager Cancelling a Hunt • To cancel a hunt you must be logged in to your own account. • Only future hunts can be cancelled. • Locate your name on the lease and date you want to cancel. • Bookings are designated by a green X. • Place the mouse pointer on the X. • The X will turn red x • Click and then confirm that you are deleting that hunt.

21. Reporting Harvests • Go to www.eschunting.org to report the harvest. • Use the Hunt Reports tab • You must report the harvest within 7 days of the huntor you will be blocked from booking future hunts. • All members must report the harvest. Family members/guests must also report the harvest, or all listed family members will be blocked from booking future hunts.

22. Hunts Reports • User: The name you are logged in under. • Report Status: Select either “pending” or “completed” • Search: The hunts either pending or completed will be displayed and available for selection. Note, hunts that have been completed can not be altered, only viewed. • Survey Questions: Completely answer each question on the hunt report. You must enter either a “0” if you did not make a kill, or a number of kill in each category of game, or the report will not allow you to finish. Please include in your report all game injured but not retrieved. This will allow us to better survey the value of the leases. • Name of Guest: If you took a guest and are filing a hunt report for that booking enter the first and last name of the guest . • There are various other fields that we use to rate a particular lease. Properly filling out each field and making pertinent comments will be helpful. .

23. Standard Lease Rules

24. Standard Lease RulesProperty • Respect the property of others and get permission before you use anything. • Pick up all your trash, including spent shells. • If you clean birds on the lease property, bag and remove entrails and feathers. • If you find trash on the lease, please remove it.

25. Lease Standard Rules:Property • Look for livestock in your hunting area and don’t shoot at them or cause them harm. • If you find a gate closed, make sure it’s closed when you leave. • If you find a gate open, make sure it’s open when you leave. • Never put a lock on any gate without permission from the landowner.

26. Lease Standard Rules:Safety • Don’t shoot within 150 yards of any occupied house on the premises. • Fire in remote areas is extremely dangerous to property and livestock. • Do not camp overnight on the lease without landowner permission. • Do not cook with open fires. • Be cautious driving vehicles over dry grass. • Hunting requires safety consciousness at all times. • If you get hurt while on a lease, it’s not the fault of the property owner.

27. Lease Standard RulesBehavior • No drinking, no drugs – EVER!!!!!! • Report any problems you find to the property owner. • Damage • Trespassers • Vandalism • Injured livestock

28. Lease Standard RulesBehavior • Protect the value of your ESC Membership by making sure each guest has a permit. • Sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct go hand-in-hand when you hunt on someone’s property. • ESC and the property owner have agreed to limit the number of hunters and not over-hunt the property.

29. Lease Standard RulesCooperation • Cooperation is the key to our relationship with our property owners. • ESC and the property owners work together to protect the rights of the property owner and our hunting privileges. • When in doubt about what to do, honor your commitment to ESC members to be a responsible hunter.

30. Private Property Located On Leases • Many of our members set stands, blinds, feeder’s etc. Please respect that the member placed the devices on the lease to enhance his hunt. • It will be an ethics violation to disturb another member’s property. • The member is required to mark their property with their name and membership number when placing them on property. • Placing a stand or blind does not prohibit another member from sitting the stand when it is not occupied by the owner.

31. Quail Hunt Limits • Quail leases may only be hunted once per each calendar month during the season. • Quail leases may only be hunted a maximum times of 3 hunting days per lease per season. • The only exception for the 2011-12 hunting season applies to the Johnson Lease. See the lease cover sheet for more information. • During times of extreme temperatures it is recommended that you depart the lease early enough to allow quail coveys to reform prior to dark.

32. Off Road Vehicles • Generally speaking the utilization of off-road ATV/UTV style vehicles is prohibited for hunting. • The board of directors may issue a permit to use off-road vehicles in matters of health or disability. • Please refer to the written rules dealing with ATV/UTV use.

33. The End • To access the complete 2011 Edmond Sportsmen’s Club Lease Manual, log into the online booking site www.eschunting.org and go to the Lease Maps tab. • The Lease Maps tab will allow you to download and print all of the rules and maps for this year’s membership. • This presentation does not contain all of the rules. Please be responsible and read the rest of the rules and guidelines for this year’s membership.

34. Completion Test • The completion of a simple test is required to activate your membership. Please click below to begin the test. Upon the successful completion (80%) your membership will be activated and you will be able to logon and print the membership lease package. • Click Here for Orientation Test