Game Management
A management plan developed by Dr. Harry Jacobson assures plentiful game. Dr. Jacobson is a professor, retired from Mississippi State University, where he established himself as one of the world's premier whitetail deer researchers.
Dr. Jacobson established an initial program of agricultural planting. The planting includes 8-20 acre fields planted annually in summer forages, such as soybeans and iron and clay peas. This acreage floods periodically, so it has value for waterfowl hunting. The club devotes as much acreage as possible to planting permanent plots of clover and alfalfa. We also have identified a number of fields for winter small grain and crimson clover combination planting, which provides excellent hunting during the fall and winter months.
Our careful management practices continue. For the 2004-2005 season, we have spent approximately $80,000 on plantings for the existing food plots and creating new ones.
Large, Exclusive Property
The Glasscock Island Hunting Club spans nearly 16,000 acres of densely forested river-bottom land, heavily populated with an abundance of wild game and a wide variety of species of fish.
The club covers approximately 10,500 acres in Mississippi and 5,500 acres in Louisiana, including Glasscock Towhead, Boyds Island (also known as Glasscock Island), Glasscock Point and Esperance Point.
The property covers prime timberland. Timber is managed on 15-20 year rotations, with wildlife management playing a major factor in the complete management of the properties. Timber includes willow flats, mixed stands of cottonwood, sycamore, pecan, gum, hackberry, ash and red oak. The higher ridges contain red oak and pecan. Much of this timber is old growth with a good mixture of varying aged cutover dispersed throughout.
History of the Club and Property
In the early 1900s, the Hogue brothers began buying prime land
in the Natchez area to form a large tract known as Glasscock Island and
Esperance Point. The land was used primarily as timberland. In 1948,
the land was first leased for hunting and fishing, giving birth to the first
Glasscock Island Hunting Club.
In 1989, following a presentation by Dr. Harry Jacobson, the number of does killed annually was increased and the deer herd improved dramatically. In 1995, the family took over the club and instituted a deer management program supervised by a wildlife biologist. The club joined the Louisiana and Missisisppi DMAP program. The third generation of the family, Marlyn L.L.C., currently manages the club. Mr. Greg Ketchings, a fourth generation family member, provides on-site management.