Duck Club for sale - only $35K

[George M. Purtill Member #28]

Who owns it now?

[Victor Wasylyna]

Originally Posted by George M. Purtill

Who owns it now?

It appears that Crane Lake Preserve and several other private duck clubs became the Sanganois State Fish and Wildlife Area in Illinois.

https://www.dnr.illinois.gov/publica...s/00000578.pdf

Looks like some nice public hunting.

-Victor

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by George M. Purtill

Who owns it now?

interesting question- It doesn't show up in a search. there seems to have been a great many clubs in the area
http://www.museum.state.il.us/RiverW...t_hunting.html

the 1891 map shows no large holding around the lake
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/...1891/Illinois/


there is a Crane Lake Club road on the south side - still a game club there, but the ad references a marsh, and the south shore looks to be uplands topography

and there is a large state game area on the north side, the website for that says it was formed by the purchase of several private duck hunting clubs
https://stateparks.com/sanganois.html

There is a book "The Last Market Hunter" about a guy who once poached the private clubs in the area - wonder if that mentions the club