Weapons Of choice...

Youth hunts aren’t a requirement of the PLDMP program but permitting does require some other things like tagging all harvested bucks and does with a state-issued tag, a written wildlife management plan, annual reporting with maps showing the conservation practices being implemented, etc. The flexibility in method of take is the benefit for implementing the increased management the program requires (there are a number of qualifying conservation practices but you don’t have to implement all of them….. at least 3, I think. Together, they do have to impact a minimum percentage of the enrolled acreage each year though).

Sounds like the program requirements are probably more than what the club wants to take on. I can’t say that I blame them. I imagine the tagging requirement alone might be difficult for a club like what you describe to comply with. It’s not easy for a club to get that many people on the same page, unless the requirements are minimal.

I grew up hunting Lykes Brothers land in Glades County just north of LaBelle.
We never had all these Fancy Dancy seasons.
It was Dove season , Duck season and Deer season...wth
Hogs you just shot when you felt like it. more of a Family Fun Days busting woods and shooting hogs of Buggys.