It is in a corner of a wood lot about 8 yards inside the edge…. It has two field edges. You cant be winded without having a shot unless you have a east wind…. And i never hunt it with a east wind obviously…. Its on the edge of thick bedding and is a mega buck travel corridor…. Also the doe’s...
So the first day of Illinois shotgun season was wet and warm.. I didn’t see anything that interested me in the slightest. I hunted a farm that has some giants on it but had to much pressure so this morning I switched farms to a stand I average a lot of inches per sit….
It’s a spot 95 percent...
I was very fortunate to fill my IL bow tag before the heat wave killed daylight deer movement..
So it was my first trip to hunt Illinois this year. I started by hunting Saturday morning where a 175” ten point had came thru three mornings straight. I saw him cross the road heading into the black...
I was talking with Skip the other day and he thought it would be a good idea to share changes I’ve seen in Illinois since changes to allow crossbows for full archery season.
I’ve hunted Illinois since 1997 and still hunt the same farms. I’ve seen some unbelievably great hunting and some pretty...
So I always glass around from my new house because I can see almost all my property. And I look in the alfalfa by my corn field and notice a dead deer that was half ate. I walked over to see what it was, my gut was saying buck just due to size…
Unfortunately it was a buck that had shed and I...
Mow short, then spray with roundup, the no-til in a winter wheat/oats/rye/winter peas. Possibly plant some turnip and radish if you want. These plants all help build souls…. And the deer will eat them all fall. I’d plant in about one month. First week of August!!!
Good luck! Anxious to...
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