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Forum: Hunting Gear Discussion
10-04-2009, 09:26 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 3,219
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

Man I'm glad I hunt in IL :)

Man I'm glad I hunt in IL :)
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
10-04-2009, 07:16 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,829
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

Have many of you really had luck with moon phases?

Have many of you really had luck with moon phases?
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
09-30-2009, 05:20 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 21,274
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

Beat me to it :biggrin: Good luck if you're goin'...

Beat me to it :biggrin: Good luck if you're goin' out tomorrow man, and hopefully it doesn't rain.
Forum: Bowhunting Gear Review
09-07-2009, 08:54 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,647
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

Bad River Outdoors Tagged Out Rangefinder

Anyone tried them, particularly off the ground? An ingenious concept, and very affordable, but seems like it wouldn't work from the height of a treestand. Thanks
Forum: Bowhunting
10-11-2006, 07:06 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,183
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: When do you guys start rattling?

Grunted and rattled up a young buck last night which I promptly was able to bag. I feel confident one of the sounds coaxed him in as he didn't appear to be interested in coming my way at all when I...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-11-2006, 07:03 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,406
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: squirrels tell me when deer are around.

All squirrels do for me is annoy the sh** out of me because they make so much noise and I eventually get tired of looking around at the sound because I almost know it won't be a deer. Maybe I'm just...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-11-2006, 07:00 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,249
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: kidney shots are deadly!

Just took a buck last night and made virtually the same shot. Up and down was fine, but it entered about halfway between the back of the rib cage and the front of the ham, exited the ham on the...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
10-05-2006, 07:03 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,219
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

Milo

I came out of my standtonight frustrated because I hadn't seen a thing on a very good evening, really cooled offas opposed to all the other days this week, so they should have been moving. As I...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
09-28-2006, 10:57 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 824
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: How Long 'Til They Start Hitting My Plot?

Well if what I've been told by others and now hawgnman, they're going to go for the farmer's crops and the acorns first, right? There's a cornfield just down the hill a ways from where my plot is and...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
09-27-2006, 10:45 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 824
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

How Long 'Til They Start Hitting My Plot?

I've finally got some clover and some sort of grass or wheat starting to come up decently-well after a mini drought. How long after germination have some of you noticed that the deer start really...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
09-26-2006, 09:24 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,771
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Anyone use a PlotMaster?

I would agree with some of the aforementioned posts, though. If you can't find a good price on a used one, a disc and harrow would work nicely, and a cheap hand-spreading device for the seed would do...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
09-24-2006, 09:39 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,771
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Anyone use a PlotMaster?

I used one a few weeks back to disc and plant. We rented it, but I must say, quite a nifty little implement. Did the job and after a few weeks with no rain, finally got some last week and went out...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
09-22-2006, 03:01 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,832
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Throw n Grow at 2.5 weeks

I hope this is what I see this weekend. Seed was spread a few weeks ago, and the same rain situation as you. Matter of fact, if you're in Southern IL, we probably planted and then dealt with the...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
09-18-2006, 10:43 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 617
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Planted Last Tuesday, Still No Rain

So with any luck, I should be able to check it this weekend and at least see sprouts, right?
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
09-18-2006, 02:44 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 617
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Planted Last Tuesday, Still No Rain

Had a good soaking pretty much all afternoon yesterday and then a little more today, so the moisture is there now, I just hope the seeds weren't damaged or anything while they sat out there in the...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
09-14-2006, 04:03 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 617
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

Planted Last Tuesday, Still No Rain

Except for a light misting for maybe 30 minutes over the weekend. Am I pretty much screwed or willsomeof itstill come up when it rains?
Forum: Bowhunting
08-17-2006, 10:54 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,110
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: planting Mushrooms for deer

lol ducsauce, so true. If the deer don't eat them, it's not bad at all, you can!
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-26-2006, 08:31 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,755
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Whitetail Institute Secret Spot

Might as well take my money and flush it. If that's not rude, I don't know what you deal with on a day-to-day basis...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-26-2006, 07:00 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,755
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Whitetail Institute Secret Spot

Ok, to be honest with you, SO many people have told me they've had success with the exactmethod I've explained of just laying lime and fertilizer and planting the seed shortly thereafter. I'm not...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-26-2006, 02:45 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,755
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Whitetail Institute Secret Spot

I'm not going to get a soil test done because in the area where I live, we have a lot of clay and it's just going to tell me to add fertilizer and lime anyway.
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-26-2006, 12:54 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,755
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Whitetail Institute Secret Spot

I need something fast-germinating though and it sounds like it has a good blend to it, though I suppose I don't really know compared to others. As far as the lime application, I'm just going by what...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-25-2006, 09:45 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,755
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Whitetail Institute Secret Spot

You're right, and I'm not going to. I found a Plotmaster I can rent and I plan to lime and fertilize prior to planting.
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-25-2006, 09:44 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,960
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: BioLogic Hot Spot

I took the plunge on some Secret Spot from Whitetail Institute and even discovered a local Whitetails Unlimited chapter that rents out a Plotmaster for a weekend, so I'll be set.
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-24-2006, 03:01 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,608
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: When is it to late to plant a food plot?

I'm going to be no-tilling a commercial seed blend from Whitetail Institute called Secret Spot. It contains several different types of seed, including clover, ryegrass, wheat, and rapeseed. I cannot...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-24-2006, 02:19 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,608
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: When is it to late to plant a food plot?

Well I know I've been researching small food plots for quite awhile now trying to get as much information as I can, and for the type of no-till seed I plan to use, it can be planted as late as...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-24-2006, 01:46 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,960
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: BioLogic Hot Spot

What are the pickup truck and leaf blower methods? I don't have a tractor or anything, it would be an ATV spreader.
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-24-2006, 11:54 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,960
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: BioLogic Hot Spot

Can you lime with a seed spreader?
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-24-2006, 11:53 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,755
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Whitetail Institute Secret Spot

I would appreciate that.
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-23-2006, 10:58 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,755
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Whitetail Institute Secret Spot

Did you lime and fertilize or just broadcast the seed out? It says it has a "pH booster," but I don't know how reliable that is.
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-23-2006, 09:55 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,755
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Whitetail Institute Secret Spot

Whereabouts in IL are you located? When are you gonna plant, and how much acreage? Are you gonna fertilize and lime and all that, or just throw the seed out and wait for rain?
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-23-2006, 08:14 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 3,755
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

Whitetail Institute Secret Spot

Anyone personally have any experience with it? Did it come up good and fast,and attract a fair amount of deer for you? Did you use lime or fertilizer when you planted it? Did you protect it while it...
Forum: Bowhunting
07-23-2006, 07:40 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 508
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

Whatever Happened to Washington Hunter's Invention?

At least, I believe it was Washington Hunter who was telling us a year or so ago that he and his friends had a creation that would make any archer more accurate immediately. What came of that?
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-21-2006, 11:57 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 20,850
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Biologic Hot spot

Did you lime it or fertilize it before you planted? If not, did it still come up good?
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-20-2006, 11:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 20,464
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Attracting Deer - Clover, Wheat or Oats?

Really? That is what's in BioLogic Hot Spot.
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-20-2006, 06:17 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 20,464
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Attracting Deer - Clover, Wheat or Oats?

So I guess my new question becomes, is there anything I can plant in September (opener is Oct 1) no-till that will draw the deer away from the corn, beans and mast cropsin October/November and...
Forum: Bowhunting
07-20-2006, 12:43 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,148
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Wierdest Thing That Has Ever Happened To You in the Woods

Well I'm going to hope it was some kind of bird and not a panther. We're not supposed to have cougars around here, though there were a flurry of sightings at one point a few years ago. None ever...
Forum: Bowhunting
07-19-2006, 11:20 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 580
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

STS - Front or Rear?

I have a Hoyt Ultramag. It does not have any kind of mounting hole on the rear of the riser, so I assume I have to get a front?
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-19-2006, 11:01 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 20,464
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Attracting Deer - Clover, Wheat or Oats?

I wonder why this Whitetail Institute Sweet Spot stuff says it contains 3 types of clovers, then? It claims it only takes a week or so to germinate. Would you like a link, or are you familiar with...
Forum: Bowhunting
07-19-2006, 10:55 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,148
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Wierdest Thing That Has Ever Happened To You in the Woods

I've always been intrigued by the Bigfoot myths. Could be fabricated, but interesting regardless.
http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=8547
Forum: Bowhunting
07-19-2006, 10:40 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,148
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Wierdest Thing That Has Ever Happened To You in the Woods

Short and sweet. Shotgun hunting two years ago over a big cut hayfield in the evening. As daylight has run out and we are all beginning to exit our stands (4 people all around this field), we all...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-19-2006, 08:31 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 20,464
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

Attracting Deer - Clover, Wheat or Oats?

I'm trying to decide what type of no-till small food plot I want to put down in September for the archery opener. I've narrowed it down to BioLogic Hot Spot, which contains winter peas and buckwheat,...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-19-2006, 07:41 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 926
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Effectivness of the "no plow" products

Hey derodkey: BioLogic Hot Spot vs. Whitetail Institute Secret Spot
Experience with either? One seem better than the other? Is either going to attract deer almost immediately upon germination?
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-19-2006, 06:58 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 20,850
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Biologic Hot spot

So did the stuff even get a chance to come up good?
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
07-19-2006, 03:15 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 826
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: New IL Law

I did this last year, but maybe it's because we have landowner tags. Did this used to be something reserved only for landowners?
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
07-19-2006, 03:13 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,448
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: BioLogic Hot Spot

It grew back on it's own? Are you sure it was Hot Spot you were using? The information I've found on it said it only lasts about 45 days after germination, and that would make me think it would...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-19-2006, 03:11 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 20,850
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Biologic Hot spot

Sounds like the winter peas in the blend will last quite awhile. Either way, I think I'm going to give it a shot. I sent him a couple more questions, which I will post the answers to when I receive...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-19-2006, 03:10 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 20,850
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Biologic Hot spot

I senta fewquestions to BioLogic about it how to clear theground prior to growing andif it should be protected from deer and be allowed to flourish before you let the deer have at it. Todd, a very...
Forum: Wildlife Management / Food Plots
07-19-2006, 01:31 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 20,850
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Biologic Hot spot

Yeah, it's supposed to be for really small plots way back in the woods or wherever you hunt, right by your stand.
Forum: Hunting Gear Discussion
07-19-2006, 11:57 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 742
Posted By Illini_Sportsman

RE: Honda TRX 680FA

As long as you don't need it to do a lot of heavy pulling or jobs that require a lot of torque. I believe it lacks a low-range and the 1st gear in the ESP system is still pretty tall.
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