I have really nothing to offer up for names. My brain doesn't seem to work right these days. lol

Hey Silent,

Why did you guys pick that timeframe to go and hunt Ill? The reason I ask is because for our trip to Iowa we went back and forth...back and forth on what the "PRIME" week would be and we just couldn't come to a solid conclusion. We are all hunting on public land and this is a do-it-yourself hunt, so we aren't restricted to when we have to go. We picked Oct 29-Nov 6th. Two years ago when a few of the guy got drawn, they picked the 2nd week of Nov to go and 2-3 days of their 7 day hunt the BIG boys were holed up with hot doe and weren't seen in the timber. Only out in the middle of no where with doe. Then in the ladder half of their hunt, they were seeing big bucks roaming again. We wanted to pick a timeframe so we wouldn't run into this scenario. It's too bad the calendar falls the way it does, because I would love to be down there a couple days later on both ends of the week we picked. I really like your week or the 2-9th or 3-10th. Any of those options I think would be perfect, but with kids, wives and work....we couldn't swing a middle of the week to middle of the week hunt.

Thanks,
Pat