Hi,

I'm new to this site and thought I would post my hunt in Pike Co. IL the opening week of season. First I must say I'm very lucky to have a good friend who owns his own farm near Nebo. After reading some of the post on this site, it seems ground is very expensive and hard to come by in this area. Here goes the details of the hunt. I saw 15 differnet bucks on 40 acre block of ground over a 4 day period. It was the best hunt I have ever hadon such a small peice of land. Out of the 15 bucks I saw, three of those where what I consider shootes. Two where in the 130 to 140 range and the other a 150 class 10 pointer. I hadtwo opportunies at the 10 pointer and blew a 28 yard broadside shot the last dayof the hunt. Being from South Alabama I wasn't use to shooting at deer on the side of a steep hill. I placed my 30 yard pin on his vitals and released. The arrow missed it's mark by 4" over the top of his back. All in all, it was a great week. There were three other monster bucksseenin ourgroup.I'm heading back the first week of Nov. for another 8 days of hunting. Maybe this will be my lucky week.