RE: just got back from pike county.il......
I've bowhunted Pike and Adams counties for 9 years nowand they are both full of big deer. That being said, you went at a time when the hunting is very tough at best.If your outfitter overhuints the area the big boysthat are left could be totally nocturnal by now. Maybe the weather screwed you up. I have hunted one farm for a week every yearduring the rutand have had hunts where I didnt see the big boys but that farm has produced em for someone every year. You are still hunting mature whitetails and thats still one of the toughest game animals in the world.