I didn't know they required a competancy test at Heideke. I know they do at JTA (Joliet Training Area, or The Arsenal). Heideke does have a lottery/drawing. I think they only let 20 hunters in at a time. And DesPlaines only gives out 500 parking permits a year now. They usually go within the first 4-5 hours. They give them out Sept. 1st.

There's a place called Medewin National Tallgrass Prairie. They let you hunt there on a daily basis. It's on the east side of I-55 from DesPlaines. Some nice deer taken out of those places every year, but it's hard hunting. Everybody and their brother goes trompin around through there. Still, alot of deer.