phall2 - I can understand that. I have seen more 4 and 6 pointers this year then I have in the 5 years that we have hunted this.

AK - I do wish you could have gotten checked in. That would have helped out alot. Congrats on a beautiful looking buck.

Actuall that isn't the shot I put on him there. I actually put a high and back shot on him quartering away and managed to thread it high behind the last rib on the close side, and out the armpit of the far side. I got diaphragm, liver, both lungs, and even clipped the heart. He went about 10 feet. I also shot a doe last Sat but they don't count here......

Thanks again guys, he isn't huge but he put on a great show for me. He scraped and thrashed a tree within 30 yards of me, and was actually walking with the hair on his back standing up with his ears laid back doing that stiff legged PO'd walk in response to my grunts from when I initally saw him. He was one of the most memorable hunts I have ever had and because of this he is a trophy to me. He went 75 3/8".

Hey guys,

I am sorry that I have not checked in I have been hunting everyday since October 27th.

I cant tell a lie so here goes....

I stalked up on a real nice 3 year old buck waited 30 minutes for him to stand up and did not make the best shot of my life. We spent alot of time trailing him but we came up with nothing. I'm not happy with the story but it is the truth.

I ended up catching up with this buck, in WI.

I am still hunting IL pretty hard, I have a few days left until the shotgun season starts. Then it is back up to WI for Rifle.

Thats a beautiful buck Todd. Congrats. How long are those brow tines?

wihunter402- thanx it would have been fun to be part of one of the teams.......but i was out on a month long caribou and moose hunt so that is more fun. you guys will do fine and a few more bucks will get added. good luck

Awesome AK NIMROD, and what was you said about my buck....your rocked it....way to go.

Nice buck Todd. Looks like good old WI paid off for you eh? You know what we say up here. WI is Illinois largest park. Those are some great brow tines. Have you scored him yet? Congrats.

Way to go TODD!!! That should definitely help our score! I'm heading up to the UP tonight for gun season starting tomorrow. We have seena couple decent deer on trail cameras so hopefully we can get one of them on the ground. Good luck to everyone else. I will be off of here for about 6 days, butI will definetely report when I get back!

Best of luck to you Mike. Our gun season opens this Saturday and goes for 23 days in my area.[:'(][:@] I will go out with my Dad and since he bought me the rifle years ago I still sit with it. I was going to use the bow but with it being just my Father and I, I figure I should use the gun that he bought me for gun season. Should be a great time but we never do shoot any.

Well,

IL Shotgun season is next and then I go back to WI for Rifle season. Good luck everyone this is the time of year we live for.