It's been a while since I've checked in and thought I'd give a little update.
Foodplots in IL are finally beginning to come up. We've had a dab of rain, and looks like in the next week we are going to get lots more. We should have the green haze kicking strong by the middle of the week.

I hunted Opening night and Tuesday morning. Saw 5 different bucks and probably 30 or so does. No shooters, unless you count the giant mosquito that just about knocked me out of the tree.

Today I went back to KY and had a weird morning. I heard a pack of yotes just before sunrise. About 7, out came a yote, then another. All in all, I had 8 yotes in a picked cornfield. One came right up to me and begged me to shoot him. I did. Weird thing was, when I moved my finger to the release, he saw that one little movement. Needless to say, as I squeezed, so did he. He turned right into that arrow and it hit right between the eyes. He rolled about 15 feet, regained his legs, and took off, looking sorta like a unicorn. I trailed that dude for almost a 100 yards and never did find him. He bled good until he ran into a KUDZU thicket. At which point, I called off my search.

I dont think I'll be doing much hunting for about a week as the family is going camping all next week. I may excuse myself from the festivities for a night hunt, but that'll be pretty iffy. With November coming, it may be better to get some good family time in and load up the freezer with some crappie.

Hope yall have some good luck. Until this heat breaks a little, I dont think I'll be missing much. Be safe.