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Old 01-08-2008 | 03:44 PM
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Default RE: Top end bucks in your area

ORIGINAL: dukemichaels

Mchenry Co., Ill was rated 3rd best county for B&Cs a couple of years ago, behind Pike and one adjacent to Pike. Lake Co. was rated #2 behind Pike for P&Ys.
All those stats are really old Greg. Lake and Mchenry are nose diving down the list every year. It's just because there really is just about no open land left anymore. What the houses haven't built on the forest preserve has taken over.

I applaud you for getting such great land when you did. But there is no land left anymore in these 2 counties. Especially in Lake.

And really the only reason Lake and McHenry had such great numbers at one time was because of its close proximity to the city. More people, more hunters, and alot of big deer once fell here.
The stats are two years old. I know guys, including myself,that pick up spots in these two counties every year. It's not at all easy but it can be done. It depends on how hard you are willing to work at it. I will be searching again this spring as I am down to 2 spots in McHenry and 1 in Lake. Plus I need more in Racine.
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