ORIGINAL: highlonesome
Wow 25 years ago I moved here from Bloomington. We would hunt railroad tracks outside of Hudson, Carlock and Downs. All that is subdivisions now and those towns are suburbs. Here near the town I live in are state lands you can hunt for a 48.00 pass. And we have a state park that offers draw hunts. But to hunt these places you have to be either crazy or lucky.
I've hunted IL. for 40 years and 25 years ago was a whole different ball game. It's a money game now! We have close to a dozen outfitters in my county alone. Very little public hunting here and what there is gets pounded by all types of outdoor people not just hunters.
Dan