There are nice deer all over the state. Last year I hunted in6 different counties from the north west (Jo Daviess and Carrol) to the collar counties of Chicago (Will & Cook) then also near Effingham (Jasper) and finally down in the far south east at my families property(Hardin) All had good deer numbers and all will produce nice deer. None of them are in the "prime hunting" area of the central western part of the state.