Originally Posted by
ryanhill
i live in west central il. and outfitters have pretty much ran the county i live in (pike) into the ground . its pretty bad when a person that was born and raised in an area cant even hunt it . i would like to see more strict rules regulatin outfitters . its becoming a rich mans sport and thats not right . every body should have the oppertunity to enjoy the sport not just the man with the deepest pocket .
Its the same way just east of you here in central Illinois.
Access to private land is tough and in most cases you have to out bid some one on a lease.
I personally feel the deer numbers are way down here. I think some areas have simply been way over hunted. Most guys here all say the same -they are seeing few deer and during the gun season it is amazing the low number of shots heard compared to a few years ago.
The State of Illinois is going to seriously screw up deer hunting.