Hey guys! congrats on the bucks so far, keep up the good work. Montana was amazing, need to go back ASAP. Having never been west, I really didn't know what to expect, but whatever my expectations were, they were far exceeded. The country was beautiful, game everywhere. We were only bird hunting since we planned the trip too late to get into any of the big game tag lotteries. The pheasants were plentiful, although i'm told it was a pretty weak hatch this year due to a rough spring in that area. TONS of hens, which is a good sign for next year, and we did manage 14 roosters in 2.5 days of hunting. Had we killed all the ones we shot at, we'd have limited each day, but that's hunting. Saw a couple dandy mulie bucks, some big speedgoats, and a couple real nice whitetail bucks too. Amazing trip, and I think next year i'm going to go twice, once in the summer to trout fish, and again in teh fall to hunt.

As for IL deer hunting, gun season was this past weekend, so I wasn't out, and i'll likely hunt second gun for does, but won't be in the tree with stick and strinc until mid Dec. We shall see if any bucks survived the orange army around my lease.