Originally Posted by
Adrian J Hare
First Illinois is a draw and is not easy top get a tag.
Indiana is a great state for Easterns and some of the heavest birds I've seen.
Missouri is about the same as hunting Ontario in south central.
To get your gun across you will need to buy a licence and apply through the ATF to get approval to take your gun, or borrow one when you get there.
My thoughts on cross border hunting was always why hunt the same birds as you are hunting at home. If your spending money spend a touch more and hunt something you can not hunt normaly. There are a number of States close to Missouri that you can hunt Merriams or even Rio's or better yet go on a trip and enjoy the Sun ,Sand , Start of a slam with an Osceola in Florida.
RE: Cross Border hunting, we don't have turkeys in Sask, so we can't hunt them at home. As well, our work commitments dictate that we hunt as early as we can, so the April 26 opening date in Ontario doesn't work for us, thus we need to head further south.
Thanks to everyone for the feedback. This all helps with the trip plans.