Got my tags for Fulton County, pretty excited for fall. I always had such bad luck drawing any public land anywhere near Chicago. Never once did I get public land tags. Even last year at COL I didn't draw and the DNR out there said that he heard almost everyone drew that he talked to for Slug Gun. I guess I wasn't too upset when I was there after the gun season and saw out of the 40 or so people they only took 8 deer (2 Bucks and does) and since it's earn a buck that means only 6 people got deer.

Good luck with JEPC, looks like a pretty great area to hunt. I'm sure there are some BIG deer out there. I'd be curious to see how many deer they get out of there a year. When are you allowed to scout out there, only up until the end of September? I know some spots only let you scout until a certain time which is a few months before the season starts.