I headed out today to go after some turkeys bowhunting.
I was hunting a river bottom , on a west facing ridge , I figure around 2:00 I had a flock of 9 turkeys heading north , I drew back and placed my 30 yard pin on one of the birds only to shoot right over its back, it was closer than I estimated, and to be honest I had a bad case of turkey fever( started to shake all over) thankfully it was a clean miss, but it was awesome to finally get a shot at a turkey, it was my first time shooting at a bird, hopefully next time I will have a better outcome. I decided to stay the course and wait for sundown and wait for the deer. Just after sunset I had a deer approaching from the south traveling north , coming from behind my stand I watched only to find it was a nice maybe 145 class 9 point, unfortunatly he was in the wide open area but he kept his distance at I ranged 45 yards and never came any closer, (I am not comfortable at a shot over 30 yards) so I opted not to try and just watched him slip into the darkness that was falling on the woods, I then heard deer coming off the ridges into the river bottom all over the place, I sat there for ever waiting for the deer to leave the bottom so I wouldnt spook them out of the area, now I m keeping my fingers crossed and the scentlok fresh in hopes of seeing the buck next time I hunt this bottom
The Bean fields are harvested and it seems the deer are really hitting the acorns
on the ridge tops around here.
So how is going for the rest of you Illinoisians?