Checked my local camera this weekend. Same little bucks and a decent amount of does. The big boy I arrowed two years back hasn't showed back up this year. I'm really hoping a car didn't get him in the last year. He showed up last year with a slightly non typical right (from the arrow wound I'm guessing) but only once before October. I'm looking better at my local spot than last year, we only had one little 9 point and a doe show up pretty much all summer. Now we have 4 small bucks and 5 does and the smallest fawn I have ever seen this time of year. My dad and I are already deciding the momma gets a pass for a few months. With all the big bucks that live around the forest preserves up in the suburbs, I'm hoping we get some new bucks coming through come October.

Talked to my buddy down in C. Illinois. With the cooler weather, he says the deer are really started to show their faces, especially with crops starting to be cut. He's going to let the land rest until October so the deer go undisturbed besides the crops being cut. Can't wait to see what kind of pics we get after a month. 8 days and counting until the Illinois opener.......