First Illinois Bow Hunt
Well we headed out to Illinois from Michigan for the first time on Nov.3rd, I had obtained the rights to bow hunt on a small piece of property and we did not know what to expect. Fortunately the property had some farm fields surrounding it with a nice creek bottom that border the south property line. We spent the first day hanging stands and the next few days relocating them. We hunted for a week and after all was said and done we saw 102 deer and 57 of them where bucks, I personally saw 27 with only two that where repeats. We ended up harvesting 1 doe and 2 10 pts. We where invited to come back next year and I cannot wait, with the poor crops this year and the 3 days of 70 degree weather I could not imagine how good the hunting would be next year. Also we are going to go a few days later next year so we can catch the rut better. Here is a pic of one of the bucks we harvested I cannot upload the second pic.