New to IL and Chicago area looking for advice.
I recently moved up from the Southeast to Chicago for work. I've been a whitetail hunter my whole life and i'm from SC where we had a very long season and not many restrictions (weapon type, baiting, long season). Am I too late in the season to get a tag (antlered and anterless)? I will be setting up a residency since the Non Resident tags are so expensive vs. the non resident tags in SC. I currently live in north chicago in Lakeview. Is there any public land within 1.5 hrs and is it worth messing with? I'm not opposed to joining a club to be able to hunt private land. I cover from Evanston to IL/WI border with my job so I see that my best change may be north? Thoughts/advice are much appreciated. I will mainly stick to bow hunting since the season looks to be longer than the firearm season.