Originally Posted by
Muley Hunter
For the farmer, or you're own land.
It doesn't matter who's land it is. I farm and hunt the same land. Like I said, its kind of a moot point here in IL since rules have changed. However, before the rule change, if I had planted a few hundred square feet of corn in the middle of nowhere that I cant get my combine to - that would have been a food plot and a ticketable offense. If I was hunting the edge of a 40 acre field - thats just normal agricultural operation and not a ticketable offense. Now, if I had harvested the whole field and intentionally left the outside 4 rows, that might have been considered a food plot, too. I'm glad they changed the rules - they left too much room for a CPO with a chip on their shoulder to interpret things as they see fit. Plus, I do like to keep a nice little clover plot here and there so the deer have some high quality forage all summer long.