Glad to see you made it. You have to enter the 1st buck you shoot. Whether it was your home state or not. Feel free to enter one of those 170's you saw in ILL. I haven't seen any bruisers where we hunt but I did get a good tip this week from a non-hunter that has seen a big buck crossing the road where I happened to hang a stand this morning. I put my camera up on the trail and next weekend we'll see what he looks like, Hopefully.