Gasser, thanks for the kind words. I worked the IBS booth all weekend. We had a god croud all weekend signing the petition and showing support of the cap. There were a few heated debates between us and the other side but all went well.I hope everyone looks over the information you got from the IBS booth and considers joining. I think if your a bowhunter in ILL its the best 20 bucks you can spend!! Lets face it the only way to be heard and taken seriosly is to be a large orginized group of people. I promise you the DNR ant politians would listen to our wants and needs even more if we had 6000 members instead of 600. There was alot of people who signed up at the classic and we sure welcome the support and are glad to have you aboard.

Lady Forge, I almost ask you when you bought the ticket if it was you but did not. I live in your area and talked to you once at kennekuk last year. I was there with a couple of my friends from NY and PA. I hope you win the hunt, it will be a good time. Herm and Judy Kovar are first class people, and even if the winner sees no deer it will be a hunting experience of a lifetime.