RE: plea for help! (land in Illinois?)
Residential areas are where I would look. I get most of my access in new areas by talking to folks as I'm bellied up to a bar. I always work in the darn deer eating everything during a conversation. I've got more places to hunt in so many staes it's not funny. I even had one oportunity north of Springfield but never persued it. I would pass it on if I rememberd the contact.
Good luck!