The long trip to Illinois paid off this year
 

I got a nice 8 the first afternoon, he came by me chasing a doe and i couldn't stand it so he felt a slick trick. So then i had a whole week to just ride around and scout and found a dandy 10 point and set my bro in law up on him and he came by at 15 yards.

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WOW!! Those are 2 great deer!! Nice job fellas!

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Looks like y'all had a good week. CONGRATS

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They are two very nice deer.great job

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where abouts in IL? Was it a DIY hunt or was you at an outfitter?

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Public land, haven't put a tape on the either yet what you think the 10 will score?

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Awesome Deer!! Where abouts did you hunt in Illinois?

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holy moly! haha

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cool that you got them on public land. where at? limited public land in IL unfortunately causes a lot of tension when out of state hunters are forced to lease a lot of ground up in order to hunt here. nice bucks!!

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Very nice deer, I would say 150's gross. Congrats on a good hunt. I get the same feeling when I help guys harvest good deer as if I had shot them.

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Awesome Deer!
Feel free to put me on a 10 any time!!! No really I'll do whatever you tell me [8D]

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Great Bucks! No way I'd let the 8 walk if that was going through your mind. The 8 looks 135-ish, the 10 looks 160-ish. Put a tape to them and let us know how you come out.

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Congrats on your IL trip!

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If you tell me you were hunting in So. IL from Nov 3rd through the 11th and you drive a big white pick up with Georgia license plates I'm gonna break down in tears..........:eek::D
(Inside joke,Greg and Ihad a little competition on public land the last 2 yrs from the same guys I described)

Congrats on the great bucks!! (unless you're the guys from GA ;):D) and Greg, you're fired again!!![:-]:(;)

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HOLY FISH!!!!!

THOSE ARE HUUUUUUUGE!!!!

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He's a beast. Congrats on a great deer.;)

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Those are 2 nice bucks from any state!! Congrats!!

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Not me Matt, im from NC. How'd your trip go? I saw a doe you got but if you got a buck i missed seeing it. I was thinking the 10 is 145 -150 but don't have a flexible tape to do it correctly right this minute.

Forgot to add: Slick Tricks Rock!!! First time using them up there and im a believer.

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Thanks for asking,
We just didn't see any good bucks on their feet except for the first night and by the time he walked by I couldn't see my hand in front of my face and my arrow was in the quiver.A decent numberof young deer and that was pretty much it. We're getting some pressure from duck hunters building crap on the main farm, and now some other out of state bowhunters and I think it's taking a toll on the good deer.
Either that or like I said I need fire Greg as a guide. ;):D

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I got some awesome video of the 10 just after a rain and he shakes all the water off of him and shakes his head back and forth about 6 times. I haven't been able to figure out how to upload the video onto my computer yet, it's a small dvd and my computer won't recognize the dvd but if i get it uploaded i'll share it cause it is really neat watching him shake the water off.

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Two very nice deer!! Congrats!!

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I will be out in Illonois next year I hope I see one close to either of those beauties. Congrats to the both of you..

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WOW - those are some great deer!!

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Great Bucks.... I hunted IL public land a couple of years ago and was not to impressed. Lots of dinks and does everywhere not to mention dudes on every corner.

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Great bucks!!! Sweet.

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Try going to Southern Illinois and hunt the Shawnee National Forest if you want to get away from the crowds and have good deer to hunt. My partner and I never ran into a lothunting pressure problems there. The forest is big and can be intimidating trying to figure out where to hunt in those big woods, but there are places where the forest runs right up against private land. Concentrate your efforts there and you should be in the deer.

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great deer. the 8 will be 135 and the big 10 will go 160

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Two real beautys congrats to you both

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Very nice, Congratulations to both.

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Nice bucks, congrats.

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Those are two nice IL Bucks!

If you dont mind me asking...Which public ground in IL was this?