RE: Illinois Bow hunting
 

My friend lance and I saw around 16 deer feeding in a field tonight when we did a drive around his hunting ground, and there was a buck with the does. So I think the rut is still going here. I am going out tomarrow night and I hope to see one... I plan to hunt the funnel. what is second shotgun season so i know my timetable.

RE: Illinois Bow hunting
 

the rut is still on for sure I live in east central Illinois and I saw 3 different mature bucks on does monday night

RE: Illinois Bow hunting
 

2nd firearm season is December 4-7.

RE: Illinois Bow hunting
 

wheres everyone from?

Gallatin County for me

RE: Illinois Bow hunting
 

I just got back from a hunt in Gallatin County and the rut was rocking. I saw over 30 bucks in a 6 day period most of them were running does. I got lucky and had a hot doe around my stand andthere were bucks coming from everywhere. I ended up harvesting a main frame 10 that scores 152. The best week I have everhad in the woods.

RE: Illinois Bow hunting
 

I am going out tonight in marhsal county I will report when i get back.

RE: Illinois Bow hunting
 

it was a perfect night but I saw no deer! only squirrels.

RE: Illinois Bow hunting
 

I still have yet to get lucky.... I think im going to change spots and give up on the spot i first hunted it just does not hold deer in the fall I am finding out... but now that i know where to set up next opening day.

RE: Illinois Bow hunting
 

it was beautiful tonight nice and still but dang cold, I got into my stand around 2pm and didnt see anything for a while and then i started seeing squirels. But then i was thinking about getting out and then all of a sudden I saw some movement and it was a nice 6 pointer walking along the deer trail diagonal to me I should have drawn my bow when he went behind a tree but no.... I didnt draw... and then he comes out infront of me to my right and hes beautiful and he looks right the f up at me and I freeze and hes got this whole bullseye on his lungs less than 20 yards away and hes looking right at me. then he turns his head and i get ready to draw and the buck turns around and fs off back into the woods. So its starting to get dark and then I then I got busted by a deer in the brush on the other side behind me. So I kind of have a littl ebit of confidense back that im not curses with not seeing deer... Im cursed that I dont get shots at deer. So like i said i have some confidence back. and the bucks appear to kind of be crusing again or starting so i may try hunting the other finger.

RE: Illinois Bow hunting
 

Well the buck didnt come back and i didnt see much of anything So I think that next week I will go back to the small match in marshal county to give this spot a rest and rotate.