Alright so as most of you all know..we got a cold spell here in the mid-west and I was just curious as to how everyone is hunting this time of year under these conditions?..I will be still hunting the deer's transition area between their bed and their food source. I also noticed that the bucks are still checking does, which is always a good thing. What's everyone else think?

Not sure where at in southern Illinois you are, but I am live in Madison Co and hunt Jefferson Co. My buddy has a farm in Madison and I checked the trail camera today, deer are pounding his cut corn field and there a BUNCH of mid-day pics.

I killed a good 10 on the Friday of our second season, he was chasing a doe. Opening morning, my buddy killed a good 8, he one of 6 bucks chasing a single doe. So the does still have their attention. I plan on heading out this weekend with the smoke pole and I believe I am going to hunt cut corn field out of a ground blind (will allow me to bundle up a bit more than being in a tree stand). As I said before, the does are pounding the cut corn, so if any good bucks are interested, they may make the mistake of stepping out in front of me.

I'll be hunting the food sources closest to the thickest bedding areas I can find. I also still have hundreds of acres of standing corn around my hunting areas and I hope to see it picked.... sometime! I'm confident that my deer sighting will increase once the corn is gone.

It's gonna be cold this weekend, thats for sure. Of course, it's also Muzzleloader season so be sure to wear your Blaze Orange guys. Good luck and good huntin'

Well, I will be hunting on an island in the middle of the river. When the river freezes they all cross the ice to get to my food plots. This is the best ambush point. Or I just sit in a boxblind in the middle of a foodplot with shooting lanes cut.