Illinois or Iowa????
03-11-2004, 08:37 AM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Chatsworth IL USA
Posts: 5,012
RE: Illinois or Iowa????
Iowa held the number one spot. Don't remember where Illinois stood.
All the kidding these guys are doing aside.......Yes, deffinatly go to Iowa!! We have no more monster deer in Illionois. It is a misconception that all these healthy bean and corn fields give the animal the proper nutrition to grow big antlers!!
It is a big conspiracy by other states just to get them to come to our state!!
Either way, good luck.
03-11-2004, 10:26 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Lancaster pa
Posts: 3,015
RE: Illinois or Iowa????
Z71GeorgiaHunter,
Illinois does produce a ton of bruisers. If you look at who the posts are coming from they are all from Illinois residents. They are just carying on so everyone doesn't go running to Illinois for their next bow hunt
Illinois does produce a ton of bruisers. If you look at who the posts are coming from they are all from Illinois residents. They are just carying on so everyone doesn't go running to Illinois for their next bow hunt
03-11-2004, 11:27 AM
#13
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 801
RE: Illinois or Iowa????
You could "TRY" to go to Iowa .. but it took me 3 years in the lottery to draw a tag. In Illinois you just need to be paying attention when the licenses go on sale ....
If you had the luxury to pick on a given year .. I'd go with Iowa. Better deer and less pressure in my opinion. The difficulty for out of state hunters to draw a tag keeps the pressure .. on farmers and the deer down slightly in Iowa. Not that it is easy .. just slightly easier than Illinois.
If you had the luxury to pick on a given year .. I'd go with Iowa. Better deer and less pressure in my opinion. The difficulty for out of state hunters to draw a tag keeps the pressure .. on farmers and the deer down slightly in Iowa. Not that it is easy .. just slightly easier than Illinois.
03-11-2004, 06:36 PM
#14
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 202
RE: Illinois or Iowa????
From everyone I've talked to and everywhere I've looked, Illinois is the new Hotspot. For a while it was Wisconsin, Iowa and Kansas. Some new states have made a run at big deer now including Illinois, Ohio and even Maryland. Like MA Jay said, it's a matter of drawing a tag.
03-12-2004, 08:58 AM
#17
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Princeton, Illinois
Posts: 595
RE: Illinois or Iowa????
I have lived in Illinois for 6 years and the rumors are false. All the big deer you hear about have went over to Iowa due to their higher corn and wheat production. Last years soybean drought here in Illinois did not help holding any remaining deer. I would definitely say IOWA has the monsters.
03-12-2004, 09:35 AM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Memphis TN USA
Posts: 3,445
RE: Illinois or Iowa????
From everyone I've talked to and everywhere I've looked, Illinois is the new Hotspot.
Illinois has been the hotspot for many years. Kansas and Iowa have started gaining notoriety in the last several years but Pike Co. has been revered as the P & Y "hotspot" for as long as I can remember.
