Would some of you locals give me an update on how far along the corn is toward maturity? When would you guess the 2008 harvest will get started? Thanks for the info.

I would say the harvest in or around Nashville and Pinkneyville area is going to be some time in November for sure but not any sooner on the farm I hunt due to the wet spring and late planting.

the corn on our farms in the Mt. Sterling area will be cut mid October

In Madison Co we are already chopping some corn for feed. I would say in the next two weeks all the corn that is going to be chopped will be chopped. Mid Oct to late Oct the rest should be ready to come down.

BHC, That's what I'm hoping. I'll be on my lease in Brown Co. October 11-14 to hang stands and hunt a little. Maybe the corn will be cut by then. It was some of the earliest planted in that area.

Here in Pike and Brown Co. it should be starting first week of Oct. Some fields will start in a week or two though. Where you boys from in Brown Co.?

I live in Georgia, just spend deer season in Illinois. We hunt around Cooperstown.

From New Jersey, we have 3000 acres in the Mt. Sterling area

Most of the fields around where we hunt in Hancock county are going to be late. They were planted a little later than normal, they've had ample rain through their growing season, and now we've started off fall very wet. I hope that most of the corn is gone by the end of October, but in the low lying areas, I wouldn't be surprised to see corn into November. Bad news for field edge hunting.

This will probably be the latest harvest IL. has had in quite a few years. It was a very wet spring and one of the latest planting seasons I've seen. Early season may be tough this year if you have a lot of corn around you.