Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

I am looking for a place to hunt for big bucks in either Ohio or Illinois during the gun seasonfor my dad and myself. I am willing to pay a reasonable fee. If you have any information or know of someone that has some land to lease, please let me know.

Deerfollower

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

If you go to the IDNR websight there is a list of outfitters

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

I am not looking for an outfitter. I am looking for say a farmer that will let me access their land for a fee. I do not want to pay the outfitters prices.

deerfollower

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

Good Luck.

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

Ill. is your best bet. I wouldn't even waste my time in Ohio. To many over priced leases and way too many hunters.

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

That is a tough one.......as stated good luck!

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

A little research and you can find a ton of public land...expecially in Southern IL.

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

There are no deer in IL. Sorry. I guess when Blagojevich got voted out he took the deer with him to New York. Good luck looking in Ohio though!

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

Your gonna have to spend some time just beatin on doors, and talkin to people. Don't think it is impossible, still guys around that will let you hunt. You just need to weed past all the anti's, and the people that got burned by the guys that gave us a bad name.

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

There are no deer in Ohio and there are fewer people offering reasonable offers on leases. Anywhere in southeast Ohio is the place to look though if you want to. Illinois has alot of deer but I don't know how you would go about finding places to lease in either state.

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

Better go to Ohio.
We don't have any deer in Illinois. :eek:[8D]

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

Well we don't have any deer here in Ohio either. Just better try a different state from the two listed. Anyway most of the big deer you see from Ohio on the TV are killed by big spenders who hunt on the Amish deer farms in south east/central Ohio. Not fair chase hunting.

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

What size of tract are you lookin' for in Illinois? Most of the tracts that I know of are reasonably small in the 50 to 100 acre size. Generally it takes $2,000 or slightly more to secure a tract this size. Is that something you're interested in? I know the prices seem to be climbing more and more every year.... I know it sure makes it hard on a averag workin' man..... especially in this west-central Illinois area. :(

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

I talked to a farmer while I was in Pike county last year and he was willing to set me up for $450 on his 120 acres during the 3 day gun hunt. He told me to give him a call but now he will not call me back. A little frustrating. I am looking for something in the area of 80 acres for myself and my dad. He has never hunted out of state and I am trying to get him to go once.

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

I AM NOT A OUTFITTER 1000 FOR BOW 1200 GUN

RE: Hunting in Illinois or Ohio
 

OHIO I HUNTED IT I WILL NOT GO BACK ILL SPEND MY MONEY IN PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS OHIO NOT EVEN IN SAME LEAGUE