RE: Southern Boy Stepin' Out and Up
 

Thanks everybody.. Oct. 18th - the 24th in East Johnson Co., south of Crab Orchard Lake (Way South Illinois). We will be driving strait up and he said it will take about 8 hours, he has done it now for 18 monts. Now our bow season dow here is not huntable unless a freek cool front comes thru (scratch the 30-06 by the way) and it comes in Oct 15. What is gona be the differences? By the way, I use insulated bibs with full leg zippers( a little big for layers) so i can loose or gain layers in the stand. Thats not needed to often down here.

RE: Southern Boy Stepin' Out and Up
 

my dad used to goose hunt all the time down by crab orchard when they actually held geese.
theres a ton of big bucks down there
good luck getting the tag and on your hunt!!

RE: Southern Boy Stepin' Out and Up
 

Thanks. Not to rub it in but I'm off from this comming Friday until Sunday week. 9 days on 400 acres by myself durring the highest part of our rutt..(the wife can only hunt the weekends this time). I hope to post a photo by the 31st..

RE: Southern Boy Stepin' Out and Up
 

Speaking of cold...in East Central IL this weekend (the last firearm season for antlerless) it's supposed to be an overnight low of 5 degrees and the windchill is supposed to feel like -10 or -15.

It's gettin chilly!

RE: Southern Boy Stepin' Out and Up
 

Dang Oct??? Don't worry about being cold. Bring t shirts and a light jacket (maybe)... also get yourself a Thremacel... keeps the skeeters off.:D

RE: Southern Boy Stepin' Out and Up
 

Uh,,, I live in S. IL too... I've been there plenty, along w/ a lot of other places that have BIG mountains... Even you say you won't call them mountains. I've also hunted E Alabama, and walked up some hills there. AL isn't as flat as most of IL, there is more terrain there than IL for sure.

Just because you might huff and puff on the way up a hill doesn't make it a mountain.