gods countrypike county illinois
 

who hunts here? i dont care if u hunt public, outfitters, or own your land like me, who hutns in pike and whats the closest town?

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

Dont hunt there but i do hunt Marion wayne and Jefferson in Illinois. I have heard a lot about pike but that's kinda why never been there. I have to deal with the yankee's from Chicago to much were I'm at the way it is.

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

its true the outfitters are terrible to deal with, especially the crooked ones who dont respect boundaries...but we have seen amazing deer there

but truthfully all of illinois is great for deer and i would argue that its the best along with iowa

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

Use to hunt just outside of Pittsfield. Hunted there from 1985 to 1998, seen a dramatic change in that era. Seen families break up and friends become enemies, due to the publicity of PIKE due to the television exposure. The hunting pressure became overwhelming and I had seen the future was looking bleak and I left to find greener pastures elsewhere......... Where the almighty dollar wasn't detroying communities and friendships..... That's why I sorta chuckled when I had seen the title of your post,,,,"Gods country Pike county Illinois"....!

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

Which town you live in is the closest... whenI travel 3 hoursWest onI-72 to hunt with youover for a weekend;)

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

well i dont know about all that...and to whitetail crazy-im sorry u feel that way, but when you live there its a totally different story

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

Gods Country, what a joke! I in fact know a few people that hunt pike county, you have never been anywhere thatoutfitters and huntersare more rude, and unsafe. Joe Shmoe from Chicago has never shot a deer, and may not have ever seen one. Goes out hunting shooting at everything in site, outfitters dont care, they have his money. Pike County has had large deer harvested. However I think there days may be ending. The more deer they kill and the larger numbers of people looking for their dream, ruin the deer herd. You want to go pay big bucks to hunt pike county, go for it. I think you will be very upset by the end of season.

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

If Pike Co is God's country, then I don't want to go to heaven. I have land I can hunt between Sunny Hill and Detroit. However, between the outfitter's sucking up every piece of land that has two trees on it and the local that don't want you shooting "their" deer, the entire county is full of a bunch of a-holes. I think it is funny that the Drury boys made their name in Pike and then bailed on the place spread their cancer elsewhere. LOOK OUT IOWA!!!!!

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

Sorry, I'll take Pope County Illinois anyday.......

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

i regret to inform you but...most outfitters have a minimum score that you can harvest a buck, the outfitters within 5 miles from me are bow-only and practice quality deer managment, i dont mean to make outfitters seem like great people, becuasei despise them...but in reality there arent that many terribly run outfitting gigs

im sorry you or your buddies or whomever has had a bad experience but on MY land that I OWN there isnt much better for me

thank you for being open minded

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

i guess the title of my post should have been gods country illinois and left it at that because truly unless u live in chicago, everywhere is good for deer

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

pike county lol,,,,,,,1 pop.is down on mature bucks
2. full of nonhunting background hunters "safety issue"
and 3. real hunters in pike unless farmers or well to do
cant even hunt in the countyi hope your land is good and your neib. respect your borders and if so you have a chance at a great deer and i can see why you love it. but i hunt3 miles from your county and i hunt with better chance of the big ones being seen higher safety and for free on land that is as good or better then most land in pike. pike county is good land for deer,,but the frenzy of hunters is not a good thing for pike so gods country??? no but god has his house or 2 in most towns so i hope yours is one good luck

RE: gods countrypike county illinois
 

well my land is in a trust from my grampa, im a joint owner with my sisters and cousin, and yes my neighbors are NOT outfitters and we all are friends who respect each other and each others stuff. we practice big buck management and we cooperate and help each other to plant diffrent food plots, and we coordinate that kind of stuff, were always communicating and honestly i couldnt be happier with the setup i have
between my 3 neighbors and myself we have 480 acres, its amazing
you people have probably only been exposed to the commercial aspect of pike county, im sorry u guys and i dont see eye to eye