First season
 

Well we head out tomorrow for Illinois first gun season. My hunting partner and land owner has been bow hunting all week. He saw lots of deer movement until Sunday then he said it switched to mostly nocturnal. We hunt south central Illinois and hoping it doesn't stay nocturnal. I've come to realize there is no rhyme or reason to these animals, very frustrating trying to figure them out!

Welcome to deer hunting.

Not actually my first season chasing whitetails........here in Illinois gun season is broken up into two different weekends, Friday Saturday and Sunday the week before thanksgiving, and Thursday, Friday Saturday and Sunday the first weekend of December

I got that. I was implying that it is the nature of whitetails to be frustrating to figure out. They are experts at being hunted. They do it 24 hours a day.

oh how right you are!

If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.

I hear you old Timer! I got my first buck, had about an hour of legal shooting time left and a nice 8 point wand reed into my view, about 175#'s dressed. Can't post pictures though😢

switching over to nocturnal overnite may sound stupid, but I swear that seemed to happen in both places in GA that I hunt:cry:you are probably back by now...how'd it go??

I harvested a nice 8 point my partner/landowner harvested a nice sized doe. We head back next week😊we both have a tag to fill, him an either sex me an antler less.

go-o-o-d. .congrats .. maybe you can post some pics?