Illinois meat haul

I have been hunting in Illinois the 2nd - 3rd week for about 7 or 8 yrs or so. You will soon realize why almost all whitetail hunting shows are filmed in the midwest. It really is like tv. I have always said if you can kill a doe in Alabama with a bow, you can kill a mature buck anywhere else in the states. I imagine LA isn't much different. Good luck. Oh yeah, don't pass up what you would shoot on the last day.

Agreed. The only thing that makes them "professional" hunters is the access to awesome private land. Anybody can kill deer in the Midwest.

First year we went a guy told us to hunt a patch of woods that I would only try to rabbit hunt, my buddy killed a nice 9 point in it.

Last year we saw 2 150" deer crossing the middle of a 300 acre cut cornfield at 11am

Very nice!


We are heading out at 2am Saturday morning and should arrive around noon and make the first hunt that evening


Good Luck

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Well it's finally here. We leave today at around 8:00 tonight, driving through the night. Should arrive there around 7-8 tomorrow morning. Going to be filming the hunts, hopefully we get some good footage. Ready to get there and start seeing some big deer, as well as shoot some pheasant and ducks. I will try and post some pictures while I'm up there.

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Good Luck. Look forward to the pictures/videos!

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Oh yeah, don't pass up what you would shoot on the last day.

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my boss is there. they got there Saturday. he sent me a picture of a deer he killed on Monday. big body, heavy horned 8 pt. He is at a high dollar place. now all he can shoot is does. if you can only shoot one buck, skip the 8 points.

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I love big 8 points

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8 pts are a dime a dozen. Especially in TX millerman. BIG ones are ok I guess.

I'm heading out to Wisconsin on the 20th. Been going since 1997. The rut is just kicking off and my friends have been killing some really nice bicks this past week. Like 180" nice for one of them. Don't worry about the small patches of woods, it works there. If they are picking corn and you can hunt around it in some woods, do it!!

Any Updates?

The guy that has the page "White Boot Warriors" on FB posted some pics from Illinois..... he passed on a real nice buck.

Sorry for taking a waiting to update. We got in late last night, and internet and cell phone reception was unheard of where we were staying. As far as deer hunting, I wasn't able to get as much film as I would have liked, the only deer i really got on film was a the biggest spike I've ever seen.

Since my buddy paid a lot of money for a buck tag, and had not shot yet, he opted to back out on the pheasant hunt, so I went by myself, and it was a blast, ended up bringing one of the roosters home to get mounted

Sunday night, I made pheasant bombs, marinaded in a Caribbean jerk marinade with brown sugar. Cooked them in the oven, and finished them on that griddle.