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Post by ncboman on Oct 28, 2005 9:35:52 GMT -5
I could give you the exact location in Illinois where several real wallhangers have been killed over the years including on that went over 220 nontyp, but you aren't on my team.
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Post by Buckfever on Oct 28, 2005 20:57:40 GMT -5
nc, I saw a buck tonight, biggest damned buck I have ever seen in my life. On that federal property I told you about. He came out about 100 yards from where I'm setup on the high side of the scrapes, I was setup on the low side. I'm going back tomorrow. Unfortunately after tomorrow I don't get back there till after the 15th as I have a hunt that I'm doing with a partner starting next Tuesday for 15 days. It's double earn a buck for the zone we drew, so I have to help him with taking out the does so we can go after the bucks.
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Post by Buckfever on Oct 28, 2005 21:05:41 GMT -5
Oh BTW I already know that property you speak of. I have a friend lives a few miles from that property and would gladly put me up and knows the property like the back of his hand as he used to hunt it exclusively till he bought property down the road from it to hunt. I just can't leave the kids quite yet. In a few years maybe.
Thing is that the public land opportunities are quite good up here in NE IL and as I gain knowledge here, I think I can be quite successful locally.
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Post by ncboman on Oct 28, 2005 21:41:59 GMT -5
no doubt. Just look at all the book bucks from Lake Co alone. Once you get a year's ezperience on these different properties, you'll have a lot of insight for future seasons. Different huntin up there though in that surburban type setting I think, although I've never been in that part of the state. If I were really wealthy, I would own some property in Cass county. ;D
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Post by Buckfever on Oct 29, 2005 0:32:30 GMT -5
"Different huntin up there though in that surburban type setting I think, although I've never been in that part of the state."
No doubt the outdoor experience and the behaviors of fellow hunters on some of them, leaves a little to be desired. That federal property though is awesome, with surprisingly little pressure. There's 325 archery permits for 4000 acres, but there's typically only 15-20 guys in the morning and 15 for the afternoon. Some parts of the property get no pressure at all. The section that I've been focusing so far is around 100 acres, no one hunts it. The biologist used to hunt it but it was too hard time wise for him to get back for the check in. Then there is a portion another 100 acres that requires crossing a creek, south of that is a previous trophy park that is closed to hunting for an indefinite period of time. No one hunts that section.
The other park I like is a late season hunt in Lake county. I have to walk 1.5 miles, half of which is through a marsh to get to an Oak flat. The Oak flat gets little pressure, but then I cross that too to an island thicket. Mine were the only footprints in the snow on that part of the property. And there are other parts that I didn't get to last year, (because I was chasing a wide racked 12 pointer), which I am absolutely certain no one hunts.
So I'm starting the process of carving out pieces of public land, here locally that have good potential, provide a positive experience and on which I can build a knowledge base.
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Post by Buckfever on Oct 29, 2005 0:37:09 GMT -5
BTW there is another one in Pike county is real damned good and for some reason isn't widely known. But yeah the Cass property is a good one and that's a lot of real estate over there. You know just last year they took a monster out of there.
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