IL shotgun season

[mamaof3peas]

well, our 1st season is this weekend. i have a sitter lined up, i am going to get her at 4am, lol, on frid. dh and i are hunting together fri am, then i guess we will share fri night and sat, then sun i have a sitter lined up for sunday after church, so we can hunt together the last night if one of us hasnt filled our tags. im so excited!! i havent got to go with him for a while, and im hoping i see something to shoot. im shooting this 20 gauge single shot, it is simple and doesnt hurt so bad, lol. i shot the muzzleloader last year, but im usually so nervous by myself, that i have a hard time remembering all the steps to loading and reloading. so wish us luck!! when we hunt together we will be at a farm about 20 min from our house. we arent quite sure what deer are on that property, this is our first fall with it. when i hunt alone, im going behind our house, lol. but the big old 18 pt is back there, so im hoping to run into him. i think if we were together and he walked up, we'd have a hard time deciding who got to shoot him! oh well, id let dh have him

[johnghagen]

Dont know where in IL.you hunt but have a great season and a safe one.We do a custom cut and wrap for 65.00$ and Salami at 45.00$ for 25# Bologna at 43.00$ for 25# We do this at our home and have done this for twenty five years.We live in central IL North of Canton, South of Galesburg, and West of Peoria about 10 miles west of Farmington in a little town of Rapatee. Email if you want jhaen12@sbcglobal.net

[Madsaw]

Good luck and be safe this weekend. Our 9 day season starts saturday too. I am just north of the ILL border. Been seeing a good number of big bucks. I geuss all teh rain we got this yr grew big deer. I have my eye on one that should run between 250-275 on the hoof atleast.
We are in the CWD zone and have unlimited doe tags and its for ever doe you can shoot a buck still here. Plus they are letting us use rifles now too.
Have Fun
Bob

[mamaof3peas]

that is a big scoring buck!! we have one behind our house that is big, but not quite that big! well, its been raining and raining here the last 2 days, and i guess they are saying more for tue and wed, and maybe some this weekend, so it will be a soggy one!

[mamaof3peas]

well, i got a doe last night with my daughter who is 9yrs old. we had so much fun, and i used my dh muzzleloader. she was young, but will taste great!

[Madsaw]

Congrats !!!
I only made it out for about 15 mins sat. afternoon. Been trying to pick corn. My freind form TN has been seeing plenty of deer and passed on a nice wide 7 yesterday. I got alot more season to hunt, so get the crops in then hunt hard.
Bob