I love bowhunting, chasing giants is my greatest passion. For me it is the challenge of getting them close. I’m lucky to live in one of the best places in the world to do that and have access to good managed private property. It’s got tough to find ground here and from what I hear it’s tough everywhere. I do wish I had a place on a good lake, Ive got a small pond but I need a good big stocked farm pond for food
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Used to love it also, the only one in the wood.
Northern Illinois down thru the center of the state is just awesome for big bucks.
I was mostly a meat hunter, nice big fat 200 lb does.
Here’s my last one
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY.
Rapids city, Ill.
Hills running parallel with the Mississippi just awesome bowhunting, hunting period.
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3 brothers just like this, father always hung out behind a rest area.
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Very nice buck. Back when I still hunted I used to roam central illinois. I never did see the point in trophy’s myself and never had one made but do appreciate how they look.
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I dont go.out of my way but when they come my way.
I’m knocked, locked ready to rock.
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Pike County another excellent area.
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I lived in benton, il for a few years. Worked at the tire plant in Mt. Vernon. Was like the deer gaulet every night.
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@OleReynard that’s a pretty nice deer. I love those split brows and that split G3. I definitely put my meat in the freezer and love them fat does. I usually harvest them right after rut…early December.Im just south of the prairie in Illinois. Great hunting. I’ll see if I can find some pics without a person in them
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See I’m even further south in mo. Haven’t got a trophy buck like that myself but been managing my pop last few years. If could just get my neighbors on board.
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Very nice, see any of his prodigy still kicking around?
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Oh yea. I’ll quit posting deer pics here and shoot some to you. We can get back to the main topic. Maybe come fall we can do a deer pic thread.
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Very environmentally friendly not using a gas lighter lol
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This thread got inundated with hunting pics.
Maybe the mods would be so good to put these in the hunting thread?
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Heres one I shot from 1000yds with my Barat 50, it was a 10 pointer. Weighed 250Lbs and cost a fortune to get it stuffed and mounted 
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are you one of them landrace hunters!?
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Beautiful mount is that a record or what?
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Hey people, I would gladly receive five deers and forward the other four … 
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Yeah I am a Vegetarian Hunter, specializing in large species, I got 40lb cabbage on the other wall manged to hit that from 50yds with my black powder buffalo gun. Cabbages tend to herd a bit like buffalo so I find they are easy to pick off so long as you dont spook them.
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