scottycar

I was just wondering if there was any IL bow hunter on here and and do you hunt the late season after 2nd shotgun?

Shootem up870

im an Illinois bowhunter and plan to hunt up until the last day until i get one with my bow!

scottycar

Have you done good late season?

dukemichaels

I am an Illinois bowman, and have been for this my ninth straight year.
I hunt til the very last day. Have never taken anything but does during late season, but have seen most seasons largest deer during december. This holds especially true after a snow.

Its snowing right now

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Two Beards

After I filled my bow tag here at home I was able to get over
to Illinois and hunt a few days before your 1st shotgun season.
I had several opportunities at some nice 2 1/2 year olds, but
they weren't what I was looking for.

I'll be heading back over after your 2nd shotgun season finishes
on Sunday. I'm afraid things are gonna be drastically different
than when I first came over a couple of weeks ago. Hope
the deer don't take too long to calm down and start hitting
the food sources before last-light.

Good Luck to you & Welcome to the board
TB

Shootem up870

this is my first year of bowhunting where i have actually really been into it. so no i have not done good in late season.

scottycar

I've got a friend that has some land and he said that I could hunt it after 2nd shotgun. Don't know how good it will be.

Two Beards

Only one way to find out...

bscofield

I'm in Madison county and will hunt until the very end.

titleist_03

I always do some hunting after shotgun season. Like others have said it's not the same as before gun season but you can still connect on a deer. Last year I saw 11 deer one afternoon. 3 of which were P&Y bucks. All the deer were feeding in a wheat field. It takes them a little while to calm down after gun season but if you can figure out where they're feeding you'll see some deer. And you can't beat hunting in the snow.