Posted: 11/21/2016 4:32:31 AM EDT
| How did everybody do? Where we hunt in NW Illinois, the winds were very strong on Friday and most of Saturday. The deer seemed to turn on a bit late on Saturday when winds died down, but Sunday turned out to be slow again. I wound up shooting a big 3 year old doe after not seeing anything I wanted on the wall. May have to go out for second season. |
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I hunt in Iroquois County. I saw probably 20 doe and 8 bucks. Friday had two 140s, a basket 8, and a 4 point chasing a doe past me. Couldn't get them to stop for nothing.
Ended up seeing the basket 8 and 4 point again on Saturday. Decided to settle for the basket. 
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Stephenson county here. Weather was pretty miserable with the wind.
Sat out Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and saw a total of 6 does and 2 bucks. Does were all out of range or in the timber. Shot one buck Saturday night. Let a basket 8point walk by Sunday night (about 40 yards out). This guy came over the hill in front of me and stopped at 80 yards. Never knew what hit him. It's 10 points but in a really irregular fashion. 
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| My experience was similar to OP. Windy as shit Fri and Sat. Limited activity Friday all day and Saturday morning, picked up Sat evening, one in our group killed an 8 pointer. Nothing Sunday morning. For myself I literally saw 0 deer in the field. Past three years I have had one or two down by now between bow and gun, so far I am skunked this year. I hunt out west by Havana. |