Hunters shrugged off mild, windy and wet weather at this year’s Camp Ripley bow hunts near Little Falls, taking 237 deer in two hunts over a total of four days, Oct. 18-19 and Oct. 27-28.
Now is best the time for bowhunters to get into the woods and have a close encounter with the buck of their dreams.
Harvest at 13,068 deer. At the same point in 2017, the harvest stood at 10,912.
Archery deer kill starting to rebound with cooler weather
Well, the Illinois 2018-19 deer season is officially underway. As always, I was in the deer woods on opening day for morning and afternoon hunts. The day was damp and dismal at best. I’ve never
Archery harvest at 7,352 deer through Oct. 14. The number was 7,069 for the same period in 2017.
The hunter and his partner were in the Beattie Gulch area and surprised a sow and cub at very close range. The sow charged.
Much like October of last year, the weather is just too darn humid and warm to immerse myself full-bore into archery hunting. This past Friday was my first excursion afield. The afternoon was cooler than
Author’s game plan is to hunt next week, around Oct. 15, after he’s convinced himself he’s as ready as he’ll ever be to make the shot when it counts.
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