Opening Weekend of Duck Season! Few Spots Remaining!
Book Your Opening Weekend Hunt Now!
2022 OPENING WEEKEND SPOTS REMAINING: 5
To book a hunt, please give us a call at 217-734-2526. or E-Mail Gary@HeartlandLodge for more details!
Not only do we have a very healthy local population of ducks and geese, but we’ll also have early migrators filtering through the area. We’re located in between the mighty Mississippi and Illinois Rivers with several thousand acres of backwaters, sloughs, flooded fields and marshes creating optimum waterfowl habitat.
Opening Weekend Duck Hunting Conditions
In West-Central Illinois, we typically start our duck season on the last Saturday of October. Weather conditions are usually very comfortable with highs in the 60’s and lows in the 30’s. The mornings are cool and crisp. The rising sun will burn off the early morning fog in the river bottoms. The whistling wings of ducks and geese can be heard before light. Our guides and hunters will be counting down the seconds until legal light.
Early in the duck season we tend to have high numbers of teal, mallards, wood ducks and coots. Fast and low flying teal offer challenging shots as they fly by the blinds at rocket speed! Wood ducks are plentiful in late October in our region. Small ponds can hold dozens at a time! Many of the local mallards and geese haven’t had any pressure and are more apt to decoy compared to later in the season.
Combo Waterfowl/ Upland Hunts- Opening Weekend
An upland and waterfowl combo hunt at Heartland Lodge is a great hunt for those
Our pheasant hunting and quail hunting is known to be the #1 quail & pheasant hunting lodge in Illinois. Our upland fields consist of native prairie grasses, thick drainages, and several acres of milo strips for additional cover and a fall/winter food source that provides excellent pheasant shooting and quail shooting opportunities. We are the only Orvis endorsed lodge in Illinois.
Waterfowl Only Hunts (End of Oct - End of Dec. Call for dates.) | |
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Three night, three day duck hunt | $2,430 |
Two night, two day duck hunt | $1,620 |
* Includes guides, dogs, meals, accommodations, game cleaning, & packaging. Waterfowl hunts end at 11:00. |
Book Your Opening Weekend Hunt Now!
2022 OPENING WEEKEND SPOTS REMAINING: 5
To book a hunt, please give us a call at 217-734-2526. or E-Mail Gary@HeartlandLodge for more details.
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Last Updated: May 5th, 2022
Gary, good afternoon. What does a three night three day mid week hunt run per person, mid week following opening weekend
Thanks Gary Steensma
Hi Gary, thanks for inquiring about a waterfowl hunt! The mid-week price would be the same as the opening weekend rates posted above. If you have any other questions, please let me know I’ll be happy to help!
217-734-2526
Thank you!!
Is it possible to bring your own retriever?
Are retriever’s allowed inside? My retriever is a service dog as well as my hunting companion.