If you enjoy watching monster, velvet toting bucks in the summertime, Pike County, Illinois might just be the top destination throughout the Midwest! Heartland Lodge is located in the heart of prime whitetail country that supports some of the biggest deer in the nation. The fertile farmlands that surround the lodge help to supplement growing
Today if you’re a deer hunter, you probably own a trail camera of some sorts. Whether it be infrared, flash, or wireless they all have their pros and cons. With all the different brands of trail cameras it’s hard to narrow down the search for a quality/economical trail camera. The more property that you hunt
Access to a new deer hunting lease or hunting property is always an exciting experience whether it be 20 acres or 500 acres, you probably day dream about what caliber of bucks waiting to be hunted. I’ve compiled a short list of tips you can utilize to help get started on a new deer hunting
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Any turkey hunter’s first turkey holds a special place in their heart. The anticipation and excitement that goes along with the adrenaline rush of having a big tom at close range kicks off an addiction that will last a lifetime. Few things can be compared to the awakening of the spring woods on a calm
Pike County, Illinois is world renown for being one of the best places in the nation to harvest a trophy whitetail. The combination of multiple habitat features promotes quality deer numbers and produces year after year, multiple world class deer. Pike County lies in between the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. The bottom grounds are some
Mark Spillane was lucky enough to get the opportunity at a buck of a lifetime this week and was able to seal the deal with a 194 inch buck known as Jackpot. Whitetail manager Matt Brunet had been chasing the buck for two years, and was finally able to close in on the brute. Last
Ask any veteran whitetail hunter about the biggest buck they’ve ever seen, and their response will probably be a very captivating, animated story. Stories that usually begin with; it was just breaking light on a foggy morning…it was spitting snow and ice on a cold November day… I had been hunting the swamp buck for
Maybe one of the easiest, inexpensive, and practical permanent ground blind options for deer and turkey hunters is a pallet blind. It takes little experience, time, and effort to build and complete. Throw a little paint and elbow grease in and you have yourself a practical and effective ground blind. Here is how it’s done,
There are so many advantages to using trail cameras that I believe they far outweigh not using them. Especially from a trophy hunters point of view, they’re invaluable for getting dialed in on your target buck. But with the good comes the bad, and to illustrate some of the negative effects trail cameras have on deer,
