I leased a tract in the very southern portion Of Illinois this year. Alexander county.... anyone ever hunted in this area? Curious to know how good it is or isn’t.

Thanks

Not as good as 20 years ago but still better than anywhere in Alabama

I'm thinking that if you blind leased a place..........You get what you get.. Good Bad or Ugly.

I'm going to Macoupin county first week of November. I'm really excited

It really depends on the size and location of your lease. I have multiple.friends that own farms in that county. I know several more that hunt public there. One bit of advice is you better follow every law perfectly. One thing that has always surprised me is when I go is when you are in any motorized vehicle (even 4 wheelers and sxs) you must have your gun in a case and ammo stored separately.

Hope your property is a good one. I think unless you are unlucky you'll be fine. If I see some Alabama plates driving around I wont be wondering if you are lost.

BTW. I have an open invitation to deer hunt that county every year. I have never done it because I have places across the river and our deer are not quite as big but close enough I prefer not to pay for the expensive tags and put up with Illinois DNR crap. I do waterfowl hunt there.

Weve hunted up that way for yrs mostly union and johnson have seen a big decline in numbers of big bucks over the past 15 yrs. Not saying they aint there but sure harder than 10 or 15 yr ago. Good luck with your new lease. Kill a big un

You leased a place without looking at it??? How much if you dont mind me asking

We didn’t “blind” lease it... one of the guys in our group put eyes on it... just only so much you can tell early season and from the guy that leased us the place trail camera pics. Thanks for the input ... I sent you a Pm “Semo”

We've been going ro Massac for 6 years now and the amount of deer and good sized bucks we see each year is just amazing. Its a different ballgame than hunting in Alabama for sure.

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Spend some time in Cairo. Beautiful city.


On a side note. Drive across the bridge into KY and get some BBQ from Hillbilly BBQ in Wickliffe. Good stuff

Cairo beautiful lmao

It was pre-riots. Goes to show what some of these cities stand to lose if they don't figure things out.

I was joking about Cairo being beautiful. It is interesting to drive through but stay on the main strip. If speed limit is 35 do 34. I have never seen so many burned out buildings in a city before.

Oh I knew you were joking, man what a shitehole. As far as Illinois I saw a couple of public land spots on the way to Carbondale and deer are everywhere in that area

Speed limit is 30 which is tough to get down to from the 55 mph limit when you're coming from the south. For those traveling through I think the tougher area is once it goes back to 4 lanes around I-57 and it is sill only 45mph. Watch yourselves.

There is no need to stay on the main strip. Take a little drive through town and check it out. I'm meaning from the main street to the Ohio River wall on the east side of town. It is amazing how few people live in what you can tell was a once thriving community. My wife worked in Cairo (at the non-profit) and I've delivered food and supplies in the worst parts of town. It really isn't that dangerous of a place if you are being careful and not hanging out in the wrong places at night. I'd rather sleep on the streets in Cairo at night than walk down some in Bham in the daylight.