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Tim Andrus

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If anyone is interested in doin a deer hunt in IL I can do the leg work and get some outfitters info to a guy like Tim to call and see what they can't do.

We all want to hunt IL but the price of an out of state IL deer tag is pretty high.........And the length and dates for their firearm season is odd...

Firearm & Archery Deer Permit Info:

  • The cost of a Non-Resident Either-Sex Firearm deer permit: $300
  • The cost of a Non-Resident Antlerless-Only Firearm deer permit: $15
  • The cost of a Non-Resident Combination Firearm deer permit (either-sex and antlerless-only): $315
  • The cost of a Non-Resident Combination Archery deer permit (either-sex and antlerless-only): $400

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South Dakota deer tags are relatively inexpensive and there is a ton of public land along the Missouri absolutely abounding in muleys and whitetails. Here is the nonresident license info:

Any Deer $195

Any Deer plus any antlerless $245

Antlerless $55

Anterless plus antlerless $80

Dakota :)

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I just thought of it and i will be doing an internship at an outfitter here in Missouri. I can check with him and see if he can make any deals for a big group of us. He offers Deer, turkey, pheasants, and quail hunts. I am pretty sure he has some reasonable price deer and turkey hunts. That just up to you all though if ya want to come here.

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I spoke with the owner of Texas quality hunts and they can set us up for $2750. and hunt the games i mention in my last post .if anyone would like more info on the quality of there hunts you can pm me or go to ther web site ........TEXAS QUALITYHUNTS and check it out

Is this with lodging and meals?

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Tim, I sure would love to hunt with you or the forum members. Deer, bear, boar, pronghorn, elk, moose would all be of interest to me (not turkey).

However, I can say as far as paying an outfitter I'm not interested these days. It basically comes down to money. All I can afford are DIY hunts.

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I know I have talked with a few guys about doing a hunt on a state owned property that is dynomite for whitetails here in Illinois. Hotel within ten min of it aswell. Its right on the Mississippi river bottoms. What you take in you half to take out and you cant use screw in tree steps. Only thing that would be needed to be paid for would be lic, and tags and hotel obivously. I'm orginally from right where this is and I know Crazylegs lives and hunts in this area. With the economy the way it is and things being tight, it could be an alternative, not trying to change what you had in mind Tim but just an idea. It's a big area, I have maps of it if anyone is interested. I will find there website and post the link here tonight. The county is Hancock county, which for those who dont know is in the area of Pike and quite a few other top countys for the IL harvest. I go down and hunt there a few times every year. I know I have read on here guys and gals saying they want to try and harvest an IL buck, and for the prime area and FREE other then lic and tags you cant beat it. I'm not against the outfitter idea im all for it, but like I said just thought this might be an alternative or some food for thought for anyone at anytime.

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First ! Thanks for all the replies. This would be for 2010 so everyone would have time to save,work family issues etc To keep it on even keel we should do a poll on what specie (to make it fair) and then go from there . I will talk to Steve B on some other issues since hes had experience with this

keep the ideas coming

one more thing....... I dont want to cause any in house bickering! Were a family here and all need to keep it fun. Some can afford more than others and I dont want them left out

thanks

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This would be for 2010 so everyone would have time to save,work family issues etc To keep it on even keel we should do a poll on what specie (to make it fair) and then go from there . I will talk to Steve B on some other issues since hes had experience with this

2010 I might be able to swing. 2009 is out of the question with building the new house.

My choice would be some sort of ugulate, preferably big whitetail, since we have such dinky deer here in Ohio.

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I got one, on the cheaper side, I think it would be cool to do a camping/hunting get together. I know in SC Dove season comes in memorial day weekend which would give everyone a three day weekend. But meet somewhere and camp for the weekend, maybe around a lake to fish in and stuff and then arrange a dove shoot in a decent size field. This would allow everybody who attends to be in the field together and hunt together as a group. Just another idea out there. Doves are a lot of fun to hunt and the hunt is def. a fun family/friendly hunt were everybody can interact with each other while on the hunt. just a thought....

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I would love to be a part of any forum hunt anywhere and I think in the $2000-2500 range would not be outrageous, although I would think quality whitetail hunts cost much more.

Non residents almost always get fleeced for tags of native species, so that could be a major percentage of cost to consider.

But...it is almost 5 months now that I am out of work. I took my peace of mind trip to Texas a few weeks ago, so it would be a hard sell with my wife to be off and about, spending that kind of dough.

I guess I will have to read about it after it happens:(.

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