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  1. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    No sir. I grew up 2 miles from the Wisconsin state line. Of course, when I went to school at U of I everyone from Chicagoland referred to me as someone from down state... I would tell them I was north and west of Rockford and they would say "Oh by the Quad Cities?"
  2. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    I'm in Stephenson County. I don't live there now (Chicagoland) but I grew up out there and do most of my hunting in Stephenson and JoDavies Counties.
  3. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    Saturday morning I was up and out in plenty of time to be sat down by the pond in a decent-enough hide. I was hoping that the ducks would land into the wind, which would bring them right in front of me. Sadly, they were landing on the far side of the pond, but in general they were spreading out...
  4. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    I went out about midmorning Friday with the idea that I would set up in the little patch of woods I shot those two hens last fall. Got all kitted up and walked in to my spot and noticed that the far side of the woods (total size about 12 acres) there is a bulldozer pushing brush into the edge of...
  5. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    I'm getting some good pictures on my trail cam. I had a mixed flock of hens and toms in front of the camera yesterday afternoon. And there were several pictures of does and a nice buck overnight. Friday can't get here soon enough.
  6. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    I saw on my trail cam that the beans around the trees I will be hunting were harvested. There were a few days of tractor activity on my trail cams the deer have not been showing up. But I have a week before I plan on getting back out there, so hopefully that will change.
  7. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    I went out on Sunday. Was planning on putting up a steel ladder and a hang on stand in a specific tree in the little patch of woods I have access to hunt. And then I was going to move my trial cam (put in new batteries) and try to be in place for a roost-time turkey to shoot with an arrow...
  8. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    I feel the same way. Let me buy what I need online and I'll be all set. Although now that I drive past a Bass Pro every day, I'll be ok. They know what they are doing.
  9. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    Stopped at Bass Pro this week to get my archery tags and my duck stamp. I used to got to Walmart to get my tags and the US Post Office in my town to get the duck stamp. But I spent way too much time waiting in Walmart for the one person who knows how to sell hunting tags to come around to the...
  10. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    I need to put the whitening cream on my Euro mount for my back from last year. Going to do that today. Yesterday I sharpened all of my broad heads. I would really like to get out to my trail cam to replace the batteries and I could hang a stand. I don't really need to hang the stand, because I...
  11. TheBenHoyle

    New Mexico Audad

    Just out of curiosity, why did you get replicas made?
  12. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    I pulled the buck skull out of the ground over the weekend. It looked really good, but there was a lot of fat still tucked in to the cheek/jaw area. I had buried it with the bottom jaw in place and while that was pretty clean I think the fact that it was in place slowed down the worms and bugs...
  13. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    Not much to update. It's just the summer doldrums. I had to redo my archery target since my neighbor put in a nice new fence. I moved it away from the fence and built a compost bin out of old fencing in case I miss the target. It will go into the old fencing and not the brand new white vinyl...
  14. TheBenHoyle

    Plate ‘em up

    My parents grew up in South Dakota. I grew up in Illinois. So I was always confused why we were the only family that always had cinnamon rolls and chili. Asked mom about it and she said that was how they had it in school. Did some research and the story is that back in the late 40s early 50s...
  15. TheBenHoyle

    Dandelion Neighbors

    I was driving through my suburban neighborhood yesterday and I watch a Canada goose eating dandelion heads. Bit them right off without a seed getting away. Not sure if you can get them at Home Depot, but a dozen geese should clear up your dandelion problem in 30-40 years. And you can sit on the...
  16. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    It was both infuriating that we had spent 9 shells trying to kill a bird that had been almost within punching distance, but it was also exhilarating. I really felt like I had worked hard for that bird. He weighed 17 pounds and had maybe a 3.4" beard. His spurs were just nubbins. I like to...
  17. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    Friday my other tag opened. That tag was on private land about 30 minutes from my parents' house and my dad had a tag to go with me. We haven't chased turkeys since like 2010. He is 79 and honestly he is in great shape. I need to get my act together if I want to be able to keep hunting that...
  18. TheBenHoyle

    Ben's 2026 semi-live hunt thread

    OK, sorry it has been so long since I updated you. I couldn't stop thinking about how close my buddy and I got to sealing the deal on that public land tag and I had until Thursday to hunt it, so I left straight from work on Wednesday and drove out there to roost a bird at sundown. The sun set...
  19. TheBenHoyle

    As they lay

    Here is the Jake I shot on Sunday. There's a woven wire fence on the other side of that bush, which is probably the only reason I recovered him.
  20. TheBenHoyle

    Only took 23 years

    My biggest complaint with Illinois in regards to CWD is that they do a piss poor job with testing. I feel like the disease is here and will continue to spread and no amount of intervention will materially change that equation. So the only real reason to test is for individual hunters who feel...
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