I just joined this sight looking for some intel on getting started hunting out west. I'm an avid bow hunter in missouri (about an hour west of STL just north of the Missouri River).
I've dreamed of bow hunting elk for years and going to cut my teeth on an elk rifle hunt in 2014 with my dad. I'm in the early planning stages but it is going to happen. After that I'm planning to go back each fall with my bow. Just joined hunting fool and going to play the points game in several states. All my local hunting buds are either poor, whipped, or very much out of shape. None of them are interested in big game hunts. Where a outs are you in IL?