Southern Illinois Deer Hunt

The hunt takes place on 11,000 acres of land located in Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, and White counties in Illinois. The land is a series of fields with over 7 miles of contiguous river bottom on the Middle Fork River. The combination of agricultural fields and river bottoms funnel the deer into well traveled wildlife corridors. This creates an excellent archery opportunity. Numerous food plots have been added to enhance the deer hunting. A number of Boon and Crockett bucks have been harvested on this property. Due to the genetics of the area it is not uncommon for a two year old buck to reach the 140 class. Deer living 4 years and more are often book quality animals. During an archery hunt hunters will see several deer in the 140 to 160 class range barring unfavorable weather conditions. Due to the length of the archery hunt hunters will have an excellent chance to see a book deer. We currently have 4 onsite lodging locations capable of housing up to 16 people.

All sites have bathrooms, kitchen, fridge, satellite television. In addition to the land we have set aside for our archery hunts we will also have an area for muzzle loader and shotgun hunts.

Archery hunts are 7 days and include 1 meal a day (dinner), guides, stands, onsite lodging, skinning and game preparation. Firearm hunts are 3 to 4 days and include 2 meals a day (lunch, dinner), skinning, guides, stands, and onsite lodging.

Hunts taking place from Oct 1 to Jan. 12. No archery hunting is allowed during the shotgun and muzzle loader seasons. 

Available Hunting Dates and Price for 2008