Surprisingly good season in Central IL so far. 3 days hunted, 3 limits on the ground. I did not have high hopes as we had an extremely wet spring, with some farmers not getting their crops in until mid-June. In a normal year corn starts going in the ground about mid-April. Lots of the state managed places did not get their flowers planted at all. Some went with millet due to shorter maturity, some just chopped the native foxtail and other weeds.

High percentage of young birds in the bag. Again surprising due to wet Spring.


Nothing the government gives you is free.