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Guides for hunting Illinois.
Everything we get asked on the phone, written down. How to choose an outfitter, what a week really costs, when the rut actually peaks, and what happens hour by hour on your first guided hunt.
01 · Why these exist
Written by people who guide this ground.
Most outfitter websites are a price list and a photo gallery. That is fine if you already know what you are doing and useless if you do not, which is how a lot of people end up booking the wrong week with the wrong outfit.
These are the answers we give on the phone, written out properly. Where a piece touches Illinois regulation it links straight to the Illinois DNR so you can check us rather than trust us. Where it touches our own operation, the numbers are the same ones on the rates board.
02 · All guides
Start here.
03 · More guides
Planning and family.
Nobody tells first timers how a guided hunt is structured, so here it is, from the drive in to the.
Three weapons, three completely different hunts, three different price points. Which one you should.
The trip is not about the deer. Here is how to structure it so they want to come back, and what a guide.