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"That's bowhunting!" My Illinois archery deer hunt on a budget

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Just looking at your pics again, I couldn't help but notice that little car seems awful full. Where were you planning to put these dead deer anyway? Not thinking about doing something offensive and strapping it to the hood were ya??? ;)

 

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Well...we had a few ideas if we needed the room. First was leaving all food behind that was filling the 2 coolers we had in the car. We talked about strapping a deer to the top too, which I guess is a much more acceptable practice there. The other thing involved shipping stuff back to his place or home. Where there is a will there is a way is all I can say.

 

As it was, I had to carry two stinky garbage bags on my lap because they wouldn't fit in the car and there were zero garbage cans anywhere. Guess that's why it was $7 a night! I had to get all the bees out of the bags first...lol

 

I only ended up with about 3 days to hunt. I 100% needed more and will make sure I have at least a week to hunt next time. Poor planning on my end.

 

I think the best thing about it is that it can be done without breaking the bank. Of course, with tagging an animal there would've been additional expenses for shipping the meat and possibly taxidermy.

 

I'd have to research rez hunting more. Last time I checked, but for the San Carlos, it wasn't my cup of tea.

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That picture struck me funny. Looked just like my dodge caliber when I went out for open in weekend. Fortunately, my buddy was there too with his truck in case I needed to put something dead in it. My wife had a fender bender in my jeep right before deer season, so I headed out in that little car stuffed full of backpacks, cooler, bow, target, treestand etc. I felt like the beverly hillbillies with even the front passenger seat loaded. We were out for ten days so it took some stuff. Good times!

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I really enjoyed the read and the pictures of your hunting adventure. Great job, thank you for taking the time to share it with the site.

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That was an excellent writeup along with all the great pictures. Thanks for sharing it with us Christina. Your day will come when you place a tag on an archery deer. You definitely have the determination and that's the bigest part. Can't wait to see your next adventure. :)

 

TJ

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Great write-up Christina!! What a great adventure! Sorry you lost your doe, that is just heartbreaking, but I am glad you are not giving up. I hope you and Sean have a great hunt next year and you get to take a lot of venison home with you!! Thanks for all the pics and for sharing all the details of your hunt!! It's like we got to go along with you!

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