CO season is over.......looking towards IL

Bow season has been over for almost a month now. The rifle seasons are in full swing (2nd season now), but my rifle cow tag is a late season tag that is the last week of Nov. and Dec. 15 to Jan 15. We plan to be in IL the last week of Nov. over Thanksgiving, so I won't hunt here in CO until Dec.15. Matt calls it a "haystack" tag because that is what a lot of the elk are trying to get to at that time...........a rancher's haystacks. I've been in withdrawals since season ended w/o a single tag punched.

We took the kids fishing last weekend and had a nice time. A lakeside campfire always adds to the fun. I believe the weather is about to take a permanent aim at winter soon, so we may not get to do too much more fishing. Hopefully we can get some good ice fishing in this year.

We should start driving eastward on the evening of Wed. November 18th and arrive in IL on the 19th. Isaac and I will both have antlerless gun tags and I'll have an archery tag also, so we should get plenty of deer hunting in while we are there. We will head back to CO on Saturday the 28th.