Just sent my application for the drawing.

[Newt]

So... one of my hunting buddies and I just sent off our applications for the Illinois drawing for November 19, 20 & 21. I'm excited! I think we're supposed to be getting an "antlerless only" and an "either sex" tag (if we draw out). Anyhoo... wish me luck 'cause I'll need it.
Edited to add: I'll also be hunting here in the Ozarks like every year. Are you going on any outta town hunting trips this year?

Where are you going this year?

 

[dakotasin]

best of luck to ya on your drawing.

i don't leave the state (s.d.) for hunting, but i cover most of the state in my hunting pursuits...

i applied for, and got rejected for an elk tag.
i applied for and received a black hills buck tag (6 hour drive).
i will apply for a deer tag for the western half of the state (7 hour drive).
i will apply for an antelope tag (6 hour drive).
i will apply for a tag for the eastern half of the state (2.5 hour drive).
i will apply for a tag for our farm (no drive).
and lastly, i will apply for at least one bow tag.

assuming success on all remaining drawings (pretty big assumption, but i've done it in the past), that will total 8 big game tags (we eat very, very little beef/pork/whatever in our house).

as you can tell, not many of our deadlines have been reached yet (at least for the critters i want to hunt), but that is what i am planning for this fall. of course, no tags required for the various gamebirds, and waterfowl is just over the counter stamps...