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Ok, So I took Chad out to Illinois last March to shed hunt.... One of the farms we lease is broken in half by a field and the one section we've never hunted. Actually I've never even walked it till this past spring and even then Chad and me only covered part of it... Reason for not using it ? I guess lack of woods and never really had the desire... Plus we have quite a bit of properties that produce year after year so why go elsewhere? BUT... Chad really liked it and showed interest in hunting it... Now its in an area that produces decent bucks so it could be a gold mine pre rut as the back boundary is a river which turns and continues down Eastern side of prop. Most of the property is kinda high crp which seems wet therefore is not used for crops... Trees are limited to top border and along river to the East. Surrounding properties are huge crop fields which will be soy beans this year... Woodlots are mixed in with these fields so I'm sure bucks will cruise along the river, esp pre-rut when they are horny and does are not yet receptive... At least this is what we are hoping for... Attached is a photo of google maps.... Note that two areas are circled... Area to left is 80 acres which produced a decent buck last year and we had numerous nice bucks on cam there.... Property to right with the letter "C" is where Chad will hunt.... It's about 130 acres.... So in the near future I'll be heading out to Illinois to hang stands and I'll hang a stand for Chad in top left corner... Then his adventure begins.... Any Thoughts????