Not looking good in IL. Just not seeing many birds. Sat on a partially shucked cornfield the other afternoon and didn’t see a single bird. My dove club shut down after last season, following several years of very disappointing numbers. That club had been in operation more than 50 years and I’ve had some really great hunts there. Second IL dove club I’ve belonged to that shut down due to low bird numbers.
I’ll get out tomorrow at one of the state managed places. Those are typically really hit or miss and the “yahoo” factor (guys shooting at birds 80 yds away, running out and claiming birds you clearly shot, shooting at whippoorwills and kestrels, etc.) is very high.
