Illinois Trophy Bowhunters Inc
Illinois Trophy Bowhunters, Inc.
Rated 3.75 out of 5.0 based on 10 Outfitter reviews.
Location: Illinois
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
State(s) Hunted: IL
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Submitted by: Tom Cook
Review Submitted: Jan 15, 2012
Hunt Date: Nov 18, 2011
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
Days Hunted: 3
Hunt Type: Guided
Primary Terrain: Farmland
Method: Shotgun
Price Range: 1000-1999
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Size of animals seen, met expections?
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Would you hunt with this Guide again?
Monster Bucks
Awesome hunt with this outfitter. I have hunted for 3 years in a row now and have killed 2 monster bucks with these guys including a 12 point that scored 193" b&c. Lodging was good and food was good. Guides are very knowledgeable of the farms they hunt.If you want the chance at a monster midwest buck, this is te place to go. Cant wait to go back next year
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Submitted by: Pete Folse
Review Submitted: Sep 20, 2011
Hunt Date: Nov 19, 2010
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
Days Hunted: 3
Hunt Type: Guided
Primary Terrain: Farmland
Method: Muzzleloader
Price Range: 3000-3999
Number of animals seen, met expectations?
Size of animals seen, met expections?
Hunting pressure in the guides area, met expectations?
Would you hunt with this Guide again?
Don't waste your time
This hunt was like a Mexican fire drill,to start my guide was drunk when I got there, I had to bunk on the front porch in 18 deg weather cuz they over booked then in the morning all the guides worried about was were they were hunting. Please don't fall for there web-site and listen to there lies, Us hunters work to hard for our money to spend it on a wasted outfitter thats just out to make $$$$ and does not give a damn about the hunters..
Submitted by: Tom Artz
Review Submitted: Aug 14, 2010
Hunt Date: Oct 30, 2008
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
Days Hunted: 6
Hunt Type: Guided
Primary Terrain: Farmland
Method: Bow
Price Range: 2000-2999
Number of animals seen, met expectations?
Size of animals seen, met expections?
Hunting pressure in the guides area, met expectations?
Would you hunt with this Guide again?
Awesome
These guys know their whitetail. Only hunting their property's the 3 weeks of the rut is key. The guides even let you make adjustments to your stand location if the bucks are just out of range. Communication was excellent. That to a bowhunter is huge. Seen numerous bucks, and harrvested my best buck to date. Stayed in an old farm house; clean bathrooms, clean sheets, and catered food, no spa's or hot tubs, but after hunting from dark to dark, bed was the only thing on my mind. Can't wait till next year.
note: The following reviews predate the numeric rating system and are not included in this outfitter's overall rating.
outfitter review submitted by: Mark Shumate on May 21 2008
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
Game Quality: Excellent
Accommodation Quality: Average
Camp Condition: Average
Food Quality: Above Average
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Excellent
Recommend: Yes
Reviewer Comments: I have hunted with Steve Phelps at the Bluff's Camp for the past four years. Steve will only hunt his archery leases for three weeks during the rut and as a result the deer are not pressured. In four years with this outfitter, I wounded a nice buck my first year and killed two Pope & Young bucks during my second and fourth years. There are however MUCH bigger bucks roaming his leases. If you hunt hard and are willing to put a lot of time on stand, I promise you will have a quality hunt. I am returning for a fifth season and Steve is the only outfitter I will ever hunt with in Pike County.
outfitter review submitted by: Travis Wayne Dalton on Mar 31 2008
Species Hunted: Whitetail deer
Game Quality: Excellent
Accommodation Quality: Excellent
Camp Condition: Excellent
Food Quality: Excellent
Guide Experience: Excellent
Other Personal Experience: Excellent
Overall Impression: Best
Recommend: Absolutely
Reviewer Comments: Hunted 2 years with this outfitter. First year I killed the biggest buck of my life in the first 30 minutes of my hunt. Second year I did not kill a deer. I did have 2 deer over 145" within 25 yards and could not close the deal. This doesn't count all the deer over 125" I saw out of shooting range. They only hunt 3 weeks out of the year so if you want to hunt unpressured deer this is the place to go.
outfitter review submitted by: KEVIN RABBITT on Dec 5 2006
Species Hunted: WHITETAIL
Game Quality: 2 FAWNS
Accommodation Quality: EXTREMELY POOR
Camp Condition: POOR
Food Quality: N/A
Guide Experience: MONKEYS UNCLE
Other Personal Experience: POOR
Overall Impression: HORRIBLE
Recommend: ONLY 2 ENEMIES
Reviewer Comments: PAID FOR 3 DAY GUN HUNT. GUIDE PUT ME IN MIDDLE OF COW PASTURE. 1ST MORN SAW 2 FAWNS AND 14 COWS. AFTERNOON FARMER DROVE TRACTOR UNDER ME AND STARTED POUNDING FENCE POST IN 75 YDS AWAY. BACK AT CAMP GUIDE LEO SAID HE KNEW FARMER WAS GOING IN THAT AREA CUZ HE "HAD STUFF TO DO". MORNING TWO IN SAME STAND WAS 0 DEER. GUIDE TONY ADV THAT AFTER 1 1/2 DAYS OF STAND HUNTING THEY DRIVE PROPERTIES WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW. I FOUND THIS OUT WHEN I ASKED ABOUT MOVING MY STAND FOR LACK OF DEER. LEFT AFTERNOON 2CND DAY.
outfitter review submitted by: David Johnson on Nov 30 2006
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
Game Quality: Good
Accommodation Quality: Terrible
Camp Condition: Pathetic
Food Quality: N/A
Guide Experience: None. Absolute Idiots
Other Personal Experience: Owner is either Blind or Stupi
Overall Impression: Low Budget Operation
Recommend: Never!
Reviewer Comments: My "Guides" name was LEO and he was the biggest loser scumbag I have ever met. Absolutely not a bowhunter! First night in camp he tells us he doesn't hunt deer sign, pay attention to scent control, or worry about wind direction. This man is not a guide. He is only interested in hunting for himself and could give a rats behind about providing a service to his customers. Wouldn't tell any of us what deer were in the area, where the bedding areas were, what to expect in each area. He only wanted you to tell him what you saw and when you saw it, so that he could then hunt that deer. This camp has been in operation for 17 years and they still haven't hung even a towel rack on the wall in the bathroom. Even a hook to hang your towel would be nice. Beds were constructed 2 x 4 lumber with no mattress. I think after seventeen years they could have hit a few garage sales and picked up something you could actually sleep on. You were allowed to hang one stand and were expected to stay in it for 6 days! Any real bowhunter knows that is a recipe for defeat. Never Again!
outfitter review submitted by: Ed Stein on Feb 14 2005
Species Hunted: Whitetail
Game Quality: Good
Accommodation Quality: POOR
Camp Condition: Fair
Food Quality: Semi guide own food
Guide Experience: Poor
Other Personal Experience: Fair
Overall Impression: Poor
Recommend: NO
Reviewer Comments: I hunted there in 2001 and shot a 120 10pt. Went back in 2003 with 9 hunters and one of us shot a buck,a 115 8pt. They book to many hunters and they do not rotate their stands at all. I know the stand I was huntig was hunted the 2 weeks before I got there. The acomadations stink. Foam rubber mattres in your bunk bed. Our guide was a real creep.His name was LEO. He checked in with us the first two days and then after that we had to hunt him down. The guides hunt the same land that your hunting. I think this is the way they are paid. If you do hunt with them ask for Jerry Davenport for your guide. He was one of the good ones there.They do have some nice farms but overall PEEUUUU.
outfitter review submitted by: Doug Larkin on Nov 26 2002
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
Game Quality: Very good
Accommodation Quality: Fair
Camp Condition: Fair, Hadley Camp
Food Quality: Good
Guide Experience: Very good
Other Personal Experience: Very good
Overall Impression: Great Hunt, Great time
Recommend: Yes
Reviewer Comments: Guides were very accomendating, gave you insight on the different locations, but allowed you to make changes on your own judgement. Food was not fancy, but good home cooking. Very good camp atmosphere. Like any other hunt, expect to hunt hard, but you will see deer. Quality of the deer was very good. Buck to doe ratio for the week I attended was 1 to 1 for every hunter. (10 hunters in camp that week.) Also, 8 of the ten hunters took shots, 12 shots total, with 5 deer taken. It was my first guided hunt, I will book again.
outfitter review submitted by: Bill Pecoraro on Jan 27 2002
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
Game Quality: Good
Accommodation Quality: Camp Hadley-Poor. No mattress
Camp Condition: Fair
Food Quality: Fair
Guide Experience: Poor. Guides are hunters who h
Other Personal Experience: fair
Overall Impression: Poor
Recommend: No!
Reviewer Comments: Stands -Small,Cheap,noisy,uncomfortable lock on types with screw-in steps. Hung early in the season with no regard for changing wind patterns or deer patterns. Most stands lacked adequate shooting lanes. You were expected to hunt the same stand daily, no matter what the weather conditions because there were not enough extra stands provided and the guide did not rotate hunters to different stands. The guide will move your stand, but you had to lose a half a day of valuable hunting to do so. Stands were so bad I went out and purchased a climbing stand so I could move and enjoy my last two days of hunting! You will see some great deer but you probably won't get a shot because of the poor stand locations and lack of shooting lanes-- very frustrating. Also, some of the so called "guides" are hunters that hunted the same property and took some nice animals out before you get a chance. Not a good feeling when you spent so much money and effort.
Contact: John Cherkauskas
Location: Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
Species Hunted: Whitetail Deer
State(s) Hunted: SK
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