Public land bow hunting in Northern IL can be a rough go. Like you said, just about every IL DNR site has different regs and none are easily understood. I’ve started driving to hunt other public land spots in IL to have better/more encounters and more success. Feel free to reach out with any...
Vortex Razor spotting scope. I never even take it out of the truck on my western hunts. I ended up preferring 10x42’s on my chest and 15x56’s on the tripod for glassing. I’d sell the spotting scope but it’s nice to have at the range. But to me, my newly acquired merino base layers are worth...
A pair of danner grouse boots really impressed me during a week of chasing grouse in WI this year, but they are probably a bit more than needed for most western upland hunting.
I’ve had two great interactions with customer service at leupold in the last year. I broke a set of binos and they sent me a new pair for free and they were super responsive when I recently had questions about my rebate processing for a recent purchase. Two big thumbs up from me.