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Hunting in Bloomington Normal

Being in the heart of the Midwest Mclean County has the best soil a hunter could possibly want to keep his game animals healthy. Growing corn and beans helps feed the mouths of America but it also supports wildlife in Bloomington Normal. Hunters across the world come to the heart of Illinois during the fall seasons to try and bag a big buck or turkey to bring home to their families for Thanksgiving or Christmas. If hunting in Bloomington Normal interest you check out the links to  (hunting , and outdoors) these links will help you decide if hunting is for you. 

Hunting Basics 

I conducted an interview with my father for my wiki page and use the DNR website for research http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/Pages/default.aspx . I consider him a reliable source for hunting because he is a hunting safety instructor here in Bloomington Normal. His job as a safety instructor is to teach people the laws and restrictions of hunting in Mclean County. He has been an instructor since I was six years old and passed my hunters safety test. Before hunting you must obtain a hunting license by completing the hunter safety course taught by my father. The major type of hunting found in Bloomington Normal is deer hunting. This is because the deer are over populated and have plenty of food sources to survive. Deer have two different methods of being hunted in Illinois starting October first every year is the archery season for deer. You are allowed to kill as many female deer as you want and you are limited to one male deer. The second weekend of November is the first shotgun season of the year depending on the tags you receive from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) depends on how many deer you can harvest with a shotgun. If you fail to harvest any deer within the first season in the second weekend of December brings with it the second shotgun season and you have a last opportunity to fill your tags. 

How to get started hunting 

There is no age limit to when you can get a hunting license you just must be able to pass the mental and physical test required to hunt safely. There are several different methods of deer hunting found in here in Bloomington Normal. The first method is called “stalking” this is when you as the hunter walk through the property you have permission to hunt on scouting for a deer to run in front of you to where you can get shot. This method is for when the property you are hunting is bigger than forty acres and has different terrains deer are located. The second type of hunting style is called “scouting” this happens when you put a platform on a tree so you can be above the eye level of the deer. These special platforms are called “deer stands” with the right height in a tree and the good camouflage you are almost invisible to animals.

Archery Hunting

The difference of hunting with archery compared to shotgun is incomparable the archery season starts October 1^st of every year. The weather in October here in Bloomington Normal ranges from fifty degrees at night to seventy degrees during the day. The key to having a comfortable hunt in October is to dress for the warm weather to prevent sweating and leaving human scent for deer to smell you before they get close enough. With today’s technology a bow is only accurate to the distance of 50 yards depending on the shooter and his experience with shooting his/her personal bow. Along with the deer having to be closer when trying to bag game it is a law that you must a use a bow that has the pressure of forty-five pounds when its drawn back. This is to prevent hunters from only wounding the animal and making it suffer. The archery season in Illinois ends in January on the 18^th, which gives an archer about three and a half months to fill their tags.

Shotgun Hunting

Shotgun season has two different seasons that only last a weekend the first one is November 21^st through the 23^rd. The second season of shotgun hunting falls in December on the 4^th through the 7^th. With shotgun season being so late in the year and during the winter season dressing for this hunt is different than the clothes needed for the warm archery season. Gloves, face -mask, boots, double socks, and extra thick coveralls are much needed to stay warm while hunting in cold weather. A gun is a lot stronger than a bow and can shoot three times the distance of an arrow.  This is beneficial if the deer around the property don’t come within 50 yards of shooting range. Unlike bow hunting the hunter doesn’t have to be able to pull back a bow to use a weapon with a gun the hunter only has to load the gun and take the safety off the trigger and its ready to used to bag a deer.

Available Hunting Property

Knowing information about the seasons and types of hunting here in Bloomington Normal let go into a little detail about hunting properties found in Bloomington Normal. When hunting there is two different types of properties you can hunt. One type is called “public land” this is a public area designated for hunting to hunters who don’t own their own property. The most common area for public hunting in Bloomington is at Lake Bloomington and Lake Evergreen. Deer are more commonly found around lakes because of the wooded areas surrounding the lake and vegetations around water sources is more plentiful and healthy allowing cover and food sources for animals.  The other type of property is called “land owners” its called land owners because its private property that you own or get granted permission to hunt on and manage for hunting.

Property Management 

Managing property for hunting includes many types of year round preparations to keep the property designed for hunting. It is illegal to bate animals which means putting food out to drawl animals closer to the hunter. However is it not illegal to grow food in a food plot for animals such as extra corn or soy beans. Taking care of a food plot and trimming shooting lanes through out the year is part of managing the any hunting property.