The Illinois DNR has released the nimber of Firearm/Muzzleloader tags for the 2010 season. These tags will be available Sept. 14 first come first serve. We have a very limited number of firearm spots left and they will not last long. You can call the office at 217-734-2526 to reserve a hunt or if you have any questions.
Greetings from all the staff at Harpole’s Heartland Lodge!
Most of us have made it through the summer and are anxiously waiting for the coming of cooler fall weather and hunting season!
Heartland Lodge is once again offering a Fall Upland Promotion from September 1st until October 15th! Based on availability, you can get into some excellent upland wing-shooting. I am offering two packages (Regular $575 & Premium $850) that will include the following:
Premium Upland Package:
- 2 night 1 day PREMIUM Upland Hunt
- Overnight accommodations with meals (Two nights)
- A fully guided mixed bag upland hunt for pheasants & quail for one day (no limits- Premium hunt, more birds!)
- Professional guides and quality pointing dogs
- One round of sporting clays on our 15-station course
- A silk screened – monogrammed, soft-side cooler to take home your bird harvest
- A blaze orange Orvis Heartland Lodge hunting cap
- Game packaging and processing
- 2 boxes of quality American manufactured shot shells in 12 gauge or 20 gauge (other gauges available for an additional charge)
This complete PREMIUM Fall Upland Special is only $850 per person! Additional nights and days can be added. You can also bring a nonhunting guest to enjoy the lodge! (Good for new reservations only)
Regular Hunt Package:
- 1 night 1 day REGULAR Upland Hunt
- Overnight accommodations with meals (One night)
- A fully guided mixed bag upland hunt for pheasants & quail for one day (no limits)
- Professional guides and quality pointing dogs
- One round of sporting clays on our 15-station course
- A silk screened – monogrammed, soft-side cooler to take home your bird harvest
- A blaze orange Orvis Heartland Lodge hunting cap
- Game packaging and processing
This complete wing-shooter’s package is being offered for only $575 per person! Additional nights and days can be added. You can also bring a nonhunting guest to enjoy the lodge! (Good for new reservations only)
Guests have expressed that once they make the trip to Heartland they are glad they did. Here is what a few of our hunters said:
“One of the nicest hunts I’ve been on. I have hunted all over North America and Canada for 25 years.”
Mr. Steve Trudd
“This was the best lodge I have been to, and I have been to a lot of places!”
Mr. Bill Wiseman
“Greatest hunting experience I’ve ever had in 20 years of hunting!”
Mr. Jared Vogt
Don’t miss out on this exciting offer for some early season action!
Happy & safe hunting
Terry Abney
Upland Manger
There is no better state to put a gun in your hands then Illinois and we still have a few remaining hunts left for the 2010 season. Do not hesitate to call if you would like one of these spots. The application period ends August 14 so time is very limited.
Dates:
Arrive Dec. 1st, hunt Dec. 2-5 and depart Dec. 6. This is Illinois longest gun hunt and we only have 6 remaining spots left.
Arrive Dec. 9, hunt Dec. 10-12 and depart Dec. 13. This is the muzzleloader only season and we have 7 spots.
We have a few prime whitetail spots open up for this fall do to cancellations. These hunts are normally sold out months or even years in advance. Call now to take advantage of these dates!! We have been seeing some incredible bucks this year! Check out the trail camera photos below!! Call to book…. 800-717-HUNT(4868)
217-734-2526
While making my rounds I have notice an increase in antler growth this year, whether or not it is due to the extremely wet spring and the growth of the food sources, or my imagination. I have already noted several trophy bucks with growth past there G 3’s and several within days of getting to that point. With all of the rain we have received this spring here in West Central Illinois and our food plots have grown to amazing levels supplying the whitetail herd a variety to choose from.
I am looking forward to a great year here in Pike County Illinois, and with all of the issues that surround the hectic life styles of the modern world, I can’t help but look to this year’s deer season to relief. I truly hope you have a chance to join us out in the woods this fall.
If you are looking for that true Illinois Trophy Buck I have 2 available rut gun hunts, on one of the best deer farms that this area has to offer. This hunt takes place on one of our 140″ managed farms that has been managed by our outfit for over 10 years and have produced some of the best hunts possible. You would arrive November 18, hunt the 19-21, and depart November 22. All meals, guides, and lodging included. Contact me at the office at 217-734-2526 if you would like more information on the hunt or you would like to book these spots. Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you. ~Matt
I am looking forward to a great year here in west central Illinois, at the premier Illinois deer hunting outfitter. With all of the issues that surround the hectic life styles of the modern world, I can’t help but look to this year’s deer season to relief. Choosing an Illinois outfitter is an adventure in itself and making sure that you are confident in your decision is very important. With the number of whitetail deer hunting outfitters in the area the choices are unlimited.
You know, a whitetail deer hunter is truly a different breed. Just imagine the amount of patience you have to sit up in a treestand and wait hours on end for an opportunity at a whitetail deer. That patience is what sets us a part from everyone else. Even here in Pike Co, Illinois, “Land of The Giants” it takes a tremendous amount. You could be hunting over the best food plots in Pike County, have the best hunting gear that money can buy, even have the best Illinois hunting guides and still go home empty handed. Yet tomorrow you will wake up and do it all over again. I personally think this is a god given skill and a true passion that is only shared by those who have whitetail deer hunting, running through there veins.
Here at Heartland Lodge we are known for some of the best deer hunting in Illinois and are one of the best Illinois outfitters in the state and would like to invite you to experience so of Illinois best trophy whitetail hunting possible. We are getting ever so close to the beginning of another chapter of our long standing tradition of providing quality whitetail hunts for those who get the chance to hunt Pike Co, Illinois. With the unseasonably amount of rain we have had, the crop, and food plot growth has been extremely potent, only making the evenings out glassing the fields that much more exciting. The thought of a Boone and Crocket buck appearing just before last light, lingers every time we venture out.
I truly hope you have a chance to join us out in the woods this fall and look forward to sharing many memories.
Join us for this exciting week and we look forward to everyone who is able to make it. If you have any questions or want to book this hunt, call me at the office at 217-734-2526.
Thanks Matt
http://www.heartlandlodge.com/hunting/whitetail-deer-hunting.html
Hey Everyone!
We just got final confirmation, North American Safari will be filming once again at the infamous Harpole’s Heartland Lodge in Pike County this year again. We of course are going prime time October 26th – October 30th. You will arrive on the 25th and depart on the 31st. The normal price of the hunt is $3650. If you are willing to show off you buck and be on film in camp, you can come for the same low price as the TV Show is offered $2500. If you have seen any of our shows, you know the lodging and food is worth that, the Pike County monster whitetails are just a bonus!. We would love to have you in camp this year, and at $2500 you can’t afford not to go. We can choose from about any outfitter, and year after year we only go to Harpole’s for our Illinois hunting. We will guarantee you some airtime on the show which airs on The Sportsman Channel with your buck if you harvest one.
Give Matt a call and tell him you want to whitetail hunt with North American Safari and he will know to only charge you $2500, or you can shoot me an email and I can get the ball rolling for you. See you there!
1-800-717-4868
North American Safari TV
http://www.nasafari.com/sponsors.html
Thank You,
Blaine Anthony
Nature Productions
214-628-6793
Another month has past and we are still in the middle of turkey season here in Pike County Illinois and we are still rolling in some great turkey hunts. Good friends of the lodge Dale Budzon and Robert Koch both smoked great longbeards on their hunts here, bringing our total to 7 harvests out of 7 hunters. We have had an outstanding turkey season and look to continue the trend throughout the remaining season. For the 2011 season we have kicked off our “Early Bird” opportunity and we don’t want you to miss out.
Early Bird 2011!
For a limited time I am offering a 3 night, 3 day turkey hunt, which includes meals, lodging, and guide service for $1295, that’s $200 off the regular price!
These hunts are one on one with your guide insuring that we will do everything in our power to get your bird.
You will have till Oct. 1st to book at this special price, and we only take a maximum of 6 hunters per week, so spots are limited. Illinois is a draw state for turkey tags so time is very important.
We finished up yet another great upland season! Mostly nice weather from September through April made hunting conditions ideal. We had all of our guides return again this year and many of our repeat clients hunted with us along with some new friends. The wild quail population was up this year and we had a lot of hard flying coveys along with some great pheasant hunts. I am proud to say that the upland division at Harpole’s Heartland Lodge has consistently grown and improved each year. Thank you for hunting with us!
I am already looking forward to next season! We burned off most off our warm season grass fields in March and I will soon be planting our food plots in May. The summer will be spent training dogs, working on the fields, and talking with my hunters.
I would enjoy hearing from you, please give me a call or e-mail!
Terry Abney
217-734-2526
http://www.heartlandlodge.com/hunting/upland-bird-hunting.html
The 2010 Turkey season here at Harpole’s Heartland Lodge started with a bang, then, 4 more bangs in the next 2 days. We had a great start to this years season with all of our hunters bagging a bird within 48 hours of the opening bell. You can not ask for a better hunt and I look forward to the remaining seasons yet to come.
