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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Another month has started here at the lodge which brings us only days till turkey season, which around here is only second to deer season. We eat, sleep, and drink every minute of every morning we are able to get out and chase those gobblers, food and water are not necessary during this time, though out [...]
