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Winter Upland Hunts

Take advantage of some incredible upland hunting at a great price! Experience the same hunt as our fall hunts at a much lower price. The only difference is that our room space is in much higher demand in the fall with whitetail and waterfowl hunters. Everything is the same; great guides, awesome dog work, wonderful [...]

Spring Turkey Application Time

With the end of the Illinois whitetail season and the holidays fast approaching the time has come to start planning your spring turkey hunt with Harpole’s Heartland Lodge.  We here at the lodge pride ourselves on our quality and professionalism of all of our hunts and want to invite you to join us for the [...]

Gift Certificates

Still have to play Santa and need a good idea? A gift certificate for a stay at Heartland Lodge is a perfect Christmas gift for that special someone on your list! This unique gift will be one that they will never forget and will sure to be used.   Our gift package with the certificate included will be [...]

2010 Remaining Firearm and Muzzleloader Hunts!

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. 800-717-HUNT (4868) Dates: Arrive Dec. 1st, hunt Dec. 2-5 and depart Dec. 6. This is [...]

Whitetail Cancellation Hunts!!!!

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)         [...]

Trophy November Rut Gun Hunt

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 [...]

Whitetail Updates

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 [...]

Turkey and Whitetail Update

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 [...]

A Great Upland Season!

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 [...]

Lead Was Thrown Opening Week of Turkey Season

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 [...]