Here at Harpole’s Heartland Lodge the 2009 season is in full swing. With all of the economic issues that are surrounding us today, I am looking forward to getting back out into the whitetail woods and chasing monster bucks around. To me, that is the ultimate stress reliever. What better way to take all the [...]
I just want to thank everyone that was a part of our whitetail season this year at Heartland Lodge. The 2008 season turned out to be a great one. We didn’t set or break any records but we created memories that will be forever told at the lodge. Bill Hendrix is one that stands [...]
As we start to wind down the 2008 season, we are very happy to say that it has been a terrific year! You, the guests, are the reason for our success. Word of mouth recommendations and repeat stays were better than ever. Heartland Lodge is fortunate to have many ‘Raving Fans’ promoting us to their [...]
The weather couldn’t have been any better for the opening week of the Illinois archery season. Here in camp we had a great start with a lot of familiar faces in camp and a couple new ones mixed in. Our largest buck taken that week was a 134″ 9 point taken by Cliff Chavez for [...]
Man has the days been inching by or what? One week before the archery season opens up here in Pike Co. Illinois. I know I have had a lot of restless nights in anticipation for this upcoming season. I imagine I am not the only one. I am looking forward to having a full [...]
It is getting ever so close to the Illinois archery season opener and with every day I venture out to check the farms, I encounter new bucks emerging from their cover. I can not wait to start, it’s like a kid in a candy store, well at least mine. Just talking with the local farmers [...]
November is an ideal time to hunt monster whitetails! Late November can even be a better time for a larger than average buck to come within bow range. Granted you may not see as many bucks but the chances a monster will walk by your stand could be better the last week of November than [...]
We have a few spots open during the peak of the rut! These hunts are normally sold out as far as one or two years in advance! Our preseason scouting has shown that there are a lot of nice bucks out there. We have seen nice bachelor groups with good age structure feeding in the soy bean [...]
I am looking forward to a great year here in west central Illinois, and with all of the issues that surround the hectic life styles of the modern world, including the ever pressing gas prices, I can’t help but look to this year’s deer season to relief. You know, a whitetail deer hunter is truly [...]
