FYI, Cook, Lake, Will and duPage counties in Illinois

That language sure sounds like it can serve a bad purpose and seems like it could just be a stepping stone towards other areas. 1000 yards is an awful lot of area to get permission from. Best of luck to those affected.


Dave
 
That's for sure. There are a lot of duck hunting areas over there that would be eliminated if that passes. Here on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River we have bike paths that border the river for 73 miles. If it was determined to implement a 1000' rule to the bike path that would be 73 miles of river that would be off limits. If they can't get rid of the guns the anti gun folk will try to eliminate the use of they.
 
Ed, HB 6008 states 1000 yards...not feet! Scary


Dave
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Oops...I knew that. Dave I had my MRI today. Must of been the result of to much xanex! Me and small places don't really get along. Yep...very scary
 
In a state with such limited hunting access to begin with now they want a 1000 yard set back for hunting. The Chicago area holds lots of legislative districts. They will be the ones who decide if it passes or not.
 
seek a hunter friendly state legislator to put in an amendment that allows for shotguns within 450 ft of occupied building
 
seek a hunter friendly state legislator to put in an amendment that allows for shotguns within 450 ft of occupied building
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The law now is 100 yards for shotguns. I think they should leave at that.
 
Mike fine get a hunter friendly legislator to amend it based on shotgun statistics and if they have to go longer for rifle and handgun so be it
 
We have a little experience with this. The Town of Normal tried to do this except, it would have superseded State Laws that were already in place. Not saying this won't pass. Chicago does what it wants. But, it didn't work in Normal. As broke as our State is, you'd think we'd be working on more critical items...
 
So I see Chicago is almost double the number of gun deaths this year compared to all of last last year. Looks like those tough gun laws are making improvements. What they ought to do is make it illegal to hunt humans. Then this new law of having to be more than 1000 yards from any occupied area pretty tough to do in downtown Chicago. So since you can't find a place in downtown Chicago that is 1000 yards from an occupied building, there will be no more gun deaths right. I mean the law is the law and must be followed by all right?This new law will undoubtedly stop the gun deaths right?


It is only a matter of time until they outlaw thinking about shooting a gun or hunting something. You just wait.

There will be no more gun deaths until the world is eradicated of them. Then there will be knife deaths, rock deaths, pressure cooker deaths, bomb deaths, poisoning and the list goes on and on.....


Mark W
 
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As someone with some experience working with Legislators, may I suggest that the best approach on this would be for hunters--preferably from within the districts of the Legislators who are sponsoring this or will sit on the Committee that will review the proposed law--make phone calls to their representatives discussing the merits of this, and educating these legislators about things they may not understand. Many legislators will only vaguely understand the difference between a shotgun and a rifle, and some won't even know there is a difference. You will likely get further with polite education than with insults based on the political party they belong to or assumptions that they are "anti's" with an agenda.

If your Legislature holds public hearings on bills--show up and testify. Dress nice, treat people with respect, and hope that buys you a one-on-one discussion with someone whose vote will get counted.

Just my .02.
 
It has been a number of years since I have been home to hunt. I was thinking about which farms I would be able to hunt. I only came up with one, and then realized it is in Kankakee county. The rest of the farms are all in Will county. I have one uncle who is starting to buy land down in McLean county.


Tom
 
Tom - This is a disturbing trend. Many are selling ground up north and coming downstate to buy up our farm ground. We're not nuts about this. Chicago rarely acknowledges us downstate except when they want to purchase our ground. We even had one Chicago governor who wouldn't live in the Governor's Mansion in Springfield when he was in office. Of course, he's in prison now...
The snow geese are pretty thick in McLean and Havana right now. Going down this afternoon to see if there are any sitting on the club... Pat
 
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Pat,
The home farm is just north of Wilmington, just east of the Des Plaines conservation area. The connector for 65/57/55 is set to go just south of the farm house. It is being laid out to take out as few buildings as possible. Not to save old farm buildings, just to save money. Who is going to want to live in a house less than 100 feet from an interstate? The northern border of the farm was across the road from the Joliet Ammunition Plant. The land is becoming to valuable to farm.
I haven't been back for over ten years. I am sure there is a lot I would no longer recognize. I have a lot of boyhood memories of pheasant, ducks and geese from that farm.
My uncle would like his sons to have a chance to farm if they want to. He has pretty much retired. I think they are still a couple of years off from having to actually leave. My uncle would certainly never consider himself a Chicagoan, he pretty much has been a farmer all his life.
My father actually grew up in Bloomington. I can remember going out to my great-grandparents farm outside of Le Roy as a small child.
The landscape is certainly changing. I can remember the stories my grandfather told and the changes he saw. A lot of what he told is ringing true the older I get. We called one farm the Tornado farm. At one point a tornado took the roof off the corn crib. The crib was full of corn and it stayed standing. I only remember it as being big Tornado and little Tornado because they isolated one corner of the farm when they built I-57. It was a five mile trip to get to little Tornado.


Enough of my rambling, you got me on a nostalgia kick!


Thanks Pat!


Tom
 
I grew up about 35 miles north of Springfield in Menard county. Growing up on a farm was awesome and I have vivid memories of the pheasant hunts, blizzards, harvest time, cotton tail hunts in the snow, trips down to Cairo (the "goose capital of the world") and some decent duck hunting on a small river near my home. My parents still live back there as well as my older brother. We went back there this summer for a retirement party for my younger brother as he finished up his career with the Coast Guard. It was great to see family and friends, but the talk of hunting was rather thin. The locals say its almost impossible to find pheasants anymore and definitely not in any numbers. I don't ever see myself moving back to my home state, too much has changed and not for the better.


Dave
 
I grew up in Springfield and a had a lot of access to farms through my father, although I hunted some public lands as well. Sounds like it is getting more difficult to gain access in the litigious time we live in. Lots of good memories though- jumping woodies on the Sangamon or hunting around Bath. While attending SIU, I remember hunting out of someone goose pit in a subdivision next to the refuge, shoot a goose and shoot a few hoops with basketball court right there. We hunted Oakwoods Bottoms quite a bit as well. A little different from the country I now hunt.
 
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