Whitetail Deer Hunting

At Illinois Trophy Bowhunters, Whitetail Deer Hunting is our specialty! We are full time whitetail deer outfitters and have been guiding hunters on their quest for Midwest Monster Bucks since 1991. Each year, our clients get to hunt whitetail deer on one of our trophy managed farms. Bow hunting is the core of our operation, but we also take a select number of gun hunters to hunt deer during the Illinois shotgun deer season. If you want to experience whitetail deer hunting at it’s very best, book a hunt with Illinois Trophy Bowhunters!

200 Class Whitetail

We got our BIGGEST buck EVER in 2009! A massive old buck that grossed 239 1/2" and netted 237! Congratulations Shawn Bennet for breaking the ITB record (232 buck shot in 2000)! Check out the trail camera picture of this massive buck and also one of the massive 169 Pike County buck that Mike Bonshock took this year as well as some of our other big bucks from 2009. Visit our 2009 Photo Gallery to see more midewst trophy whitetails.

Whitetail Deer Hunting Outfitters

There are a lot of Illinois Deer Hunting Outfitters to choose from and we understand how important it is for you to pick the right whitetail deer outfitter. At ITB, we want to make your “whitetail dreams come true”. To accomplish this, we use our experience to maximize your opportunities at harvesting a trophy whitetail deer. All of our farms are managed for trophy quality deer (125” P&Y or better). In addition, our archery hunts are a full 6 days of hunting, not 5 like many other hunting outfitters. This extra day in the field can mean a lot if the weather has not cooperated during your week in Illinois. But most importantly, we only bow hunt our farms for 3 weeks! That’s right…just 3 weeks. Oh and by the way, those three weeks are during the rut! Trophy managed farms, longer hunts, hunting the rut and fewer hunters is what will increase your opportunity of success and Illinois Trophy Bowhunters has been practicing this philosophy for almost 20 years!

Best Time to Deer Hunt Illinois?

Our archery deer hunts take place in late October and early November. This is the BEST time to deer hunt Illinois. As an Illinois deer outfitter, our mission is to get you a shot opportunity at a trophy whitetail deer in 6 days. Therefore to maximize your opportunities, we only bow hunt these monster bucks during the rut and the week before the rut. If you want to hunt with a gun, no problem. Our Illinois gun hunts take place right after our archery deer hunts end in mid November, sometimes catching the tail end of the rut. Whether bow hunting or gun hunting, ITB will get you an opportunity to shoot a buck of a lifetime.

BEST place to hunt deer in Illinois

We have exclusive hunting leases on farms in several West Central Illinois counties. This is the "Golden Triangle" area of West Central Illinois that everyone is talking about, and where all the big bucks are being harvested. This Trophy Buck area including the famous Pike County, Fulton County, Calhoun County and all of the Golden Triangle area of West Central Illinois is the best place for an Illinois archery deer hunt. Our guided archery deer hunts take place in the fertile river bottoms along Illinois' rivers including the Mississippi, Illinois, and Sangamon Rivers.

Trophy Managed Farms

Our hunting leases consist of over 14,000 acres of prime whitetail habitat. Our woods are small with long narrow ridges of timber. The deer movement to and from the corn, alfalfa, clover and soybean fields create an incredible funnel effect that is ideal for bow hunting Illinois. About 75% of our hunters will see the biggest buck of their life while hunting with Illinois Trophy Bowhunters. Our best typicals are in the 180-200 class and our best non-typicals are in the 180-240 class. A testament to our trophy whitetail deer program is the fact that our hunters are returning to hunt for 5 and 6 years in a row! If you want to eat. breath, and sleep trophy whitetail deer, experience Illinois and hunt with ITB!

Please look at our photo gallery, read our testimonials, call our references. We are sure you will find that the whitetail deer hunting we have is some of the best Illinois has to offer. Call or email us if you have any questions, or need more details on booking your Trophy Whitetail Deer hunt with Illinois Trophy Bowhunters!

2009 Trail Camera Photos

Our Guides had the cameras out and these are some of the bucks YOU could have been hunting this year! Check out our 2009 Photo Gallery to see which ones we got!