Hello hunters, Todd Chapman here. I am owner and operator
of Trophy Tracts. I started deer hunting in 1979 just
outside my native Columbus, Georgia. I have spent countless
hours studying deer behavior. In 1991, I made the decision to be
a trophy hunter. At that point, I did not even have a buck on
the wall. In 1992, I took an 8 pointer and a 10 pointer with my
bow. All the sudden letting the little bucks walk was starting
to pay off. I was hooked on big bucks! I took my first trip away
from home to hunt south Texas in 1995. I had a certain image in
my mind of the buck I wanted to take. I passed up several real
trophies. Even a 150 inch 11 pointer. Boy was that a mistake! I
didn't see anything bigger. However, I did manage to
spend around $5000 dollars to only come home with a javelina
and a hat. I call that trip my "expensive depression".
I did go back the next year and harvest a nice 9 pointer and 11
pointer. In 1997, I set my sites on Alberta, Canada. I took a 181
inch monster whitetail that field dressed 281 lbs on the
fourth day of my hunt. I kept going back to Canada and kept
bringing home good bucks. But nothing like the first year. In
1998, I had a friend tell me about Pike County, Illinois. So in
1999, I added Illinois to my hunting adventures. I took 5
of my hunting buddies with me. We all paid someone for a
semi-guided hunt. I did all the work for my hunters to
have good trip while someone else made the money. In 2000, the
same thing happened. Only this time, I had 13 hunters with me to
take care of. After that year I had a lot of friends wanting to
start hunting with us. So I decided to go out and secure some
private hunting leases for us to have a pike county hunting
club. We started the pike county hunting club in 2001. We
took several really good whitetail bucks ranging from 130 inches
up to 162 inches. All with our bows. In 2002, 2003 and 2004, we took
many really big bucks ranging in the 120 class range up to a
whopper buck that scored 202 Boone and Crockett. This leads us
to now. The hunting club is now history and we are booking
trophy hunts for the serious hunter on these private leases in
Pike County, Illinois.
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Hello hunters, Todd Chapman here. I am owner and operator
of Trophy Tracts. I started deer hunting in 1979 just
outside my native Columbus, Georgia. I have spent countless
hours studying deer behavior. In 1991, I made the decision to be
a trophy hunter. At that point, I did not even have a buck on
the wall. In 1992, I took an 8 pointer and a 10 pointer with my
bow. All the sudden letting the little bucks walk was starting
to pay off. I was hooked on big bucks! I took my first trip away
from home to hunt south Texas in 1995. I had a certain image in
my mind of the buck I wanted to take. I passed up several real
trophies. Even a 150 inch 11 pointer. Boy was that a mistake! I
didn't see anything bigger. However, I did manage to
spend around $5000 dollars to only come home with a javelina
and a hat. I call that trip my "expensive depression".
I did go back the next year and harvest a nice 9 pointer and 11
pointer. In 1997, I set my sites on Alberta, Canada. I took a 181
inch monster whitetail that field dressed 281 lbs on the
fourth day of my hunt. I kept going back to Canada and kept
bringing home good bucks. But nothing like the first year. In
1998, I had a friend tell me about Pike County, Illinois. So in
1999, I added Illinois to my hunting adventures. I took 5
of my hunting buddies with me. We all paid someone for a
semi-guided hunt. I did all the work for my hunters to
have good trip while someone else made the money. In 2000, the
same thing happened. Only this time, I had 13 hunters with me to
take care of. After that year I had a lot of friends wanting to
start hunting with us. So I decided to go out and secure some
private hunting leases for us to have a pike county hunting
club. We started the pike county hunting club in 2001. We
took several really good whitetail bucks ranging from 130 inches
up to 162 inches. All with our bows. In 2002, 2003 and 2004, we took
many really big bucks ranging in the 120 class range up to a
whopper buck that scored 202 Boone and Crockett. This leads us
to now. The hunting club is now history and we are booking
trophy hunts for the serious hunter on these private leases in
Pike County, Illinois.