William Schneider’s Testimonial

I was able to harvest five bucks with ITB in five years from 2006 – 2010. My favorite memory after harvesting my buck in the 2010 archery season was when I called my guide, George Wnorowski, to come and help me track my buck. Both Steve Phelps and George showed up with the ATV and while we were tracking my deer, we walked up on my huge ten point buck together. That is something I will never forget. It is a moment that you can never duplicate. I have been hunting for 30 years and have never hunted any place in my life like the Bluffs camp in Pike County Illinois provided by ITB.

My biggest buck came on November 19th, 2010. I was hunting on the edge of a large thicket and high grass field between large cut corn fields. The opening day of the shotgun season was 35 degrees with a light west wind. I was in my stand 30 minutes before first light waiting for the sun to rise. I had full intentions of staying in my stand until the sun went down. I saw my first deer about 8:00 a.m. Two doe came in and bedded up in the high grass to my left for about an hour. Then they got up and headed into the wind disappearing into the high grass. I did not see any more deer movement until about 2:30 p.m. when there were 2 doe walking off and then a giant 10 point buck appeared, walking about 80 yards out stopping in the high grass giving me a perfect broadside, quartering away shot. I took the shot with my 12 gauge shotgun dropping the huge buck in his tracks. I got down from my stand, walked over to the deer and I could not believe the size of the deer. This was one of the biggest bucks that I have ever taken and the second 10 point buck taken in Illinois in 2010.

Thank you Steve Phelps and ITB for a year I will never forget.