Hey Shawn. I used to live in Cape GarageDoor. Big bucks in SE MO and So IL, particularly if you are willing to hunt in swamps. As I recall, you can only shoot deer in So IL with shotguns and rifled slugs whereas in MO, every crazy with a high power rifle is out in the woods for 2 straight weeks every year around Thanksgiving. Never killed a deer, but I took a few geese just across the river near Cape. Good hunting.