Notes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
WILD OF THE WEEK
Capturing the essence of fall, Ken “Husker” O’Malley photographed this grasshopper on the drying head of teasel, an Illinois non-native, while fishing.
WOTW, the celebration of wild stories and photos around Chicago outdoors, runs most weeks in the special two-page outdoors section in the Sun-Times Sports Saturday. To make submissions, email BowmanOutside@gmail.com or contact me on Facebook (Dale Bowman), Twitter (@BowmanOutside) or Instagram (@BowmanOutside).
DALE’S MAILBAG
“Do you know if there will be an Early Show this year and when?” John Miao
A: Not the Early Show, but there will be other shows. For years, the fly fishing show in DuPage County in November had started show season around Chicago outdoors. Not this year.
BIG NUMBER
1st: Place of Chicagoan Joe Nega in the Strike King Co-angler Division ($3,427 on 10 bass weighing 45 pounds, 12 ounces) of the Bass Fishing League Michigan Division on the Detroit River in Michigan.
LAST WORD
“You ain’t supposed to get salmon when they’re swimming upstream to spawn. But if you’re hungry, you do.”
Loretta Lynn, in Coal Miner’s Daughter, via libquotes.com
WILD TIMES
HUNTER SAFETY
Oct. 6 and 8: Bonfield, (815) 635-3198 or, laura@isra.org
Oct. 15 and 22: Tinley Park, (708) 342-4200
Oct. 22-23: Palos Hills, (708) 601-4712
WINGSHOOTING CLINICS
Oct. 8-9: Elburn, scscwingshooting@gmail.com or (847) 309-1093
BIRDING FILM
Today, Oct. 2: Showing of the Magic Stump, Uncommon Ground Edgewater, Chicago, . . . Tuesday, October 4: Imperial Oak Brewing, Willow Springs, turnstoneimpact.com/the-magic-stump.html
CHICAGO RIVER
Thursday, Oct. 6: Open house with River Ecology and Governance Task Force on South Branch and Bubbly Creek opportunities, free, Chicago Maritime Museum, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., click here for details.
