Chicago outdoors: Lakefront parking, velvet buck & berries, Illinois bird species, Jaws & taxidermy

Notes come from round Chicago outside and past.

BUCK OF THE WEEK: UNPLUGGED

Tom Britton emailed this picture from Lake Barrington of a buck in velvet that likes mulberries.

BOTW Unplugged, the celebration of dwell massive bucks round Chicago outside, runs as apt within the particular two-page outside part within the Solar-Instances Sports activities Saturday. To make submissions, electronic mail BowmanOutside@gmail.com or contact me on Fb (Dale Bowman), Twitter (@BowmanOutside) or Instagram (@BowmanOutside).

WILD TIMES

FISH GATHERING

Tuesday, July 19: Capt. Doug Kloet, “Late Summer season / Early Fall – Panfish to Musky Methods,” Arlington Anglers, Poplar Creek Banquets, Hoffman Estates, 6:30 p.m., arlingtonanglers.com

HUNTER SAFETY

Aug. 13-14: Kankakee, (815) 935-2700

RIVER TALKS

Thursday, July 21: “Plastic Air pollution and The best way to Transfer Ahead,” Lunchtime Panel Sequence on the Bridgehouse Museum (Free), Riverwalk, nook of Michigan and Wacker, 12:30-1 p.m., bridgehousemuseum.org/occasions

U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY

Tuesday, July 19: Boat America, Des Plaines, Virginia Haase, vandmhaase@gmail.com

WINGSHOOTING CLINICS

Aug. 13-14: Shabbona Lake State Recreation Space, Wealthy Carlson, (815) 757-2949

Aug. 20-21: Aurora Sportsmen’s Membership, Waterman, hunterwsclinic@gmail.com

SALMON-A-RAMA

At this time, July 17: Remaining day, headquartered at Reefpoint Brewing Home car parking zone, Racine, Wisconsin, salmon-a-rama.com

ILLINOIS PERMITS

Wednesday, July 20: Remaining day, second lottery, free dove looking allow

DALE’S MAILBAG

“Query, are you able to park on the car parking zone close to DuSable harbor to entry the Riverwalk?” Ralph Mendoza

A: Sure, you are able to do that on the small DuSable fisherman’s car parking zone, when you’ve got a parking go. Chicago Park District’s parking passes for the fisherman’s parking tons at DuSable and Burnham harbors are on sale at Henry’s Sports activities and Bait in Bridgeport, Park Bait at Montrose Harbor, and the Northerly Island Customer Middle.

BIG NUMBER

452: Chicken species on Illinois listing maintained by the Illinois Ornithological Information Committee after the most recent assessment of uncommon sightings, which included the primary sighting of a lesser goldfinch (at Camp Sagawau), in response to Geoff Williamson, IORC secretary. A photograph of that chicken is at https://www.illinoisbirds.org/lesser-goldfinch-added-to-the-illinois-state-list-of-birds/

LAST WORD

“Again dwelling we obtained a taxidermy man. He gonna have a coronary heart assault when he see what I brung him.”

Quint, in “Jaws,” by way of imdb.com