Notes come from all around Chicago outdoors.
WILD OF THE WEEK
MUSHROOM OF THE WEEK
In my world, this is arms full of good. Tyler Debernardi messaged a photo of holding his son Huck and a sheepshead mushroom (known by some as hen of the woods) they picked Monday of “about 40 pounds in LaSalle County.” Thanks to Larry Schwartzbach for inspiring Debernardi to send it.
MOTW, the celebration of mushrooms around Chicago outdoors, runs as apt in the special two-page outdoors section in the Sun-Times Sports Saturday. Submit nominations by message on Facebook (Dale Bowman), on Twitter (@BowmanOutside) and Instagram (@BowmanOutside) or email (BowmanOutside@gmail.com).
You know what, I like the photo enough to run it full-length. It just makes me happy. (Note to readers: The lead photo in online postings is adjusted to be 4 x 3, if it is not already.)
Full-length view of Tyler Debernardi with his arms full of goodness, a sheepshead mushroom and his son Huck.
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WILD TIMES
HUNTER SAFETY
Oct. 17-18: Tinley Park, (708) 342-4200
Oct. 24-25: Joliet, (815) 935-2700
ILLINOIS PERMITS/SEASONS
Sunday, Oct. 11: Final day, youth waterfowl hunt, north zone
Monday, Oct. 12: Final day, youth deer hunt
Next Saturday, Oct. 17: North zone waterfowl seasons open . . . woodcock opens
Next Saturday, Oct. 17, to Oct. 18: Youth waterfowl hunt, central zone
DALE’S MAILBAG
File photo of a rainbow trout.
Crédit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources
“Since so many lakes are not going to be stocked with trout this fall, what and where are all these extra trout going to go? Will the DNR stock extra trout in lakes that are going to be stocked, will the extra trout be held over to spring, or will the extra trout be donated to food pantries?” Wally Olson
A: Fisheries chief Mike McClelland emailed, “The trout that were slated to go to sites that will not be open for fall trout season are redistributed among all the remaining open sites across the state.”
BIG NUMBER
46: Latest count shows 46 caribou living on remote Caribou Island and Slate Islands, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on Monday. The Lake Superior caribou are the southernmost herd in the world.
LAST WORD
“If you recall, the long bow and recurve traditionalists said the same thing about compound bows 30 years ago and were worried that the compound bow users would wipe out the deer herd.”
A reader, on those who claim the general use of crossbows in Illinois will destroy the herd
A file photo of a crossbow at the ready, a much more common scene in Illinois.Dale Bowman/Sun-Times
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