Chicago outdoors: Tentative 2021 outdoors show list (expect changes, adds, subtractions) [UPDATE 4]

There are enough shows and events planned to run a limited 2021 outdoors show list . . . with the full expectation of changes, adds and subtractions.

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The Illinois Taxidermist Association’s convention is now canceled. Credit: Dale Bowman

The Illinois Taxidermist Association’s convention is now canceled.

Dale Bowman

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Here is the tentative, much abbreviated, 2021 show list, updated yet again on May 31. Tentative is the key word.

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that everything is tentative. Even most of the events listed to go are very much up in the air.

If you have additions or changes, please email (BowmanOutside@gmail.com) or contact me on Facebook (Dale Bowman), Twitter (@BowmanOutside) or Instagram (@BowmanOutside).

That said, and I fully expect to be doing many updates, here is the list for 2021:

2021 CHICAGO-AREA OUTDOOR SHOWS

POSTPONED TO 2022 Northern Illinois Boat Show March 4-7: , Lake County Fairgrounds and Event Center, Grayslake

CANCELED March 10-14: Journal Sentinel Sports Show, Wisconsin State Fair Park Exposition Center, West Allis, Wis.

CANCELED March 18-21: Illinois Taxidermist Association convention, Northfield Inn & Suites, Springfield

POSTPONED Ultimate Sports Show March 18-21: DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, Mich.

POSTPONED to Sept. 16-18 North American Vintage Decoy and Sporting Collectibles Show

May 8: Fish & Hook Sports Show, VFW Post 5788, Lockport

DATES CHANGED to June 11-13: March 19-21: Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo, Will Rogers Memorial Center, Fort Worth, Texas

Postponed to Sept 4: June 12: Kankakee Valley Park District Dragon Boat Festival, River Road Boat Launch, Kankakee

Postponed to Sept. 3-7, 2022: Aug. 24-28: World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships, University Plaza Hotel and Springfield Expo Center, Springfield, Missouri

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