Tuesday, March 13, 2012

PLACES AND FACES

The 2009-2010 edition of the Illinois Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations is available online at dnr.state.il.us/publications/. Copies of the free booklet will be available at IDNR offices shortly or at Conservation World at the Illinois State Fair. ... Stella Tu of Northbrook (7-9th grades) and Elizabeth Argot of Antioch (10th-12th) were winners in the 2009 State-Fish Art Contest. Argot also received second place Best of Show for her grades.

WILD TIMES

FISH GATHERING

Tuesday: John Flannery on fall pond and lakeshore fishing, Des Plaines Lunkerbusters, Prairie Lakes Center, Des Plaines, 7 p.m., lunkerbusters.netfirms.com.

Tuesday: Chicagoland Muskie Hunters outing, Busse Woods, (847) 228-5253.

Wednesday: Walleye pro Aaron Hogland, Lake Geneva Fishing Club, Cabela's Hoffman Estates, 6:30 p.m., lakegenevafishingclub.com or

(847) 524-8623.

Thursday: Matt ''Cat Matt'' Jones, Riverside Fishing Club, LaGrange, 7 p.m., riversidefishingclub.com.

FISH EVENTS

Saturday: Catfish Open, Shabbona Lake, shabbonalake.com.

SHOOTING

Through Saturday: Amateur Trapshooting Association Grand American Trapshooting Championships, World Shooting and Recreational Complex, shootata.com.

CONSERVATION WORLD

Friday-Aug. 23: Conservation World at Illinois State Fair, State Fairgrounds, Springfield, 10-a.m.-

7 p.m.

ILLINOIS PERMITS/SEASONS

Monday: Applications may begin for state-operated controlled pheasant hunting sites, beginning 8:30 a.m., dnr.state.il.us.

Tuesday: Remaining 2009 Illinois Non-Resident Archery Deer Combination Permits (one either-sex and one antlerless only) will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8 a.m.

Friday: Last day to apply for firearm/muzzleloader deer permits, second lottery. ... Last day to apply for youth deer permits, first lottery.

Aug. 24: Application deadline, second lottery, fall shotgun turkey, dnr.state.il.us.

Aug. 31: Application deadline, free upland game hunt permit program, dnr.state.il.us/Uplandgame/Index.htm.

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