Notes come from round Chicago outdoor.
WILD OF THE WEEK
Ken “Husker’’ O’Malley despatched the photograph above and famous, “This man was searching frogs alongside the shoreline.’’
WOTW, the celebration of untamed tales and images round Chicago outdoor, runs most weeks within the particular two-page outdoor part within the Sun-Times Sports Saturday. Send nominations to @BowmanOutdoors on Twitter or Instagram, message Dale Bowman on Facebook or e-mail BowmanOutdoors@gmail.com.
WILD TIMES
HUNTER SAFETY
Sept. 10, 12, 17 and 19: Downers Grove, (630) 963-1300 Class 471004-01
Sept. 21-22: Morris, (708) 302-8566
ILLINOIS PERMITS/SEASONS
Saturday, Sept. 7: Teal season opens
STURGEON
Saturday, Sept. 7: Hook and line season at choose spots in Wisconsin, together with under the Wisconsin Dells dam, https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/fishing/sturgeon/SturgeonInlandFishery.html
DALE’S MAILBAG
A white chipmunk in Homewood.Provided by Michael Dodd
“We have a white chipmunk.’’ Michael Dodd in Homewood.
A: It didn’t seem like an albino, however it was a white chipmunk. It jogged my memory of trekking to Downstate Olney to see their assortment of white squirrels.
BIG NUMBER
3-4: Pounds-ounces of the Illinois document pink salmon, caught by Neil Duba on July 5, 1992 from Lake Michigan.
LAST WORD
“Most leisure boaters refuel their vessels at roadside gasoline stations the place pump-labeling necessities are minimal with only a small orange E15 warning label. You add the muddle of video screens; signage promoting espresso, donuts and automotive washes; gasoline pricing; and different myriad pump data, and customers can change into distracted. Before you realize it, you’ve sadly put the unsuitable gasoline in your boat.’’
David Kennedy, BoatUS supervisor of presidency affairs, cautioning leisure boaters about filling up with “Regular 88’’ gasoline, as a result of the mix could comprise as much as 15 p.c ethanol.