24 / OutdoorIllinois November 2011
November 5
National Wildlife Refuge Day, Cypress
Creek NWR, Ullin.
Collector’s Day, ISM, Springfield. 10
a.m.-3 p.m. For more information, visit
www.museum.state.il.us.
Bird Walk, Volo Bog SNA, Ingleside.
8 a.m. To register, call (815) 344-1294.
November 6
Wine Festival, Pere Marquette Lodge
& Conference Center, Grafton. Noon-4
p.m. Call (618) 786-2331 for information.
November 9
Science Series Lecture, ISM Research
& Collections Center, Springfield. 7-8:30
p.m. For more information, visit www.
museum.state.il.us.
November Calendar
of Events
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To learn more about this photo, visit http:
//dnr.state.il.us/oi/activity.html.
9 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, visit
www.museum.state.il.us (Nov. 25-27).
Annual Indian Market Days, Cahokia
Mounds, Collinsville. Fri. noon-5 p.m.,
Sat. and Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For informa-tion,
vist http://cahokiamounds.org/
(Nov. 25-27).
November 26
Habitat Work Days, Volo Bog SNA,
Ingleside, Moraine Hills SP, McHenry
and McHenry Dam, McHenry. 9:30 a.m.-
noon. To register, call (815) 344-1294.
November 30
Schoolyard Habitat Action grant
applications due. See www.dnr.state.il.
us/education.
Illinois Rain Garden Initiative grant
applications due. See www.dnr.state.il.
us/education.
Illinois Conservation Foundation
Youth Achievement Scholarship applica-tions
due. See www.ilcf.org/scholarships.
December 1
Second firearm deer season (Dec. 1-4).
Last day to apply for spring turkey
permits, first lottery.
Christmas for the Critters, Douglas-
Hart Nature Center, Mattoon. 1-3 p.m.
For information, call (217) 235-4644.
December 2
10th Annual Hunt for a CURE Goose
Hunt, Libertyville. For more informa-tion,
visit www.livforacure.org/cfo/2011
_cfo_brochure.pdf (December 2-3).
December 9
Muzzleloader-only deer season (Dec.
9-11).
December 10
Super Saturday, ISM, Springfield. 11
a.m.-3 p.m. For more information, visit
www.museum.state.il.us.
December 11
Sportsman’s Show, Kane County Fair-grounds,
St. Charles. For information,
visit www.kanecountyfair.com.
November 10
Hunting season opens for raccoon
and opossum, South Zone (Nov. 10-Feb.
15, 2012).
Trapping season opens for muskrat,
mink, raccoon, opossum, striped skunk,
weasel, coyote, badger, red and gray
fox, South Zone (Nov. 10-Jan. 25, 2012).
Trapping season opens for beaver,
South Zone (Nov. 10-March 31, 2012).
Hunting season opens for red and
gray fox (Nov. 10-Jan. 31, 2012).
November 12
Super Saturday, ISM, Springfield. 11
a.m.-3 p.m. For more information, visit
www.museum.state.il.us.
Beall Woods SP, photo contest voting
begins (Nov. 12-Jan. 31, 2012).
Holiday Open House, Goose Lake
Prairie SNA, Morris. 1-3 p.m. For infor-mation,
visit www.gooselakeprairie.org.
Adult Raptor Camp, Adams Wildlife
Sanctuary, Springfield. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. For
registration, call (217) 544-2473.
Bird Walk, McHenry Dam, McHenry.
8 a.m. To register, call (815) 344-1294.
Pinecone Wreath, Douglas-Hart
Nature Center, Mattoon. 10 a.m.-noon.
For information, call (217) 235-4644.
Dried Prairie Flower Arranging, Volo
Bog SNA, Ingleside. 12:30-3 p.m. To
register, call (815) 344-1294.
November 13
17th Annual Celebrity Quail Hunt,
Rend Lake Resort, Whittington. For infor-mation,
visit www.ilcf.org (Nov. 13-15).
November 18
First firearm deer season (Nov. 18-20).
IESPB mtg., Midewin National Tall-grass
Prairie, Wilmington.
November 24
Thanksgiving Feast, Pere Marquette
Lodge & Conference Center, Grafton. 11
a.m.-5 p.m. Reservations required. Call
(618) 786-2331.
November 25
Holiday Open House, Southern Illinois
Art & Artisans Center, Whittington.
What’sHappening
For a list of shooting events at the World
Shooting and Recreational Complex, Sparta,
see www.dnr.illinois.gov/Pages/default.aspx.
For a list of muskie events, see illinois
muskies.com.
