July Outdoor Events

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Compiled by Tim Renken, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

06/28/2002

A free wakeboard clinic, with world champion Shawn Murray as host, will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday at Creve Coeur Lake.

To register or get more information call 314-731-3795. Individual lessons will be available for $5 with proceeds going to St. Louis County Parks.

Outdoor Calendar

This weekend: Fifth annual Otter Creek Open at Otter Creek Hunting Club, Jerseyville, Ill. 618-376-7601 http://www.ottercreekhunting.com.

Sunday: Hunter rifle class shoot at Bench Rest Rifle Club. For information call John Hartweck, 636-928-6026.

July 10-17: Introduction to clay target shooting at the Henges Range. For information call 636-441-4554.

July 11: Free flycasting class at Watson Trail Park in Sunset Hills. For information call 314-842-7265.

July 13: Second Sporting Clays Tournament, to benefit Ronald McDonald House, at Nilo Farms, Alton, Ill. For information call Kathi Taylor, 314-773-1100, Ext. 16.

July 13: Women's firearms training class at the Busch Wildlife Area range. For information call 636-441-4554.

July 13, 27, 28: Sporting clays shoots at Otter Creek Hunting Club, Jerseyville, Ill., 618-376-7601 http://www.ottercreekhunting.com.

July 20: Youth Day at St. Louis Skeet and Trap Club, Pacific, with stunt shooter Tom Knapp. Admission $5, kids free. For information call 636-230-4201.

July 27: Beginning trap and skeet class at the Busch Wildlife Area range. Call 636-441-4554.

July 27: Third Women in the Outdoors workshop at the Lions Hall in Beaufort, Mo. For information call Charlene Eckstein, 573-484-3077 or Michele Douglas, 636-583-8134.

 

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Compiled by Tim Renken, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

06/28/2002

A free wakeboard clinic, with world champion Shawn Murray as host, will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday at Creve Coeur Lake.

To register or get more information call 314-731-3795. Individual lessons will be available for $5 with proceeds going to St. Louis County Parks.

Outdoor Calendar

This weekend: Fifth annual Otter Creek Open at Otter Creek Hunting Club, Jerseyville, Ill. 618-376-7601 http://www.ottercreekhunting.com.

Sunday: Hunter rifle class shoot at Bench Rest Rifle Club. For information call John Hartweck, 636-928-6026.

July 10-17: Introduction to clay target shooting at the Henges Range. For information call 636-441-4554.

July 11: Free flycasting class at Watson Trail Park in Sunset Hills. For information call 314-842-7265.

July 13: Second Sporting Clays Tournament, to benefit Ronald McDonald House, at Nilo Farms, Alton, Ill. For information call Kathi Taylor, 314-773-1100, Ext. 16.

July 13: Women's firearms training class at the Busch Wildlife Area range. For information call 636-441-4554.

July 13, 27, 28: Sporting clays shoots at Otter Creek Hunting Club, Jerseyville, Ill., 618-376-7601 http://www.ottercreekhunting.com.

July 20: Youth Day at St. Louis Skeet and Trap Club, Pacific, with stunt shooter Tom Knapp. Admission $5, kids free. For information call 636-230-4201.

July 27: Beginning trap and skeet class at the Busch Wildlife Area range. Call 636-441-4554.

July 27: Third Women in the Outdoors workshop at the Lions Hall in Beaufort, Mo. For information call Charlene Eckstein, 573-484-3077 or Michele Douglas, 636-583-8134.

 

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Free flycasting lessons are being offered on Thursday evenings this summer in parks in Clayton, Sunset Hills and Kirkwood. The instructor is Bob Gartland of Outdoors Inc., and all tackle is supplied by that Clayton sporting goods store.

For a schedule and more information call 314-997-5866.


July 18: Canoe instruction at Simpson County Park Lake, 9 a.m. $3 for Hosteling International members, $5 for non-members.

July 18: Fifth Youth Fishing Derby of the Carlyle (Ill.) Rotary Club, 9-11 a.m. at the West Spillway Recreation Area below Carlyle Dam. For information call Robert Wilkins, 618-594-2484 or 618-594-3058 (wilkins2@midwest.net).

July 18: Sporting Clays Tournament to benefit Ronald McDonald House at Nilo Farms, Alton, Ill.

July 18: Fishing lessons for youths, 7-9 p.m. at Suson County Park. $5.

July 20: Youth Day at St. Louis Skeet and Trap Club, Pacific, with stunt shooter Tom Knapp. Admission $5, kids free. For information call 636-230-4201.

July 20: Drawing for waterfowl blinds on the Mississippi River from 9 a.m. at Francis Howell High School, Weldon Spring. For information call 636-441-4554.

July 20: Introduction to rock climbing course at the Upper Limits Climbing Gym. $30. To register call 314-615-4386.

July 21: Ducks Unlimited shoot at Prairie Chicken Sporting Clays, Hillsboro, Ill. 217-537-3085.

July 27: Beginning trap and skeet class at the Busch Wildlife Area range. Call 636-441-4554.

July 27: Third Women in the Outdoors workshop at the Lions Hall in Beaufort, Mo. For information call Charlene Eckstein, 573-484-3077 or Michele Douglas, 636-583-8134.

July 27, 28: Sporting clays shoots at Otter Creek Hunting Club, Jerseyville, Ill., 618-376-7601 (www.ottercreekhunting.com).