Ice, a black lab, goes airborne as part of an exhibition Friday by Ultimate Air Dogs at the 28th Annual Chicago Outdoor Sports Show at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. IceÂ’s owner, Brian Butler, is on the right.
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The Chicago Outdoor Sports Show in Rosemont, which continues through Sunday, includes a 5,000-gallon aquarium where the audience can receive expert information from watching professionals use various techniques in catching fish.
Other show features include the Historical Fishing Display, which traces the evolution of fishing, and the Chicago 3-D Archery Tournament and Public Shoot, with cash prizes of more than $1,000. The Fire & Ice Expo offers a variety of products, interaction with celebrity chefs, recipes and barbecue seminars. There’s a catch-and-release trout pond where kids can catch their first fish.
The show also features Chauncey’s Great Outdoor World, members of the Chicago Herpetological Society are bring in snakes, lizards, turtles and other creatures, and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County offers educational activities so families learn what’s in their neighborhoods.
The event is 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 9291 Bryn Mawr Ave. Tickets are $10 online, $12 at the door, free for kids 11 and younger.
Adaire Matthias of Crown Point, Ind., tries her luck at some target practice Friday at the 28th Annual Chicago Outdoor Sports Show at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
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Kevin Finizio of Addison, left, talks with Brandon Eger of Big E Outfitters on Friday at the 28th Annual Chicago Outdoor Sports Show at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
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Subway, a Blue Tongue Skink, sticks out his blue tongue, Friday at the 28th Annual Chicago Outdoor Sports Show at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. Subway is part of an exhibit by the Chicago Herpetological Society.
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Captain Mike Corblies of American Fly Fishing Schools, left, gives a lesson in fly fishing Friday to Andy Tory of Evergreen Park, at the 28th Annual Chicago Outdoor Sports Show at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.
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