OUTDOORS

Coming up:

February 13 Show-Me-Sports Show, Show Me Center, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

February 14 Show-Me-Sports Show, Show Me Center, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

February 26 Missouri Conservation Commission meeting, Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark.

March 13 Illinois Big Buck Expo, John A. Logan Community College, Carterville. Seminars Big Buck contests.

March 14 Illinois Big Buck Expo, John A. Logan Community College, Carterville.

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The annual Show-Me-Sports Show will be held at the Show Me Center on Southeast Missouri State University campus this weekend.

The show opens at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The annual show, which will feature displays of motor homes, boats, ATV's and motorcycles, diving equipment, fishing and hunting equipment, is sponsored by Pepsi Cola, AmeriFirst Bank and KZIM-KEZS.

Admission to the show is $2, with children under 12 free.

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JEFFERSON CITY Anglers will find more valuable information than ever before in the Missouri Department of Conservation's 1993 Fishing Prospects report.

The report contains detailed information about where and how to catch fish on 16 streams and 25 lakes. Also included are the James A. Reed Memorial Wildlife Area and August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area and urban fishing lakes in Kansas City and St. Louis.

Types of fish covered in the report include: largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass; bluegill, longear and redear sunfish; blue, flathead, channel and bullhead catfish; carp, grass carp, drum, buffalo, gar, redhorse and other suckers; white and black crappie; walleye; rainbow and brown trout; whit striped and hybrid striped bass; chain pickerel; rock bass.

To receive a free copy of he report, contact: Missouri Department of Conservation, "Fishing Prospects," P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, Mo., 65102-0180.

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CARTERVILLE, Ill. The two-day, Illinois Big Buck Expo will be held March 13-14 at John A. Logan Community College at Carterville.

The two-day event is sponsored by The Illinois Department of Conservation and the Williamson County Tourism Bureau

Additional information is available by calling 1-800-433-7399.

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JEFFERSON CITY Copies of the Missouri Department of Conservation's outdoors films are available for loan to schools and service clubs, free of charge.

"Most Missourians care a lot about conservation and want to learn about the fish, forests and wildlife close to home," said Karen Hudson, MDC media library clerk. "These movies make that easily possible."

For more information on MDC's Media Loan Library write to: Media Library, Missouri Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, Mo., 65102-0180. Phone: (314) 751-4115, Ext. 205.

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JEFFERSON CITY The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) is asking waterfowl hunters in Missouri to watch out for migrating trumpeter swans.

Trumpeter swans are protected by federal law because they are endangered in some states. They are large white water birds with black feet and black bills. MDNR officials want to reduce the possibility of waterfowl hunters confusing migrating trumpeter swans with snow geese, which are legal to hunt.

Snow geese have wingspans of up to three feet and weigh about 5 pounds. Trumpeter swans are much larger, with wingspans as great as 7 feet and weighing up to 35 pounds.

MDNR has released 167 trumpeter swans as part of a national effort to restore the birds' population. The released birds have been sighted throughout the Midwest, including Missouri.

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CHILLICOTHE A special delivery for Missouri's pheasant re-introduction program was 266 birds short, but the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) isn't worried. It's confident the rest of the shipment will arrive soon. Besides, the payment for the pheasant is still "in the bank."

MDC has an agreement with the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department to swap Missouri wild turkeys for South Dakota pheasants. South Dakota officials said they could deliver at least 300 pheasants this winter, but so far they have sent only 34.

MDC Wildlife Management Specialist DeeCee Darrow said her South Dakota counterparts are confident of their ability to gather the pheasants.

Darrow said pheasant releases have been completed in Knox, Howard, Macon, Marion, Randolph and Shelby counties. The 34 birds received so far this year went to Chariton County, and Carroll County is slated for reintroduction next.

Though the pheasant is not native to Missouri, nearly 16,000 of the birds were released in the Show-Me State from 1958 to 1971.