Outdoors notes
* BFL regional on Chickamauga: Working a bay near Chester Frost Park, Gil Summerlin of Guntersville, Alabama, won the three-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League regional tournament last week out of Dayton on Lake Chickamauga and got a $65,000 package that included a new Ranger boat and 200-horsepower Evinrude motor.
Summerlin totaled 47 pounds, 3 ounces, and Matt Stanley of Alexandria, Tennessee, was second at 45-15. Seth Davis of Harrison with 37-9 was the sixth of six qualifiers for the 2019 BFL All-American, and Harrison’s Greg Lamb, Guntersville’s Casey O’Donnell and Coalmont’s Sam Morgan were seventh through ninth at 37-1, 35-11 and 34-13.
Lake Blasingame of Killen, Alabama, was the winning co-angler with 26-12, good also for a boat and motor worth $45,200, and Tullahoma’s Terry Smith was fifth with 20-15.
Fresh air calendar
* Head of the Hooch rowing regatta: Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; watch 2,000-plus boats covering 5,000 meters ending at Ross’s Landing.
* Remaining dove hunting seasons: Through Sunday & Dec. 8-Jan. 15 in Tennessee; Nov. 22-Jan. 15 in Georgia; half-hour before sunrise till sunset thereafter; daily limit 15 per hunter, not counting collared doves.
* Muzzleloader/archery deer season: Saturday through Nov. 16 in Tennessee, limit of 2 antlerless per day in Units A & B, 1 in Unit D, 1 antlered per day, 2 per license year.
* Soddy-Daisy chapter of Tennessee Trails Assn. hikes: Saturday, Cumberland Trail from Leggett Road trailhead to connector loop & back, moderate 6.4 miles (meet at 9 a.m. at Durham Street parking lot in Soddy-Daisy; call John Politte at 332-7186); Tuesday-Thursday, hiking trip at Haysville, N.C., to stay at Hinton Center & hike in Standing Indian NRA; Nov. 13, John’s Mountain/Keown Falls, 5 miles, easy & moderate/strenuous options (meet at 9 a.m. at Food City in East Ridge; call Trish Appleton at 240-3443.
* Local Tennessee Ornithological Society meeting: Nov. 8, 7 p.m., Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 S. Germantown Road. Contact David Stone at rockturf@epbfi.com or 413-7033.
* Deer firearms season: Nov. 17-Jan. 6 in Tennessee, 2 antlerless per day in Unit A, 1 in Units B & D, 1 antlered per day, 2 per license year; through Jan. 13 in Georgia, season limit of 10 antlerless & 2 antlered.
* Interscholastic Climbing League: Nov. 17, High Point Riverside; first of six 2018-19 meets at three local climbing centers; grades 6-12. Contact Outdoor Chattanooga at info@outdoorchattanooga.com or 643-6888.
* Chattanooga Bicycle Club meeting: Nov. 19, 6-7 p.m., Outdoor Chattanooga, Coolidge Park; for recreational cyclists.
* Wild Trails 200 Mile Club: Encourages improved fitness; cover 200 miles in three months under one’s own power, whether by running, biking, swimming, paddling, walking or other aerobic activities. Anyone interested can start at any time by registering at wildtrails.org/200-mile-club and recording his or her progress there. Getting to 200 makes one a member, and the membership card secures discounts at a variety of places. Club activities include a campout, barbecue and 15k/5k trail races every three months at Lula Lake Land Trust.