Wisconsin’s Outdoor Calendar
Outdoor News
February 2, 2026
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Feb. 6, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Wisconsin
Ask a fisheries biologist: Suckers good as table fare?
Max Wolter Wisconsin DNR Fish Biologist
February 2, 2026
Crappies, bluegills, walleyes, trout, and even northern pike wind up on many dinner tables, but there is an abundant group of fish that rarely gets eaten – suckers.
For our purposes here, ‘suckers’ will
Wisconsin Cuffs & Collars: ‘Hunter’ in a stand 120 feet up a wind tower?
Staff Report
February 2, 2026
Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the Feb. 6, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: First manage people, then deer
Wisconsin Letters To The Editor
February 2, 2026
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 6, 2026 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
WI Daily Update: DNR now hiring seasonal staff
Outdoor News
February 2, 2026
The Wisconsin DNR is now hiring state park system seasonal staff. Listen here for details.
Knife accident turns deer hunt into all-night survival challenge for Wisconsin hunter
Patrick Durkin
February 2, 2026
Matt Jefko says he can’t sacrifice the time and money to hunt Western states, so he turns his Wisconsin hunts into hard-earned adventures whenever possible.
But after this Middleton High School teacher arrowed a
A look back at the hunting governors of Wisconsin
Bob Willging
February 2, 2026
Wealthy Milwaukee industrialist and former two-time Wisconsin Governor Julius P. Heil was beaming as he slid into the passenger side of Henry Kuehn’s automobile on a November afternoon in 1949. “This is one of the
10 essential tip-up tips – video
Site Staff
February 1, 2026
Simple adjustments and habits that make tip-up fishing easier, cleaner, and far more productive – whether you’re chasing walleyes, pike, or panfish.
Wisconsin NRB OK’s 2% hike in ’26 bear harvest tag numbers
Tim Eisele
February 1, 2026
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) approved a harvest goal of 4,160 bears for the 2026 bear hunt, which will result in 15,245 licenses being available, the most licenses the state has ever issued.
