Wisconsin’s Outdoor Calendar
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Jan. 23, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Wisconsin published in the Jan. 23, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

Wisconsin cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR wardens. These reports are from the Jan. 23, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

The job duties of fisheries professionals tend to fascinate anglers. What is not to like about a job in which a workday can be anything from wrangling 100-pound sturgeon below a dam to electrofishing for

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 23, 2026 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

The local Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries team ran a comprehensive survey on Little Green Lake in 2024 and found all populations of all game fish and panfish species to be in good

The reservation period to access blinds for up-close viewing of the remarkable mating dance of the sharptail grouse is now open. Here’s what to know.

Moving the Oct. 31 Lake Winnebago sturgeon spearing license deadline closer to the February season date could end up increasing the cost of the $20 tag by three, four or even five times.
Sturgeon

The fall of 2025 afforded me an extended visit to the state of Montana in October and early November for some archery elk hunting in the central part of the state and archery and rifle

The 2026 Winnebago system sturgeon spearing season will open Saturday, Feb. 14, and will run for 16 days, or until harvest caps are met.
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