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On Wisconsin Outdoors

May/June 2026 | Vol. 19, Issue 4

  • Great Summer Trips — Invites from OWO’s tourism partners
  • New Season Secrets — Finding, catching fish with the experts
  • Forgotten Wisconsin — Excalibur defined unique beauty, speed
  • Walleyes in the Ceded Territory — DNR, tribal management is a net loss
  • The Tie that Binds — American citizenship
  • Memorial Day — Remembering our fallen

 

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Fishing
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Finding Walleyes; Locating post-spawn fish
One of the most asked questions in my boat over the years is where do the walleyes go after they spawn? It is almost like they disappear. Catching walleyes during the spring spawning run in April can be really good and almost anyone can catch them. Post-spawn can be more of a challenge. I fish...
Phil Schweik
Silent Sports
Underwater shipwreck
Discovering Shipwrecks by Paddle: Two Rivers And The Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast
Paddling the Lake Michigan shoreline near Two Rivers is more than just a scenic adventure — it’s a journey over chapters of maritime history lying just beneath the waves. This stretch of water is part of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary, a 962-squaremile protected area containing dozens of historic shipwrecks that tell the...
City of Two Rivers
Hunting
Trailcam photo of a bear laying down at a bait pile
Choosing The Right Bait: Tips And Tricks
For many hunters, bear baiting does not begin until it’s too late. In reality, some of the most important work happens much earlier. May and June are a critical window, when bears are active, covering ground, and establishing patterns that carry into fall. During this time, black bears are in their breeding season, and boars...
Bob’s Bear Bait
Fishing
Walleyes in Wisconsin’s Ceded Territory-Part Seven
Restoring equal protection, and walleyes On July 9th, 1868, the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution was ratified. The 14th Amendment requires equal protection of laws for all U.S. citizens. Section 1 of the Amendment states: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of...
John Ellis
Hunting
Pack of wolves walking observed on a trail cam.
Wolf Tracks
As Hunter Nation-Wisconsin Chapter State Director Chris Vaughan continued his presentation November 14th at a Town Hall meeting in Green Bay focused on the critical need for sportsmen and women to protect the heritage of hunting by voting, a few photos were worth 1000 words. Wolf and whitetail deer management in Wisconsin were under scrutiny....
Dick Ellis
Hunting
Hunter kneeling beside a harvested white-tailed deer in a wooded area.
An 'Up Nort' Report: Man’s best friend
Anybody who has bow hunted for years knows that bowhunting has its highs and lows. The following is a perfect example. On November 17, I was sitting in a ladder stand on a ridge behind my cabin in Vilas County. As the sun was setting, I had a deer walk up the trail behind my...
Dan Moericke
Hunting
A person dressed in blaze-orange hunting gear kneels in a grassy field beside a harvested deer, holding a rifle upright and resting a hand on the deer’s head. Leafless trees and a bright blue sky are visible in the background.
Dad's Last Deer
For many Wisconsin families, the annual gun deer season is a tradition as sacrosanct as Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas Eve, Easter Sunday and a Fourth of July picnic. This season will be my 54th in the hills of southwestern Wisconsin. Our little hunting group started out as just my dad, my two older brothers, and me....
Tom Carpenter
Hunting
A person wearing camouflage hunting gear kneels in the woods at night behind a large buck with an impressive multi-point rack. Leaves, brush, and a tree trunk surround the scene, illuminated by a camera flash.
A Whitetail For The Ages
The air was cool and still that October afternoon in Jackson County when I made a last-minute decision to head for the woods. It was my first sit of the season—no expectations, just a quiet evening surrounded by the fall woods. But the woods had other plans. From the first trail cam picture, we knew...
Jaden Sacia
Hunting
A hunter dressed in camouflage kneels in a grassy field beside a large black bear, holding a crossbow and smiling under a clear blue sky.
A Hunt to Remember: Marathon County Crossbow Hunter Takes 495-Pound Black BearA Hunt to Remember
As every bear hunter knows, the hunt begins long before opening day. Baiting is a demanding, time-intensive task, and my efforts started in mid-August, 2024. On August 31 at 12:48 pm, I captured my first bear on camera – and it was huge. The Waiting Game From that day through September 12, I had consistent...
Mike Richie
Fishing
A smiling woman wearing a sleeveless black shirt, denim shorts, and pink sunglasses holds up a large crappie on a dock beside a calm lake with trees and boats in the background.
Wolf River Panfish: Wolf River Haven
The Wolf River is a panfish haven. Especially during low water, this often occurs late summer into early fall. An abundance of downed trees, rocky riprap shoreline and carved out clay banks near trickling tributaries draws out big gills and crappies from the backwaters. Anglers targeting these main river panfish like to use an eighth...
John Faucher

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