
09/10/2025
Looking for ways to expand your outdoor skills? Check out these opportunities from the DNR and partners to gain hunting, shooting and fishing experience.
These programs are open to the public and cater to a variety of skill levels, schedules and interests.
Hunting And Shooting Programs
– Sept. 13: Intro to Shooting Sports, Bill Cook Chapter of the Izaak Walton League (Stevens Point)
– Sept. 16: Learn To Hunt Squirrel, Cherokee Marsh (Madison)
– Sept. 16: Learn to Hunt Deer, Multiple locations in Dane & Sauk counties (Madison area)
– Sept. 20: Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors: Youth Waterfowl Hunt (Statewide)
– Sept. 21: Deer Processing Class, Mirror Lake State Park (Baraboo)
– Sept. 21: Learn To Cook Wild Game: Venison, Mirror Lake State Park (Baraboo)
– Sept. 24: Learn to Cook Wild Game: Squirrel & Rabbit, Mackenzie Center (Poynette)
– Sept. 27: Viola Sportsman's Club Learn to Hunt, Viola Sportsman Club (Viola)
– Sept. 27: Deer Processing - Barron County Outdoor Family Field Day (Rice Lake)
– Oct. 1: Learn to Hunt Deer on Public Land, Waukesha County
– Oct. 3: Deer Processing Class, Leach Natural Resource Center (Berlin)
– Oct. 4: Dodge County Pheasant Hunt, Cackle Creek Hunt Club (Ashippun)
– Oct. 13: Learn to Cook Wild Game: Gamebirds, Mackenzie Center (Poynette)
– Oct. 19: Learn to Hunt Pheasant, Bloomington Sportsman's Club (Bloomington)
– Oct. 24: Learn to Hunt Waterfowl, Crex Meadows Wildlife Area (Grantsburg)
– Oct. 25: Learn to Hunt Small Game with Dogs, Sandhill Wildlife Area (Pittsville)
– Oct. 25: Learn to Hunt Squirrels, Stitzer Sportsmen’s Club (Stitzer)
– Nov. 5: Learn to Cook Wild Game: Venison, Mackenzie Center (Poynette)
– Dec. 6: Deer Processing Class, Crex Meadows Wildlife Area (Grantsburg)
Fishing Program
– Sept. 14: Learn to Fish, Mirror Lake State Park (Baraboo)
Learn more and find instructions to register for classes on our Events calendar: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/events?type=fishing,hunting,trapping,shooting
Make sure to check back often throughout the season – new events are added as they are scheduled.
Photo Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service