The Greater Wisconsin Outdoor & Sportsman Festival is right around the corner! Whether you are an avid outdoors person, or just looking to learn more so you can enjoy the outdoors opportunities Wisconsin has to offer, this event is a "must attend" on your summer agenda. It doesn't matter if you hunt, fish, hike, bike, camp, paddle, ATV or power boat, the Greater Wisconsin Outdoor & Sportsman Festival is sure to have something for everyone.

Just announced:

2016 US Paralympic Archery Team Member Lisa Coryell will be on site all weekend! Wisconsin native Lisa Coryell tells her story and we want to help her make her journey to Rio as part of the 2016 US Paralympic Archery Team! Lisa will have a booth all weekend and will be talking to people and inspiring them with her story. She just launched a gofundme page that we hope gets enough attention and donation to help! https://www.gofundme.com/2d9wss4?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_c
We are proud to support her efforts and those of the Wounded Warriors United of Wisconsin.

Get the kids outdoors with all the interactive fun and educational activities to get the kids motivated into the outdoor sports: Twin City Rod & Gun Club hosts the Trout Pond! Central Wisconsin Trout Unlimited will teach fly casting, fly tying and more! Introduction to archery,

and a special fun group event with Travis T Bone Turner Friday and Saturday (see website for details soon)

BRING YOUR BOW – BRING THE DOG!

In conjunction with this year's event, Dogs (and their owners) are invited to compete in the Wisconsin Retriever Challenge hosted by Behind the Blinds Labradors Kennel & Outfitters, and for those looking to test their skills with a bow, we are also teaming with the Outagamie Conservation Club to put on the Greater Wisconsin Archery Tournament which boasts the largest first place payout in state history ($1500 1st Place Prize in all 6 classes). A 3D Range for youth through adult will also be on hand all weekend! Kids can try out a bow on site and learn!

Pre – registration is must for the big archery tournament. Online registration is easy! Click on www.wioutdoorfest.com Limited to 400 participants. Spaces are filling daily!

New this year: Trap shoot range! Come on out and practice or test your skills all weekend. Open to ages 12 and up.

If your favorite outdoor activity is cooking on the grill, the Grillologists themselves, Mad Dog & Merrill, will be on hand all weekend giving grilling demonstrations and even shooting an episode of their popular cooking show Midwest Grillin'! Also see Starla Batzko from Starla's Seasonings and dips do a few cooking demos with wild game and fish!

On the Woodbeaver/Clam Stage learn from the best in the business like Travis "T-Bone" Turner of the popular Bone Collectors TV show, Jeff Engel – turkey hunting expert! Hunting Dog expert Jeff Fuller of Cabela's Sporting Dog Adventures TV series, and Wisconsin's own Dan Small, host/producer of the public television show "Outdoor Wisconsin," "Outdoors Radio with Dan Small," and contributing editor, Wisconsin Outdoor News, just to name a few. The first 100 seminar attendees to Jeff Engel's programs receive a free Primo turkey call!

Wisconsin DNR is proud to present Chris Cold wildlife biologist, as he brings in wild birds of Wisconsin and discusses and educates on our ecosystem. A real crowd pleaser!