Roger's Outdoor Notes

ATTENTION SPORTSMEN:  VAN DYNE SPORTSMEN’S CLUB is holding their 81st. Annual Turkey Shoot and Picnic on Sunday August 7th 2016 from 10 am to 6 pm. $10,000 Cash Raffle. $5,000 Grand Prize, 24 total cash prizes, Max 2,000 Tickets Sold. Clay Target Events, Door Prizes, .22 Rimfire Rifle Events, Food & Refreshments, Meat Raffle and an Air Conditioned Clubhouse.  Club is located 4 miles East of U.S. Hwy 41, or 1 ½ miles West of U.S. Hwy 45 on the Fond du Lac / Winnebago County Line Lone Elm Road.  For more information go to:  www.vdsc.org.  Look them up, they have a really nice web site.

The 2017 Wis. Wild Turkey, Pheasant and Waterfowl stamp design contest has been awarded to the First place winners in each group. Caleb Metrich, CraigFairbert and Sara Stack were awarded the first place positions and if you want to see more of their designs go to:  http://dnr.wi.gov/News/Weekly#art3.  This is a wonderful subject for more artists to participate in next year. Congratulations to all the winners and to those who competed.

Join the Wis. DNR at the State Fair this year where they will be offering activities and exhibits around the theme of “JOIN US” in caring for Wisconsin’s valuable natural resources. Here are some of the things you can do down there. Try shooting a bow from 10am to 6pm daily (for those 8 years old and older), try casting a line for fish from 2pm till 4pm visit Smokey Bear’s home, from 9am to 5 pm, learn about Wis. turtles from a park naturalist from 10am to noon daily.  So if you plan on going to the State Fair, stop in the DNR exhibits and see what is new this year.