Outdoors Calendar

• Customer Service Calendar of Seasons and Deadlines
• Hunting and Trapping Seasons
• Hunting and Trapping Regulations
• Fishing Seasons
• Fishing Regulations

* Indicates date remains the same each year, except some permit deadlines may be extended one day if they fall on a Sunday or Federal Holiday.

April 15 through July 31

• It is illegal to allow dogs to run on DNR lands and Federal Waterfowl Production Areas lands during this time unless the dog is on a leash no longer than 8 feet. Doe not apply to class 1 field trial grounds or DNR lands open to dog training.*

May 7-11

• Spring turkey hunting period D.

May 14 – 18

• Spring turkey hunting period E.

May 20

• Yellow perch season opens on Green Bay, the Fox River and other Green Bay tributaries through March 15 with a bag limit of 15. Yellow perch season on Lake Michigan opens June 16.*
• Set or bank pole and setlines can be used on specified waters in the Wolf and Fox river basins through Sept. 30. Check the current Setline, Set or Bank Pole Regulations for open waters.

May 21 – 25

• Spring turkey hunting period F.

May 24

• Muskellunge season opens north of State Highway 10.

June 7 – 8

• Free Fishing Weekend. No license or stamps required to fish inland waters or outlying Wisconsin waters of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Croix rivers. All bag and size limits and other regulations apply.

June 8

• State Parks Open House Day -- free admission to all state parks, forests and trails.

June 16

• Yellow perch season opens on Lake Michigan with a bag limit of five (5).* (Note: the 2008009 Guide to Wisconsin Hook and Line Fishing Regulations lists an incorrect date of June 21 for this season. The season opens June 16.)

June 21

• Northern zone bass season goes from catch-and-release to daily bag limits. Check current regulations for bag and size limits.

* Indicates date remains the same each year, except some permit deadlines may be extended one day if they fall on a Sunday or Federal Holiday.