Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) is an award-winning outdoors skills program. Workshops teach introductory hunting and shooting, fishing, and other outdoor activities like camping and canoeing in a supportive environment. The weekend-long workshops offer over 20 different activities including firearm safety, basic fishing, fly fishing, camping, shotgun, rifle, bowhunting and archery, outdoor cooking, canoeing, map and compass, survival and more!
Sponsor and volunteer opportunities
Wisconsin BOW Friends on the Web
Corporate or Group Retreats
We can create a BOW event especially for your
group. Click here for sample agendas
or contact us with your ideas and needs:
pfarrell@uwsp.edu, 715/346-4681
2008-2009 Calendar of Events
NEW!
Saturday, June 28th from
9:30-2:30, Sporting Clays Clinic,
Just 2 spots
left!!!Hunter's Park, Brillion, WI. Take your shooting skills to the next
level! Enjoy one-on-one and group instruction where you will learn to
recognize angles of attack and to understand the relationship between
speed and lead. Build good
habits and transform into a better, more confident shooter. Limit 15
shooters.
Click here for more information.
Registration open!!!
18th
Annual Summer BOW Workshop
August 22-24, 2008
Treehaven Field Station,
Tomahawk, Wisconsin. The Original BOW with over 20 different hands-on
activities including archery, canoeing, survival, shotgun skills, map and
compass, fly fishing, outdoor cooking and more.
Click here for brochure and registration
information
This
workshop is full
NEW!
September 4-7, 2008
Apostle Islands BOW Adventure
Join
instructors Darrell Toliver, Kelly VanLaanen and Tim Pflieger on this once
in a lifetime adventure exploring the Apostle Islands on the shores of Lake
Superior in Northern Wisconsin.
Click here for brochure and registration information
NEW! Registration OPEN!!! Saturday, September 13, Lake Michigan Charter Fishing with the fabulous Wolf Pack Adventures team, Sheboygan. Early morning on the big lake is magic! If you have never charter fished, this is the place to do it. You will have hands-on instruction in boating safety, equipment including downriggers, rods and reels, fish locators, marine radios, GPS; bait selection; fish netting; fish ID; taking timely photos. Your fish will be bagged and stored on ice for transporting home. Optional activities will be scheduled in the afternoon. Limit 10 anglers.
NEW! MINI-BOW, DATE TBA at the Taylor County Conservation Club (about 14 miles west of Medford) mini-BOW. Join us for a day of fishing, canoeing, .22 rifle shooting, and archery.
NEW! MINI-BOW, DATE TBA in Holmen (near La Crosse) in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Join us for a day of archery, geocaching, and fly casting.
October 31-November 2, Learn to Hunt Deer program. This event is currently full. To have your name added to our mailing list, send your request to pfarrell@uwsp.edu
Saturday, November 8, our annual Sporting Clays and Pheasant Hunt day, Hunters Park, Brillion, WI.
11th annual
Winter BOW workshop,
February 20-22, 2009
Treehaven Field Station, Tomahawk, Wisconsin.
Dog Sledding, Cross-Country Skiing, Snowshoeing, Rifle Markswoman, Winter
Ecology, Ice Fishing and more.
April 3-5, 2009, Learn to Hunt Wild Turkeys
Lottery information coming soon!
Watch for links - details coming soon!