On Wisconsin Outdoors Launches New Website!
WE’VE CREATED A MONSTER ... Now, can you help us feed him?
1-18-2012
Technically, OnWisconsinOutdoors.com is the result of six months of website development as we worked to shape the best internet vehicle to complement our 50,000 distribution hunting and fishing newspaper. Really though, this monster is the reflection of more than two decades of work by outdoor writers and Wisconsin guides in the fields and streams of Wisconsin, just doing what we do. It’s also the launch of more articles, more photos, more how-to, more news, and more pure outdoors from every back-forty and secret crik in beautiful Wisconsin.
We’re going to talk hunting, fishing, travel, trapping, outdoor humor, featured products, where-to, how-to, who’s-who, and what’s new in moo-moo country. We’re going to talk bear hunting, deer hunting, upland game, waterfowl, small game, hunting dog stuff, silent sport opportunities, archery, bow hunting firearms, fly fishing, inland fishing, Great Lakes fishing, ice fishing. We’re going to show you your own outdoor photography and scouting camera shots and video that you send in and a whole bunch of our own too. Starting with the shots that were chosen for the covers of our first four years of publishing, with a blurb of where and when the shot was taken. We’ll give you wild game recipes, stories about ATV and snowmobile riding, and trails listed county-by-county. We’ll show you where Wisconsin people go to hunt and fish in other states and the Canada. And we’re going to show you hunting and fishing videos produced right here in Wisconsin.
Personally, on January 1, 2012, I hung up the syndicated outdoor column I had been scribbling for 25 years from the field for Wisconsin newspapers from Superior to Kenosha so I can concentrate on keeping our paper published and our website current. I have more than 1200 columns with photos published from the field. That’s where I met these guides and other Wisconsin outdoor writers and experts who became my fast friends. These guys and women are really good at knowing what’s going on in their back yards. You don’t want to miss being out there too.
In part, I’m going to use this Ellis Blog to tell you what’s about to happen out there. Often, I will steer you to a Dick’s Trip column that we did from the field so that you can plan your own journey. For example, look at my previous blog and link to our column about whitefish angling on Green Bay produced in January 2011. And don’t forget every week to check out the “Outdoor Reports” by our experts under Explore Wisconsin. After choosing your trip, our Explore Wisconsin partners found on the Explore Wisconsin page, stand ready to help with everything else you will need to know from dining to lodging and night entertainment in the county you’re heading for.
This monster has to be fed regularly. If you want to promote your outdoor organization, show off an especially good outdoor photo you took or scouting camera shot, or submit a story for consideration, do it. If you want to advertise, we’ll make it work for you online and in print. Your advertising means our readers and your consumers receive a high quality outdoor product at no cost.
You can pick up the On Wisconsin Outdoors newspaper at 700 locations in Wisconsin. We print 50,000 papers bi-monthly. You’ve been snapping it up since we first published in 2007. If you prefer to read online, return HOME by clicking on our logo and click on any of those nearly 30 issues scrolling across the page. I think each of those papers shout out that On Wisconsin Outdoors has never been a job for us. Like you, it’s our way of life and always has been since we made homemade bows and assaulted the rabbits of the cemetery woods as 10-year olds.
Thanks for visiting www.onwisconsinoutdoors.com. You’re welcome here. Come again soon. --Dick Ellis