The Suring Sportsman’s Club is closed from 12/1/2025 to 12/11/2025!
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We received a nice Thank You card!!
The 2025 Youth Outdoor Fun Day was an awesome and wonderful event!
We started out with sunshine and cool breezes for this year’s Youth Outdoor Fun Day. It was a very fun and enjoyable day for all.
The kids were able to go fishing in the trout tank and bring home the fish they caught.
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They learned gun safety and how to shoot .22 pistols with Oconto County Sheriff’s Deputies.
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The archery range was very busy with kids learning how to shoot a bow and arrow at a target. Look at all of those bullseyes!!
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Clay target shooting was learned using a couple of different shotgun sizes.
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There was fly fishing instruction, as well as bait casting education. A fishing game was just the thing for the little ones.
It was a fun and enjoyable day for all!
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These photos were taken and contributed by Rachel Otradovec-Madison, by the trout tank fishing station!!
NOTE: There are videos available on our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/suringsportsmansclub.
The 2025 Youth Hunter’s Safety Class is in the books!
The First Annual Suring Sportsman’s Club Sausage Shoot is in the books!!
The day started with high winds and thick, cloudy skies, but after everything was set up and ready, people arrived and the sausage shoot began! Gary Hischke was cooking hamburgers and brats, Lennie Madison was setting up things with Jay Tousey and Kurt Bruegl. Bill Madison and Gary H. took care of selling the tickets for the shoot and registering the winners.
Two younger kids, Johnny Shepherd (below) and Carson Lambrecht (next pair of photos) were our champions for the day, with Johnny winning a grand total of 10 sausages.
The next 2 photos are of Carson who shot the string for a grand total of 5 sausages, using a .22 rifle with scope.
Below: Carson Lambrecht and Johnny Shepherd with Johnny’s dad, Jamie; Carson and Johnny with both their dads; Jonny with Jay Tousey; Carson with Jay Tousey, and Jeff Foral holding the sausage he shot the string on and his sausage coupon.
The following photos are of all of the adult shooters who won sausages. They’re names are: Jason Trester, 1 sausage; Michael Schmidt, 1 sausage; Jamie Shepherd, 1 sausage; Rich DeJardin, 2 sausages; and Trenton K., 1 sausage.
Please email me or message me on our Facebook page if I have messed up the spellings of last names and or confused photos. Thank you.
It was a wonderful day!
** All photos and content written by Leigh Dudenhoeffer (Suring Sportsman’s Club secretary)
Tessa Losurdo awarded a $1000 college scholarship for her volunteer fishery work with the Suring School Fishery!
Suring High School Ag Ed Teacher, Mary Smith introduced Tessa Losurdo to our club members present at the meeting. Tessa is a student at Suring High School. She presented a wonderful essay and slideshow of all of her volunteer fishery work, as well as the current work with the Suring School Fishery. Her slideshow presentation had tons of wonderful photos of the Suring School Fish Hatchery work and of other projects she has been working with.
Here are some photos of Tessa’s volunteer work:
Jay Tousey is presented with a plaque for his dedication and service.
The Suring Sportsmans’s Club presented Jay Tousey with a plaque for his dedication and service to the club for everything that he does and has done for our club! The plaque was designed and created by Crafty Jans, Inc.
The Suring Sportsman’s Club is selling hats at 4 locations in Suring
We have three styles available at Laverne & Gail’s Diner on Main St., Suring Automotive & Hardware at 223 Heasley St., Suring Barbershop at 704 E. Main St., and Lotter’s BP at 822 E. Main St. The hats $20 each with the proceeds going to the Suring Sportsman’s Club.
Black bear hat
Trout Fishing hat
Deer Hunting hat
A Big Thank You!
A BIG Thank you to:
Trout Unlimited, Breed Sportsmans Club, Breed Bird Busters, Kelly Lake Sportsman’s Club, all members of the Suring Sportsman’s Club, and everyone else that made the 2023 Youth Outdoor Day on the ranges a “Big Success”! Also thank you to all of the businesses that donated for the event.
I’m very proud to be part of a group of people that enjoy putting a smile on our youth. Last, but not least, thank you to all of the parents and guardians who brought their children to the event!
God Bless,
President Bill Madison and club members
See you all next year!!
This is edited from a handwritten letter by club President, Bill Madison.
The 2023 Youth Outdoor Fun Day was amazing!
Suring Sportsman’s Club Archery/Bow Range:
22 Pistol range with Oconto County Sheriff’s Department
20 guage clay pigeon / skeet range
Fishing / casting instruction
The trout tank featured 4 golden trout this year!!
It was a very fun day with lots of education, food, and fun!!
2023 Youth Outdoor Fun Day prize winners and other news
Gift Certificates:
- Nevedei P. $100
- Dom S. $75
- Alyssa J. S. $50
- Axel T. $50
- Bryce S. $50
- Logan S. $25
- Lorelei S. $25
- Sloane B. $25
4 Fishing Rods were given as prizes to:
- Matthew P.
- Brantly C.
- Laurie S.
- Blake C.
There are 48 left over $5 envelopes totalling $240 which will be put towards the 2024 Youth Outdoor Fun Day.
2023 Suring National Night Out event photos
The Suring National Night Out was a lot of fun for everyone who attended. There were plenty of things to do for the kids, snacks to enjoy, prizes, and free icecream! It was organized by the Suring Police Department and featured Oconto County Sheriff’s Dept., area emergency responders and first responders, and all area fire departments. Many area organizations were present, as well as, the Business Association of Suring, many donors and volunteers!
Please click on the pictures to view as a slide presentation or to enlarge them.
Suring Sportsman’s Club Presents Appreciation Awards
Bill Madison, President and Jay Tousey, Vice President of the Suring Sportsman’s Club presented appreciation award plaques to four local businesses in the Village of Suring on June 28, 2023. The businesses that received the appreciation plaques sell Suring Sportsman’s Club memberships on behalf of the club. The plaques were designed, created and laser engraved, and donated by Crafty Jans, Inc. of Suring, WI.
Appreciation award plaques were presented to:
Dale & Heidi Missall of Suring Auto & Hardware, Inc. at 223 Heasley Street with Jay Tousey.
Lisa Anderson of the Suring Barbershop at 704 E. Main Street with Jay Tousey and Bill Madison.
Sue Hein of Lotter’s BP at 822 E. Main Street, Suring with Jay Tousey and Bill Madison.
Gail Madison of Laverne & Gail’s Diner at 314 E. Main Street, Suring with Jay Tousey and Bill Madison. *Gail is holding a photo of LaVerne.
Photography courtesy of Kurt Bruegl of Crafty Jans.
Submitted by Leigh Dudenhoeffer, Suring Sportsman’s Club Secretary
The Wiscobee Lake fishing pier with bench addition was installed today!
This morning, Schmidt Boat Lifts & Docks installed the final addition of the fishing pier with a large sitting bench, to the Wiscobee Lake boat launch and dock, in the Town of How! It’s fabulous!! You can see the videos at our facebook page!
The 2022 Suring Sportsman’s Club Youth Outdoor Fun Day was a fantastic success!
This year’s Youth Outdoor Fun Day was a fun and enjoyable day for everyone even though it was HOT outside! The kids had tons of fun learning how to shoot various firearms, fishing, and casting flyrods!
Here are this year’s photos and videos!
Registration and Food area:
Rifle Range:
We’re looking for submissions of photos for the Rifle Range as ours didn’t turn out. Please upload them in the comments (no videos) or share them on the Suring Sportsman’s Club Facebook page:
Trap Range using a 20 Gauge Shotgun:
Pistol Range using .22 Pistols:
Archery and Bow Range:
Fly-fishing Practice and Trout Tank:
Furs and Traps:
This years sponsors, people, and members who helped make all of this happen!! Thank you very much:
The Suring Sportsman’s Club’s new plaque!
Kurt and Jan Bruegl of Crafty Jan’s presented this beautiful plaque at the April 2022 club meeting! We hope to hang it up soon.
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