There is a lot of good hunting in the Portage area. Pine Island Wildlife Area has excellent hunting. I have driven Levee Rd through there and at times the fields were black with Canadian Geese. Geese as far as you could see. Further into Sauk County I hunted off Levee Road on private property and harvested a lot of deer around there.
I used to run my dogs out there to train them. There were Pheasants, Ducks, Geese and in parts a lot of Ruffed Grouse to hunt and just enjoy. Not to mention Portage has some good fishing. Although I heard they are under a flood watch right now.