Deer hunt produces fewer trophies in ’24

With the final numbers in, it’s official: 2024 was the least productive deer-hunting season in Addison County in at least nine years.

The Vermont Department for Fish and Wildlife’s Youth and Novice Hunting Weekend for deer saw fewer youthful hunters successful than in past years in Addison County, but several still weighed impressive specimens at five of the county’s wildlife reporting … (read more)

This fall and early winter, deer hunters using bows and muzzleloader guns locally had the least success in the past nine years.

The rifle deer season got off to a good start in Addison County this past weekend — but the numbers are hard to pin down and compare to other seasons for a couple of reasons.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is asking hunters for help gathering biological data on the state’s deer population. Hunters who get a deer during the Nov. 16-Dec. 1 regular deer season are asked to provide an incisor tooth from their deer. Tooth … (read more)

Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s traditionally popular 16-day regular deer season, which begins Saturday, Nov. 16, and ends Sunday, Dec. 1.

Hunters have taken to the woods for Vermont’s Oct. 1-Nov. 15 and Dec. 2-15 archery deer hunting season.

RUTLAND — Hunters who provided the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department with a tooth from their deer can now find out how old their deer was by visiting the department’s website. A total of 1,966 usable deer teeth were received from successful hunters in … (read more)

Despite a record-breaking November rifle season in which hunters had 676 bucks weighed locally, 2023 ultimately proved to be a below-average year for the overall number of deer killed and handled at Addison County wildlife reporting stations.

The deer rifle season got off to a strong start this past weekend with an above-average total of 244 bucks handled at eight Addison County big-game reporting stations.

Hunters may take one legal buck during this season if they did not already take one during the archery deer season.

Vermont’s 16-day regular deer season begins Saturday, Nov. 11, and ends Sunday, Nov. 26. 

Vermont’s upcoming archery deer hunting season will run from Sunday, Oct. 1- Friday, Nov.10 and Monday, Nov. 27 to Friday, Dec. 15 

A winter walk in the forest reveals a flurry of wildlife activity that often goes unnoticed during other times of the year.

Boosted by a strong rifle season, 2022 surpassed 2021 in the overall number of deer weighed at an Addison County wildlife reporting station, but just barely because archery season numbers were average at best while muzzleloader and Youth Hunting Weekend c … (read more)