Letter to the editor: Hunting fawns is questioned

I read the Youth Hunting Season results in the Dec. 26 Addy Indy. I took pause and stumbled each time I read the word “fawn” meaning “fawn” had been harvested.

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.

Youth deer hunters enjoy their weekend

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)

Bow and muzzleloader hunt numbers down

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

Vt. Fish & Wildlife license and lawbook are ready

Vermont 2025 hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses, as well as the 2025 lawbooks for these activities, are now available on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s website.

Hunters claim about 200 deer on opening weekend

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.

Be sure to wear orange during rifle deer season

Vermont Fish and Wildlife is reminding hunters to wear fluorescent orange.

Fish & Wildlife asking for help from hunters

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)

Rifle season to open Nov. 16

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.

State’s archery deer season gets underway

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

Hunter education course registration set

If you or someone you know would like to go hunting this fall but have never taken a hunter education course, this is the time to act. Vermont’s volunteer hunter education instructors are now holding a limited number of courses throughout the state.

Letter to the editor: S.258 is a much-needed change to VF&W board

Although the fish and wildlife of Vermont are held in trust by the state for the benefit of all citizens, the board currently consists only of hunters, trappers, and/or anglers.

Hunting takes center stage at legislative breakfast

Were it not for state Sen. Chris Bray, D-Bristol, Monday’s legislative breakfast at St. Peter’s Parish Hall in Vergennes would have just been called “breakfast.”

Letter to the editor: Fish & Wildlife debate needs to go beyond ‘us vs. them’

It doesn’t have to be this way. Common ground exists in the wildlife debate and what won’t help find it is people yelling at one another.

Letter to the editor: The phrase ‘wildlife advocates’ is a misnomer

Despite what its board members state and prefer us to think, Protect Our Wildlife, the primary organization driving legislative action, is an animal rights organization and should be specifically labeled by the media as such.

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