hunting
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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Be sure to wear orange during rifle deer season
Vermont Fish and Wildlife is reminding hunters to wear fluorescent orange.
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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.…
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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,…
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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.”
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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.
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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…
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Letter to the editor: Fish & Wildlife debate missing larger picture
For background, hunting and fishing are the most important things in my life outside of my family.