hunting
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Letter to the editor: All beings owed basic rights
I feel that I need to submit these salient thoughts to the discussion regarding Bill S.258, which proposes to make changes in the structure and make-up of the…
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Letter to the editor: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
I encourage people to view the Vermont Fish & Wildlife board meetings available online to gain a better perspective rather than listen to blatant partisanship attempting to influence…
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Fish & Wildlife bill gets mixed reviews
At Monday’s Legislative Breakfast, local hunting and trapping enthusiasts grilled Sen. Chris Bray on bill S.258, which proposes to transfer the authority to adopt rules for the taking…
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Letter to the editor: Anti-hunters back board change
I have served on the Fish and Wildlife for the past two years. Not once has Senator Bray or Hardy personally attended a board meeting.
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Legislative Review: Clarifying the intent of the wildlife bill
Because there is quite a bit of misinformation circulating about this bill, I am urging you to look at the bill online so you can read for yourself what…
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Letter to the editor: Writer misrepresented substance, intent of S.258
I am writing in response to a recent letter from Fred Schroeder regarding proposed legislation to change the role and composition of the Fish and Wildlife Board and…
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Letter to the editor: New legislation is a blatant anti-hunting proposal
I am deeply disturbed by recent efforts by our local Senators, Christopher Bray, Bristol, and Ruth Hardy, Middlebury, to write legislation to remove the responsibility of the Vermont…
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Deer hunt slows during final leg of season
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…
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Vt. hunters guidebooks available
Vermont 2024 hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses, as well as the 2024 lawbooks for these activities, are now available on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s website and…
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Matthew Dickerson: Waiting in the woods, and elsewhere
For the past few weeks, I’ve been doing the sitting-in-the-woods-waiting-for-large-game-to-pass sort of waiting.
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Hunters have more bangs for the bucks
Hunters during the 16-day deer rifle season that concluded on Sunday brought what was, according to Independent archives, a record number of bucks — 676 — to be…
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Youth deer hunters enjoy October weekend
Youthful hunters back on Oct. 21 and 22 had 93 deer weighed in Addison County during the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife’s Youth and Novice Hunting Weekend.…
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Matthew Dickerson: Thankfulness about being in the outdoors
I’ve been spending a fair bit of time in the woods lately in my annual attempt to harvest local free-range, antibiotic-free venison.
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Start of deer season finds happy hunters
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.
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Regular deer season to begin on Nov. 11
Hunters may take one legal buck during this season if they did not already take one during the archery deer season.