hunting
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Deer season opens Nov. 11
Vermont’s 16-day regular deer season begins Saturday, Nov. 11, and ends Sunday, Nov. 26.
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Highly contagious disease affecting Vt. rabbits
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, a highly contagious virus capable of affecting rabbits and snowshoe hare, is appearing in states close to Vermont and may show up here according…
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Youth waterfowl hunting weekend set for Sept. 23-24
A youngster’s first hunt can mark the beginning of a lifelong passion for the outdoors and a commitment to wildlife conservation, and youth waterfowl hunt weekend is designed…
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Letter to the editor: Trappers and hunters do the most for conservation
In response to the inaccurate and unfair Sept. 14 letter by Barbara Felitti, who appears to be an anti-anything hunting or trapping person from Protect Our Wildlife.
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Archery deer season to open Oct. 1
Vermont’s upcoming archery deer hunting season will run from Sunday, Oct. 1- Friday, Nov.10 and Monday, Nov. 27 to Friday, Dec. 15
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Vt. Fish and Wildlife sets migratory game hunting seasons
The 2023-2024 migratory game bird hunting season dates and bag limits have been set by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.
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Time to apply for muzzleloader permits
Vermont’s muzzleloader season antlerless deer permit applications are now available online at Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s website and from license agents. A link to the information and online…
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Letter to the editor: Bear hunting not useful tactic
Human-wildlife conflict poses a major challenge for the conservation of carnivore species globally.
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Letter to the editor: Ethical hunting, not trapping, should be encouraged
How, one might wonder, will new people be motivated to become hunters if it means joining a group that believes itself vilified and threatened, and reacts with anger…
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Letter to the editor: Anti-trapping crowd offers baseless arguments
The anti-trapping crowd love to trot out the usual “inhumane,” “outmoded and harmful,” “unnecessarily painful” emotional appeals. None of these arguments are objective or “science-based” and are purely…
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State schedules special snow goose hunt
Vermont has a special spring snow goose hunting opportunity that will be held from March 11 through April 23.
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Hunters reminded to remove duck blinds by Feb. 15
Waterfowl hunters who did not remove their hunting blinds from the waters of the state earlier must do so before Feb. 15 on Lake Champlain or May 15…
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Hunting & Trapping lawbooks available
Vermont 2023 hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses, as well as the 2023 lawbooks for these activities, are now available on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s website and…
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Hunters take 1,141 deer locally
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…
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Little deer hunter harvests enormous whitetail deer
At five-feet, four-inches tall, Kristen Nolan Patterson of Bridport does not present an imposing stature most of the time.