Tetreault charged with hunting, gun crimes

MIDDLEBURY — Vermont State Game Wardens said a Middlebury man illegally possessed turkey and deer he was not allowed to hunt, and also illegally possessed firearms and stolen property.Kyle Tetreault, 30, was arraigned on the charges in Addison Superior Court, Criminal Division, on Monday. The specific charges he faced are possession of illegal big game, failure to report big game, petit larceny, possession of methamphetamine, and felon in possession of firearms.The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife De … (read more)

VERMONT — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says hunters who took a bear in the 2020 bear hunting seasons can now look up the age of their bear on the department’s website, vtfishandwildlife.com.“Successful bear hunters help in our management of th … (read more)

For a few weeks this winter, I would end my day by checking the Vermont Legislature’s page to see if H. 172 had made it out of committee. On the evening of ‘crossover’ it seemed like this piece of proposed legislation must have been too extreme for the co … (read more)

MONTPELIER — It’s almost time for spring turkey hunting in Vermont. Youth and novice turkey hunting weekend is April 24 and 25 this year, and the regular spring turkey season is May 1-31. “The youth and novice turkey hunting weekend provides an excellent … (read more)

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board voted on April 7 to have 60 either-sex moose hunting permits and 40 antlerless moose hunting permits available this year for a hunt limited to Vermont’s Wildlife Management Unit (WMU)-E in the northeastern … (read more)

Vermont’s spring snow goose hunt will be held from March 11 through April 23. Since 2009, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has annually issued a “Conservation Order” to allow the reduction of the population of migrating greater and lesser snow geese as … (read more)

MONTPELIER — Bear hunters in Vermont had another safe and successful hunting season in 2020 according to Vermont Fish and Wildlife. Preliminary numbers show that hunters took a record 914 black bears during the two-part early and late bear seasons. The pr … (read more)

MONTPELIER — 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 on inland waters, according to a reminder from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.  Sta … (read more)

MONTPELIER — Final statewide deer harvest numbers will not be available until March, but the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department announced last week the final tally will be around 18,000 deer, the second highest total since 2000. Those deer will provide … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Bright spots have been rare in a 2020 afflicted by a pandemic and divisive politics. But there sure were plenty of happy deer hunters in Addison County. In fact, county wildlife reporting stations handled more deer in 2020 than in any yea … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Addison County’s deer hunters have set another record. According to the Independent’s calculations, the average weight of bucks weighed in the county during this November’s rifle season was the highest since 2005, when the Department of F … (read more)

GRANVILLE — While the Addison Independent has been reporting hunting successes and wild game reports at Vermont Fish and Wildlife reporting stations around Addison County, we have missed reports from the Granville Country Store. Kira Sargeant at the Route … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — For the second straight year the region’s deer hunters have broken the post-2005 record for most bucks taken during Vermont’s 16-day November rifle season. And this time they smashed the mark for deer weighed in Addison County since Depar … (read more)

ADDISON COUNTY — Many hunters got their wishes answered and skills rewarded in the first few days of Vermont’s rifle deer season, which opened on Nov. 14. No local hunter was happier than Chris Hanson on Wednesday, Nov. 18.  According to Andy Buxton owner … (read more)

VERMONT — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is asking hunters for help in a statewide initiative to gather more biological data on the state’s deer population.  Hunters who get a deer during the Nov. 14-29 regular deer season are asked to provide a … (read more)