rifle deer season


  • Rifle deer season finishes stronger

    Rifle deer season finishes stronger

    After an opening weekend of rifle deer season in Addison County that was the least productive in a decade, the final two weeks of the season proved to…

  • Rifle season starts slow in county; trophy bucks taken

    Rifle season starts slow in county; trophy bucks taken

    One-hundred-and-thirty-one hunters had bucks weighed at Addison County wildlife reporting stations after taking them down this past Saturday and Sunday, the opening weekend of rifle season.

  • Young deer hunters find success

    Young deer hunters find success

    Young deer hunters and newcomers to the sport took 63 animals to be weighed in Addison County on Oct. 25 and 26 during the Vermont Fish & Wildlife…

  • Hunters have more bangs for the bucks

    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…

  • Start of deer season finds happy hunters

    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.

  • Rifle season buck weights also set new mark

    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…

  • Granville store tallies hunters’ success

    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…

  • County’s rifle season sees record numbers

    County’s rifle season sees record numbers

    ADDISON COUNTY — The 2019 deer rifle season in Addison County finished Sunday as the most successful for local hunters since 2005, when Vermont wildlife officials banned shooting…

  • County hunters set yet another record

    County hunters set yet another record

    ADDISON COUNTY — The opening weekend of rifle deer season continued a trend in recent years: It set a new record for deer weighed at Addison County’s wildlife…

  • Hunters asked to help out wildlife officials during rifle deer season

    RUTLAND, — 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…