Successful hunters are required to submit bear teeth The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. is reminding successful bear hunters that a regulation requires them to submit a bear tooth so wildlife managers can collect important information on Vermont’s bear population. […]
Tag: Hunting
Staying safe while tree stand hunting
Tree stands get hunters out of sight and smell of wary deer, but they can also get hunters into trouble. Here are some tips from Vermont Fish & Wildlife to help stay safe and get the most out of your […]
Hunting bears with hounds harms many species
Dear Editor, Many of us in Vermont do not look forward to the bear hunt that begins Sept. 1 and runs through mid-November. It’s one of the longest in the country. Vermont allows bears to be pierced with arrows, shot […]
To seek a newer human-wildlife relationship, reject Chicken Little
By David Kelley, board member of the Vermont Wildlife Coalition When I was young everyone in my family hunted and fished. In fact, when I was young, it seemed like everyone in Vermont hunted and fished. At Otter Valley, where […]
Successful hunters can report turkeys online or at a reporting station this season
May 1-31— A successful hunter in Vermont’s May 1-31 spring turkey season must, by law, report their turkey within 48 hours to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. The department says hunters can report their turkey online through its website […]
Deadline for antlerless deer applications approaches
The deadline to apply for an antlerless deer permit to be used during Vermont’s Dec. 2-10 muzzleloader deer season is Thursday, Aug. 24. Antlerless deer hunting permit applications are on Vermont Fish & Wildlife’s website, vtfishandwildlife.com. Printed applications are available […]
Coyote hunting in Vermont is weighed
By Gaen Murphree Motivated by constituent outrage over unregulated coyote hunting, some Legislators are asking state wildlife officials to rethink Vermont’s open season on the canine predator. “Coyotes are important animals, not vermin to be attacked,” said Rep. Jim McCullough, […]
2017 Vermont hunting, fishing, trapping licenses available Dec. 12
Vermont hunting, fishing and trapping licenses for 2017 will be available on Dec. 12. “Vermonters really enjoy hunting and fishing,” said Vermont Fish & Wildlife Commissioner Louis Porter. “Many people like to purchase their new licenses before Jan. 1 so […]
Age requirement to go up for free permanent hunting/fishing licenses, Jan. 1
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is reminding hunters and anglers aged 65 to 68 who want a permanent license, but don’t yet don’t have one, to buy one before midnight on Dec. 31, 2016. Starting Jan. 1, the eligible […]
Vt. grouse, woodcock seasons start
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department issued a reminder that upland game bird hunting seasons are coming up soon and that learning to identify suitable habitat for ruffed grouse and woodcock is the most important key to hunting success. Vermont’s […]