Courtesy of Vermont Fish & Wildlife Kelly Brooks of Waterbury caught this 30-inch lake trout while ice fishing on Lake Champlain in early 2015. 2015 program report published, new challenge added for 2016 to include wild card species The Vermont […]
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News Briefs
Squish! Throngs of frogs, salamanders cross springtime roads
Courtesy of VTF&W Frogs and salamanders migrate on warm, rainy nights. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department is asking drivers to report “hotspots” where large numbers of these animals are killed on roads. One of the great wildlife migrations is […]
Sports
Turkey hunters had a successful year
VTF&W photo by John Hall Vermont’s wild turkeys are now well-established throughout the state. Vermont wild turkey hunters had safe and successful spring and fall hunting seasons in 2015, according to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. A total of […]
Sports
Vermont deer harvest reflects healthy population
The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says preliminary numbers show 12,710 deer were taken during Vermont’s 2015 deer hunting seasons. Reports from big game check stations indicate hunters had successful deer seasons in 2015, taking 3,398 deer in archery season, […]
Sports
Muskie fishing success binds three generations of Vermonters
Submitted In the 2005 photo, the order is Dave Beebe, Chris Beebe, and Alex Beebe. When Alex Beebe of Swanton recently reeled in the first muskie caught above Swanton Dam on the Missisquoi River in nearly four decades, he took […]
Sports
Habitat management leads landowner to hunting success
Courtesy of VF&W David Boocock harvested this 10-point, 181-pound buck within three years of completing habitat improvements to his Montgomery property with a state wildlife biologist. When David Boocock of Montgomery enrolled in a program with the state to improve […]
News Briefs
Young wildlife belong in the wild
Courtesy of VTF&W Picking up young wildlife can do more harm than good, according to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. It is also against the law. Watching wildlife is enjoyable, especially when young animals appear in the spring. But […]
State News
Spring snow geese flock
By John Hall, VTF&W Vermont is one of eight eastern states opening a spring snowgoose hunt this year to help control damage by the birds to agricultural crops and marsh vegetation from Quebec to North Carolina. “The breeding population of greater […]
Sports
Vermont moose hunting applications are now available
By Wayne Laroche, courtesy of Vt. Fish &Wildlife Vermont is estimated to have 2,400 moose statewide. This year, 225 regular moose season permits will be issued, representing a 21 percent decrease from the 285 permits issued last year. Hunters are […]
Sports
Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department concluding Lake Champlain angler survey
Courtesy of Vermont Fish & Wildlife Kelly Brooks of Waterbury with a lake trout she caught recently while ice fishing on Lake Champlain in Colchester. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department will be wrapping up its Lake Champlain winter angler […]