During hot days of summer, Vermont anglers discouraged from targeting trout
Associated Press
July 27, 2018
Instead, anglers urged to consider warm-water fish species, such as bass, northern pike, bowfin or panfish.
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
Vermont slashes moose hunting permits – from 80 to 13
Associated Press
April 30, 2018
The hunt will also be limited to bull moose in the northeastern corner of the state.
Vermont hunting club cancels crow shoot amid criticism
Associated Press
March 27, 2018
WILLIAMSTOWN, Vt. — A Vermont hunting club has cancelled its crow shooting competition after a social media outcry. Mark McCarthy, president of the Boonie Club in Williamstown, told the Burlington Free Press it will not
Vermont deer harvest up 13 percent over previous three-year average
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
March 19, 2018
“The legal buck harvest of 9,477 was 8 percent more than the previous three-year average of 8,760, and the third-highest buck harvest since 2002.”
Crow-shoot competition under fire in Vermont
Associated Press
March 16, 2018
WILLIAMSTOWN, Vt. — Wildlife advocates in Vermont are trying to stop a competitive crow-shoot event. The Burlington Free Press reports the Vermont Wildlife Coalition recently started a petition to ask the Vermont Fish and Wildlife
Vermont community rallies around moose poaching incident, raises funds for reward
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
October 19, 2017
WESTMORE, Vt. — A Go Fund Me campaign has been started to raise reward money for an unsolved moose poaching case that took place in September in Vermont. A cow moose was shot from the
In Vermont, successful bear hunters to aid wildlife research (video)
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
August 9, 2017
Hunters who harvest bears are required to submit bear teeth, which are used to determine the ages of bears, and wildlife biologists use age and sex data to estimate the number of bears in Vermont
Vermont turkey brood survey, management again dependent on ‘citizen scientists’
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
July 19, 2017
Public again asked to help help state wildlife officials scientifically manage turkey population by reporting Vermont turkey sightings during August.
Reason for optimism: Nearly two decades after first being tagged, lake sturgeon reappears in Vermont
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Reports
July 17, 2017
Restoration efforts continue on Lake Champlain, which has the only lake sturgeon population in New England.
