Hunting

The most substantive changes are to the state’s deer hunting regulations and include allowing hunters to use rifles and shotguns to kill does. Currently, only bucks can be hunted with firearms during the regular fall season.

Vermont Edition presents two BLS episodes. First, we hear about the U.S. Postal Service in Vermont. Then, we go hunting.

The best way and probably the only way to answer a listener question about hunting in Vermont was to head into the woods ourselves.

Since 2020, the state-run Venison for Vermonters program has donated more than 3,000 pounds of wild game meat to local food shelves and Vermonters in need.

"We’re trending in the right direction," says Vermont state biologist, based on the body weights and reproductive rates of harvested moose.

Fish and Wildlife's deer project leader discusses the this year's hunting season outlook.

Dozens of volunteer dog trackers will take to the woods over the next few months to help hunters recover wounded game from Vermont’s forests.

The law, which takes effect next month, was supported by both animal rights advocates and groups that represent hunters in Vermont.

Vermont Fish & Wildlife and Vermont Folklife are working together to collect oral history stories about turkey restoration and hunting.

"Our moose actually aren't doing as bad as some people might think," a wildlife biologist reports.