STAMFORD — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department had good news and bad news for a hunter in December. The good news was that the large, trophy-antlered whitetail buck that Jim Smith, 47, of ...

So much for the theory that we would see more and more trophy deer if we would only impose that spike horn ban. And let s also think about the thousands of good deer hunters who are not obsessed with ...

MONTPELIER — Vermont’s “Trophy Trout” stocking program for 2024 includes nine river sections and 37 lakes and ponds receiving two-year-old trout, some over 18 inches long. “The Trophy Trout program ...

Vermont hunters are required to bring every deer they take to a check station, no matter what the season. Biologists man some of those check stations, where they weigh the animals, check their teeth ...