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To receive a copy of the "Vermont Guide to Hunting, Fishing and Trapping," contact:

Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
103 South Main St., 10 South
Waterbury, VT 05671-0501

(802) 241-3700
Fax: (802) 241-3295
Hours: 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday

For more specific information on Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Laws, contact the individuals listed below.

To get your license online, contact www.vtfishandwildlife.com or www.vtfwdsales.com.

Any state game warden may be contacted by radio by telephoning the nearest State Police Office. Leave your name, telephone number and information. For a complete listing of regulations, check the Fish & Wildlife website, www.vtfishandwildlife.com.

- BLACK BEAR -

BOW AND ARROW DEER HUNTING

Season: Oct 2-24 and Dec. 4-12, 2010

Any person wishing to hunt with a bow and arrow during the months of October and December archery deer season is required by law to have a bow and arrow license. Exceptions: resident and nonresident landowners on their own land.

Limit one legal buck with one antler having two or more points one inch or longer may be taken anywhere in the state. In addition, the Fish & Wildlife Board may authorize the taking of one antlerless deer in specific Wildlife Management units. Check regulations before hunting. Deer must be taken by bow (long bow, recurve bow or compound bow) and arrows. The arrowhead must be at least 7/8 of an inch in width with two or more cutting edges. For this season, a person must have a bow and arrow license in addition to the regular hunting license (except for nonresident hunters with an archery-only license).

**It is illegal to carry a firearm while bow hunting deer in the bow and arrow season.**

MUZZLELOADER DEER HUNTING

Season: Dec. 4-12, 2010

One legal buck with at least one antler having two or more points may be taken anyqhere in the state. In addition, one antlerless deer may be authorized by the Fish & Wildlife Board to be taken by antlerless license. A person who purchases a muzzleloader deer license shall not carry, while hunting during the muzzleloader deer season, any firearms other than one single-barreled muzzleloading firearm.

RIFLE DEER HUNTING

Season: Nov. 13-28, 2010

One legal buck with at least one antler having two or more points may be taken anywhere in the state. Caution: Spike bucks may not be taken in this season so they may grow to at least 2 1/2 years of age. Check current regulations before hunting.

Youth Deer Weekend has been set for Nov. 6-7, 2010.

- GAME-BIRD HUNTING -

• Turkey, Spring Season: May 1-31, 2010, one-half hour before sunrise to 12 noon. Limit: two bearded turkeys.
  
  Fall Season: October 2 - November 7, 2010, One-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Limit: one turkey of either sex. Wildlife Management Units (WMU) around the state are open to both bow and arrow and shotguns at different times during the Fall Season. Please contact www.vtfishandwildlife.com for accurate dates and hunting areas

• Ruffed grouse (Partridge), September 25 through Dec. 31. Bag limit: 4 daily, 8 possession.

• Bobwhite quail and chukar partridge, no closed season. Bag limit: no limit.

• Crow, Mar. 14-Apr. 30, Aug. 16-Oct. 29, no limit

The following are classified as game birds: Quail, ruffed grouse, chukar partridge, woodcock, pheasant, common snipe, coot, wild ducks, wild geese and wild turkey (big game). Other wild birds including spruce grouse and Hungarian partridge have no open season. 

A youth waterfowl hunting weekend will likely be held in late September for hunters under 16. Check the migratory bird hunting rules, at www.vtfishandwildlife.com, available in September for details.

 - MOOSE -

• 35,575 acres of public lakes and ponds
  
• 3840 miles of public rivers and streams
  
• 50 public boat launches on the lakes in the Kingdom

Every person fishing or transporting fish taken in Vermont waters or the Vermont / New Hampshire waters of the Connecticut River must be properly licensed, must carry the license on his/her person, and must show it on demand of a State Game Warden or other enforcement officer, or the owner of the land on which he/she is fishing.

It is illegal to take fish of a species unless the season for that species is open on those waters. It is illegal to fish in waters when no season is open in those waters, or if those water are posted as closed by regulations of the Fish & Wildlife Commissioner or board.

GENERAL ANGLING FISHING REGULATIONS

Species	Length	Daily Limit	Season
Brook Trout	None	Total of brook + brown + rainbows = no more than 6	April 10 to Oct. 31
Brown Trout	None
Rainbow Trout	None
Lake Trout	18"	Total of lake trout + landlocked salmon = no more than 2
Landlocked Salmon	15"
American Shad	None	2
Walleye	18"	3	May 1 to March 15, 2011
Sauger	18"	3
Largemouth Bass	None		June 12 to Nov. 30
Smallmouth Bass	None
Crappie	8"	25	All Year
Northern Pike	20"	5
Rainbow Smelt	None	None
Yellow Perch	None	50
All other species	None	None

For a complete listing of regulations, check the Vermont Fish & Wildlife website at www.vtfishandwildlife.com.