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To receive a copy of the "Vermont Guide of Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Laws," 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.

HUNTING:

- BOW AND ARROW DEER HUNTING -

(Significant changes are being made to the deer season and limits. The following information listed below was accurate to 2004. Please contact www.vtfishandwildlife.com to obtain the most up-to-date regulations/information.)

Season: To Be Set

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.

Two archery licenses are allowed and two deer may be taken anywhere in the state, but only one may have antlers three inches or longer. Deer must be taken by bow (long bow, recurve bow or compound bow) and arrows. The arrowhead must be at least 7/8th 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 archery only license). It is illegal to carry a firearm while bow hunting deer in the special bow and arrow session. For a complete listing of regulations, check the Fish & Wildlife website, www.vtfishandwildlife.com.

- NOVEMBER DEER HUNTING -

(Significant changes are being made to the deer season and limits. The following information listed below was accurate to 2004. Please contact www.vtfishandwildlife.com to obtain the most up-to-date regulations/information.)

Season: Nov. 12-27, 2005

One deer with at least one antler no less than three inches long may be taken on the hunting license. A firearm or bow and arrow may be used. For a complete listing of regulations, check the Fish & Wildlife website, www.vtfishandwildlife.com.

Youth Deer Weekend has been set for Nov. 12-27, 2005.

- MUZZLELOADER DEER HUNTING -

(Significant changes are being made to the deer season and limits. The following information listed below was accurate to 2004. Please contact www.vtfishandwildlife.com to obtain the most up-to-date regulations/information.)

Season: To Be Set

Two muzzleloader licenses are allowed. Only two deer with at least one antler no less than three inches long may be taken. A third deer is allowed on an antlerless permit in years when these permits are available. 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. For a complete listing of regulations, check the Fish & Wildlife website, www.vtfishandwildlife.com.

- GAME-BIRD HUNTING -

Turkey, May 1-31, 2005, one-half hour before sunrise to 12 noon. Limit: two bearded turkeys for the spring season. Contact www.vtfishandwildlife.com for fall season.

Ruffed grouse, last Saturday in September through Dec. 31. Bag limit: 4 daily, 8 possession.

Pheasant, last Saturday in September through Dec. 31. Bag limit: 2 daily, 4 possession.

Bobwhite quail and chukar partridge, no closed season. Bag limit: 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 Hungarian Partridge have no open season. For a complete listing of regulations, check the Fish & Wildlife website, www.vtfishandwildlife.com.

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.

- BLACK BEAR -

Season: Sept. 1-Nov. 16, 2005

Only one black bear may be taken by a hunter in a calendar year. Bears may be taken only by gun, bow and arrow, or crossbow by special permit. Bears may not be taken alive and may not be trapped. Hunters may not use bait or a baited area to take a bear. For a complete listing of regulations, check the Fish & Wildlife website, www.vtfishandwildlife.com.

- MOOSE -

October hunting season set annually; permit lottery held each year. Check www.vtfishandwildlife.com for more details.

- FISHING -

The Northeast Kingdom features:

" 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

For a complete listing of regulations, check the www.vtfishandwildlife.com.