Nick Smith knows Vermont turkeys. The Groton resident is the son of a taxidermist, and he’s been a devout turkey hunter all his life. Smith, a professional forester, also contracts regularly with the ...

MONTPELIER — It’s almost time for spring turkey hunting in Vermont, and this year’s season marks the 51st hunting season since the reintroduction of wild turkeys to the state by the Vermont Fish and ...

My inaugural turkey-hunting foray began promisingly on October 27 with a tailgate brunch in the Windsor park and ride off Interstate 91. Hartland hunter Brett Ladeau had cooked a spread of wild turkey ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board is inviting public comment on proposed changes to Vermont’s white-tailed deer, moose and turkey ...

WATERBURY Vermont s reputation for great spring turkey hunting is well known, but hunters have now topped all previous records with reports of more than 5,000 turkeys taken in the state s April 28-29 ...

When Jeff Wallis lost his wife, Nancy Rucker-Wallis, unexpectedly in 2020, he and his son, Hunter, wanted to do something to keep her memory alive. They had a vision. The father and son are avid ...

Hunters contribute around $70 million. Staring at the pile of fishing gear on my living room floor that recently replaced a small mountain of turkey hunting gear I can easily understand the economic ...

While Vermont's deer hunters have been experiencing some of the worst deer hunting in 50 years, these are the glory days of wild turkey hunting. The spring 2005 season saw a record kill of 4,649 ...