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Vermont’s regular deer season starts Nov. 15

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8 months ago

October 28, 2025

Vermont’s regular deer season starts Nov. 15

MONTPELIER — Hunters are gearing up for the start of Vermont’s traditionally popular 16-day regular deer season that begins Saturday, Nov. 15 and ends Sunday, Nov. 30.

A hunter may take one legal buck during this season if they did not already take one during the archery deer season. The definition of a legal buck depends on the Wildlife Management Unit (WMU). A map of the WMUs is on pages 24 and 25 of the 2025 Vermont Hunting & Trapping Guide available from license agents and highway rest areas.

In WMUs C, D1, D2, E1, E2, G, I, L, M, P, and Q a legal buck is any deer with at least one antler three inches or more in length.

In WMUs A, B, F1, F2, H, J1, J2, K, N, and O a legal buck is any deer with at least one antler with two or more antler points one inch in length or longer.

“The greatest numbers of deer continue to be in western regions of the state and other valley areas,” said Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s deer biologist Nick Fortin. “The Green Mountains and Northeast Kingdom offer more of a big woods experience with fewer, but often larger, deer.”

Vermont hunting licenses include a buck tag for this season and a late season bear tag (for Nov. 15-23), cost $28 for residents and $102 for nonresidents. Hunters under 18 years of age get a break at $8 for residents and $25 for nonresidents. Licenses are available on Fish and Wildlife’s website and from license agents statewide.

“I am urging all hunters to wear a fluorescent orange hat and vest to help maintain Vermont’s very good hunting season safety record,” said Vermont Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jason Batchelder.

A 2025 Deer Season Hunting Guide can be downloaded from the department’s website at https://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/. The guide includes a map of the Wildlife Management Units (WMUs), season dates, regulations, and other helpful information.

Hunters are required to report deer in person at a big game reporting station during the regular season. Online reporting will not be available. This requirement allows biologists to collect important information from as many deer as possible.

Hunters who get a deer on Nov. 15 or 16 can help Vermont’s deer management program by reporting their deer at one of the biological check stations operated by Fish and Wildlife Department personnel listed, including the Bennington Fish Hatchery.

Hunters who do not go to a biological reporting station are asked to provide a tooth from their deer. Tooth envelopes and tooth removal instructions are available at all big game reporting stations. Each tooth will be cross sectioned to accurately determine the deer’s age, and the results will be posted on the Fish and Wildlife website next spring.

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Catch these concerts in Vermont outdoors in July

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7 hours ago

June 30, 2026

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Catch these concerts in Vermont outdoors in July

The outdoor concert season in Vermont started in early June, but the alfresco musical offerings really began unfolding later in the month after summer’s official start.

July is overflowing with live music outdoors. In in southern and northern Vermont you can find festivals, and there are music series at both the Essex Experience and the Shelburne Museum.

Artists including “Weird Al” Yankovic, Jack White, Thundertcat, Trombone Shorty and Gillian Welch are playing big stages, while local standouts such as Dave Grippo, High Summer and the Vermont Jazz Ensemble are making their sounds heard in the fresh air as well. Here’s the definitive list.

Jammin’ in July in Essex

5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, the weekly music series “Jammin’ in July” kicks off with the Lara Cwass Band and continues at the same time each week with, on July 8, The Grift; July 15, the All Night Boogie Band; July 22, Soul Porpoise with The Project; and July 29, Kyle Chadburn & the Earthbound Spirits, The Old Stage at the Essex Experience. Free. doubleevt.com

Dead of Summer festival brings out the Dead

Thursday, July 9-Sunday, July 12, the Dead of Summer Music Festival welcomes God Street Wine, Pink Talking Fish, Leftover Salmon, Steely Dead, Giant Panda Guerrilla Dub Squad, Saints and Liars, Jatoba, Deadgrass, Mystic Dead, the Krishna Guthrie Band and many more acts paying tribute directly or indirectly to the Grateful Dead, Hunter Park, Manchester Center. $35-$335. deadofsummermusicfestival.com

Jeezum Crow at Jay Peak

Friday, July 10-Saturday, July 11, the 11^th annual Jeezum Crow Festival starts with Yonder Mountain String Band, Dead Man Strumming and Beg, Steal or Borrow and continues Saturday with The Disco Biscuits, Lee Ross, Railroad Earth, Shane Goodwin, Magoo, Tim Comings, Charlie Parr, Koa Phoenix and Kyle Chadburn & the Earthbound Spirits, Stateside Amphitheater, Jay Peak. $45-$75; free for ages 6 and under. jaypeakresort.com

Do Good with Smash Mouth, Toad the Wet Sprocket

1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11, the annual Do Good Fest unleashes the sounds of Neon Trees, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Smash Mouth, Augustana, Glam Cowboys and DJ Cheetatah on the back lawn at National Life, Montpelier. $10 minimum donation benefiting the National Life Peace of Mind Fund to support children’s mental health. dogoodfest.com

Middlebury Festival on the Green gets going

7 p.m. Sunday, July 12, the weeklong Middlebury Festival on the Green starts with the Colorado sextet Mojo Birds, town green, Middlebury. Free. festivalonthegreen.org

Get the blues with Jack White

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, rock star Jack White visits Vermont for a show on the midway lawn at the Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction; free for ages 12 and under. $69.50. highergroundmusic.com

Big Head Todd on a big mountain

6 p.m. Thursday, July 16, ‘90s rockers Big Head Todd and the Monsters inaugurate a trio of concerts co-presented by Higher Ground and the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center, Spruce Peak Village Green, Stowe. $16.70-$64.85; free for ages 5 and under. highergroundmusic.com or sprucepeakarts.org

Getting Frendly in southern Vermont

Thursday, July 16-Saturday, July 18, the Frendly Gathering (remember, there is no “I” in Frend) brings Gatsby’s Revenge, Neighbor, Satsang, Ryan Dempsey, Coyote Island, Jatoba, Jarv, The Big Takeover, All Night Boogie Band and more to Timber Ridge, Windham. $250; free for ages 13 and under. frendlygathering.com

Dave Grippo joined by Jennifer Hartswick

7 p.m. Friday, July 17, Vermont sax legend Dave Grippo leads the Grippo Funk Band with trumpeter/singer/Vermont native Jennifer Hartswick, The Old Stage at the Essex Experience. $20. doubleevt.com

Music and food in Stowe

Noon-8 p.m. Saturday, July 18, the first von Trapp Music & Food Festival offers plenty of the latter as well as music from Uprooted featuring Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root plus Dwight & Nicole, the All Night Boogie Band, Blues Over Easy featuring Gina Coleman and Mal Maiz, von Trapp Family Lodge & Resort concert meadow, Stowe. $40-$125. vontrappresort.com/musicfestival

Welch and Rawlings and a night at the Museum

7 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, Americana stalwarts Gillian Welch and David Rawlings play the Concerts on the Green series at the Shelburne Museum. $56. highergroundmusic.com

Long lines for Trombone Shorty

7 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, the jazz-and-more sounds of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, joined by JJ Grey & Mofro, continue the Concerts on the Green series at the Shelburne Museum. Sold out. highergroundmusic.com

Getting weird with Al Yankovic

7:30 p.m., Friday, July 24, musical comedy weirdo “Weird Al” Yankovic follows Puddles Pity Party in a performance on the midway lawn, Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction. $69.50; seated admission is sold out; free general-admission tickets for ages 12 and under. highergroundmusic.com

Maple Roots Music Festival takes shape

Noon Saturday, July 25, the half-day Maple Roots Music Festival offers performances by the Vermont Jazz Ensemble, the Lara Cwass Band, festival organizer Michael-Louis Smith & Friends, Bob Wagner, High Summer, Mikahely, Linda Bassick, Doug Perkins’ “Hot Pickin’ Party,” the Eames Brothers Band, the Onion River Jazz Band and more, Morse Farm Maple Sugar Works, Montpelier. Free; donations accepted; parking passes available upon entry for a fee. maplerootsfest.com

A bit of Allman, a bit of Betts

7 p.m. Saturday, July 25, together, Devon Allman and Duane Betts lead The Allman Betts Band, inspired by the sounds of their family’s Allman Brothers Band, Stateside Amphitheater, Jay Peak Resort. $49 in advance, $65 day of show; free for ages 6 and under. jaypeakresort.com

Sample The Samples once again in Essex

7 p.m. Saturday, July 25, veteran jam-rock favorites The Samples, plus Arty LaVigne & Friends, play outside on The Old Stage at The Double E, Essex. $25. doubleevermont.com

Shakey and Dope sing in Shelburne

6 p.m. Sunday, July 26, two guys named Alejandro Rose-Garcia and Angus Stone — better known as Shakey Graves and Dope Lemon — share a Concerts on the Green bill that includes an opening performance from Texino, Shelburne Museum. $54.50; free for ages 12 and under. highergroundmusic.com

Thundercat starts Waterfront Concert Series

7 p.m. Thursday, July 30, bassist and singer Thundercat jump-starts four straight days of music presented by Higher Ground in its Waterfront Concert Series, Waterfront Park, Burlington. $54.50; free for ages 12 and under. highergroundmusic.com

Sylvan Esso goes down to the water

7 p.m. Friday, July 31, electropop group Sylvan Esso, featuring Bennington College graduate Amelia Meath, follows Landlady on the second night of Higher Ground’s Waterfront Concert Series, Waterfront Park, Burlington. $54.50; free for ages 12 and under. highergroundmusic.com

Contact Brent Hallenbeck at bhallenbeck@burlingtonfreepress.com.

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Police searching for missing Troy woman

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June 29, 2026

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BROWNINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – Vermont authorities are searching for a missing Troy woman.

The Vermont State Police say Nicole Richardson, 39, was last seen Friday evening at a home on Pepin Road in Brownington. She was expected to travel through Orleans to Loop Road in Troy, but never arrived and has not been in contact with her family.

Richardson was last seen wearing a black and white dress and driving a maroon 2008 Hyundai Accent sedan with Vermont registration KVW103.

Anyone with information on Richardson’s whereabouts is asked to call the Vermont State Police Derby barracks at 802-334-8881.

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Here are the details from the Vermont-New Hampshire All-Star Hockey Classic!

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1 day ago

June 29, 2026

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Here are the details from the Vermont-New Hampshire All-Star Hockey Classic!

Check out the details from the Vermont/New Hampshire All-Star Hockey Classic at the University of Vermont on Saturday, June 27.

Women’s game: Vermont 2 and New Hampshire 1 in overtime.

Vermont stats

Goalies: Addie Croteau of U32 had 8 saves, and Dahlia Steele of BFA-St. Albans had 5 saves

Goals: Lilliana Fournier of Missisquoi Valley Union scored in the third period at 1:03, unassisted. Just 14 seconds into overtime (3v3), Zoe Zanleoni (Hartford) scored, assisted by Morgan Rivard (Kingdom Blades)

Sportsmanship award: Leah Miller (Essex)

MVP: Zoe Zanleoni (Hartford)

New Hampshire

Goalie saves: Andy Lindquist 30 saves

Goal: Meagan Rinko scored in the first period, at 14:50, unassisted with a power play goal

Sportsmanship: Sara Forman

MVP: Andy Linquist (Lebanon High School)

Men’s Game NH 1 VT 0

Vermont

Goalies: Thomas Barnes (CVU) 9 saves, and Ethan Fortin (Spaulding) 12 saves

Sportsmanship: Ethan Fortin (Spaulding)

MVP: Jack Kelly