• Vermont’s Annual Free Ice Fishing Day

    Saturday, January 25, 2025, is Vermont’s free ice fishing day - a day when anyone, resident or nonresident, may go fishing in Vermont without a fishing license.

  • FREE Ice Fishing Festival, Silver Lake State Park, Barnard

    Silver Lake State Park 20 State Park Beach Road, Barnard, VT, United States

    Are you new to fishing? Come to the FREE Ice Fishing Festival! Vermont Fish & Wildlife staff will be there to help everyone, young and old, learn how to enjoy this unique and popular type of fishing.   Fish & Wildlife staff and Let's Go Fishing volunteers will help new ice anglers learn the basics of […]

  • VT F&W Clinic: Intermediate Fly Tying

    Dewey Building Conference Room 1 National Life Drive, Montpelier, VT, United States

    Meeting on: Date Time Thursday, March 13, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm Thursday, March 20, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm Thursday, March 27, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm Thursday, April 3, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm The next step from the beginning fly-tying course. During the intermediate course participants will learn additional fly-tying techniques to enhance their skills. Participants […]

  • Deadline for Submitting Public Comment on 2025 Moose Permit Allocation

    The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has proposed issuing 180 moose hunting permits in Vermont’s Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) E in the northeastern corner of the state in a continued effort to reduce the impact of winter ticks on moose in that area.  No permits are recommended for the rest of the state.  This is […]

  • Vermont’s Free Fishing Day (no license required)

    MONTPELIER, Vt. –Vermont’s annual, statewide Summer Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 14 this year, and it will be highlighted by a free family fishing festival in Grand Isle as well as opening day of the state’s regular bass fishing season. “Vermont’s Free Fishing Day gives resident and nonresident anglers the opportunity to go fishing […]

  • Vermont Moose Hunt Application Deadline

    MONTPELIER -- The deadline to apply for a 2025 Vermont moose hunting permit is June 18.  Moose permit applications are available on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department’s website for the hunt limited to Vermont’s Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) E in the northeastern corner of the state. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board voted on […]

  • Application Deadline for Muzzleloader Antlerless Deer Hunting Permit

    We Can Process Your Application at R&L Archery MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Vermont’s muzzleloader season antlerless deer permit applications are now available at Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s website and from license agents.  All applications are made online. A link to the information and online applications is on the Fish and Wildlife home page.  The Fish and […]