This story, “Luck of the Willeys,” appeared in the December 1967 issue of Outdoor Life. Dawn of November 12, 1966, opening day of the Vermont deer season, found me hiking up the wooded side of Bigelow ...

THE CHILL REACHED into the shadows at Boot Lake Portage as the November sun slid down into the dark firs and aspens. My wife Lil flexed her stiffening hands, crushed out her cigarette on the hard sand ...

On Nov. 23 at 11 a.m., Mike Waters of East End left me a voice message that I could barely decipher. Waters was barely intelligible because he was hyperventilating over a big buck down. Waters didn't ...

Vermont's regular deer hunting season begins Nov. 15 and ends Nov. 30. Hunters can take one legal buck during the season if they didn't take one during the archery deer season, the state says. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A buck watches its backtrail. The ultimate accomplishment for a North Woods deer hunter is snow tracking a mature buck and ...

Vermont has a group of certified, volunteer dog handlers who help hunters find wounded game. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board recently loosened limits to include more animals and let trackers ...