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Rifle season reaps big bucks

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copyright the Chronicle November 29, 2017   With time running out on the 2017 rifle season for deer, the harvest this year is expected to mirror last year’s results. During the 16-day rifle season of November 2016, hunters reported 7,753 deer. Preliminary repo... More »

Deer harvest up from last year

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copyright the Chronicle November 30, 2016 by Paul Lefebvre The head deer biologist for the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife speculated Tuesday that the harvest from the 2016 rifle season may be up by as much as 15 percent from the 2015 season. In an int... More »

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Dions plead innocent to deer poaching charges

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copyright the Chronicle January 14, 2015 by Joseph Gresser NEWPORT — State game wardens staking out the Irasburg home of Wayne R. Dion, 66, and Jennie A. Dion, 61, say they heard a gunshot during the night before hunting season opened. They say their investiga... More »

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Dions accused of elaborate poaching scheme

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copyright the Chronicle November 26, 2014 by Tena Starr An Irasburg couple will be brought to court next month for allegedly running an elaborate deer poaching operation that included baiting and spotlights in their well concealed backyard and a gun portal in ... More »

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Rifle season for white-tailed deer opens November 16

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by Paul Lefebvre copyright the Chronicle 11-13-2013 Why do deer hunters enjoy less success in the Northeast Kingdom than they do elsewhere? The 2013 deer rifle season opens Saturday, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife is projecting a harvest similar to 20... More »

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Hunters skeptical of state deer count

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by Paul Lefebvre LYNDON — A deer hearing at Lyndon State College last week may have been lightly attended, but it still attracted hunters willing to cross knives with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. “I think the deer herd has plummeted since the departmen... More »