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Thetford Selectboard should ban rapid-fire shooting at Fish & Game Club

by William Craig August 2, 2026August 2, 2026

The Thetford Selectboard should prohibit rapid-fire shooting at the Fish & Game Club in town to preserve traditional hunting culture.

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Successful hunt

by Staff Report November 13, 2024

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Annual moose hunt aims to help stabilize population

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterOctober 30, 2023

Photos: Building a budding bird dog

by Staff Report October 25, 2023

Date change for Vermont youth weekend reduces deer yield

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterOctober 20, 2023

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Vermont hosting hearings on proposed trapping regulations

by Frances Mize Valley News Staff WriterMay 17, 2023

Katy Gieder, biometrician and research manager with Vermont Fish and Wildlife, center, talks with Tunbridge residents from left, Bruce Mullen, David Russell, and Mark Chambers, while waiting for deer to be checked in at Tunbridge Firearms in Tunbridge, Vt., on youth and novice weekend Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. It was a slow day with no deer checked in by 5 p.m., which Gieder attributed to the warm weather, which keeps them from moving around, and because of competition from other nearby check in stations. The store is one of 19 biological big game reporting stations in the state where data and samples are collected for studies on population, herd health, tick species, genetics and herd dispersal, and COVID 19. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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A slow day for weighing

by Staff Report October 25, 2022

Sgt. Heidi Murphy of New Hampshire Fish and Game, left, returns a hunting license to Kurt Elsaesser, of Old Bridge, N.J., after checking for his pheasant stamp at the Mascoma River Wildlife Management Area in Canaan, N.H., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. "It's great that the state does this for us hunters - it gives us recreation," said Elsaesser. "Whatever I shoot I'm going to eat," he said. "I don't waste anything - that's not right." (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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A pheasant experience

by Staff Report October 17, 2022

After a morning hunting in the woods of Norwich, Vt., with no luck, Lebanon residents, from left, Mose Sanville, Foster Moodie, Chris Childs, and Andy Campbell, gathered at a Beaver Meadow Road pull off on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. Each of the four have already taken deer in New Hampshire. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Late season

by Staff Report December 3, 2021

New Hampshire Fish and Game wildlife biologist Henry Jones, center, weighs a buck while conservation officer Eric Brown watches on the first day of New Hampshire’s rifle season at Meriden Deli Mart in Meriden, N.H., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Jones and other biologists are stationed throughout the state on the busiest days of hunting season collecting biological data and blood samples, which will be tested for Jamestown Canyon virus and COVID-19. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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The buck stops here as NH’s rifle season opens

by Staff Report November 11, 2021