The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department Podcast

"I think that hunting has a real possibility to build bridges. Between urban and rural, between conservative and liberal, between all sorts of different places. If you have a Venn diagram of interests, there are a lot of ways that hunting and being in nature could create the common space for people who are coming to things from different perspectives." - Dawn, adult onset hunter Jo

"You can tell when the wood frogs have finally made it to the water because they're clacking away, doing their breeding song. Then you have the spring peeper choruses, and sometimes that's deafening. If you get really close to a spring peeper scene at night, it's so loud it actually hurts." Join Vermont Fish & Wildlife for a special Night Episode. We will discuss activities you and

"As someone who doesn't own a ton of land or a fancy boat, this is a really important way for me to connect with fishing, and aquatic resources. And my kid." Ali Thomas, VTFW Education Programs Coordinator Check out these helpful resources!! --Buy your VT Fishing License --Fishing Basics --Common Lures and Rigs --Fishing Chittenden County --VT Fishing Regulations --VT Fishi

"Coyotes love to visit these beaver dams. They'll often walk over to the top and smell it. In fact, you can smell it! If you get down and smell, you can actually smell the sweet scent of the beaver, coming out of that house..." -- Paul Noel Learn more about Vermont Critters Instagram: @VTfishandwildlife Twitter: @VTfishwildlife Facebook: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Music by Burlingto

"There’s just a mountain of stuff to keep you from (learning to hunt), but it’s so worth it if you can push yourself and find someone that’s going to invest their time in you..." - Matt Lacey.

Megan and Lindsay recap their first season of turkey hunting in front of a boisterous crowd. "We wound up driving around, asking random people at gas stations like 'Hey we're trying to hunt turkeys!' And people were so supportive and so enthusiastic, and being like, 'Oh! Just keep going down the road, like 6 maybe 7 more miles, and then maybe on the left there's a sign, but don't a

Two game wardens talk about their experience with search and rescue in Vermont. "Usually when a person becomes a search and rescue situation, they thought they were prepared. They underestimated the situation where they were at, or circumstances changed on them and they didn't plan for it-- or couldn't have planned for it." -- Vermont Game Warden / K9 Spec. Robert Sterling. Web

A visit to one of two summer camps run by the F&W dept. "When I first came here I wasn't into hunting really. I was kinda into fishing. I kinda liked hiking. But my mom and cousins went here and they all loved it, so they had me go. And when I got here I was pretty excited because I found out that it was not all about hunting and killing animals. It was really just about being in t