Brent Olsen just wanted the moose to get off of his car, but he got a lot more. Olsen, of Westford, Vermont, woke up to find the moose with its front paws up on the hood of his car. Running out, he started shouting at it, which ended up not being a great idea. “A moose [...]
Vermont Hunting
Boone & Crockett Fires Scorers Over Controversial King Buck
The King Buck has drawn a lot of attention since it was tagged in 2006. The buck could have potentially been the largest typical buck in Boone & Crockett history, but a controversial scoring deemed it a non-typical. An impressive non-typical, but not a record. And now, some of the volunteers who score the trophies [...]
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High School Teacher Allows Deer Shooting During Class
Apparently, this is how not to do outdoor education. For letting a student bag a deer during class, a St. Albans, Vermont, high school teacher received a month long suspension. Steve Wunsch, a teacher at Northwest Tech, was holding class at a school-approved outdoors building trades job site when a deer was spotted. One of [...]
Bull Moose from New Hampshire
Moose season's in full swing in New Hampshire, and the state's Fish and Game Department just reported this bull, that dressed out at 590 pounds, being shot by Barb and Ed in Concord, N.H. this past week. It had a 30.5-inch spread. It's not an Alaska trophy, but any bull Moose in New England is [...]
Shocking Discovery: Pete the Moose has been Dead for Months
We've followed closely the story of Pete the Moose, a Vermont moose that was orphaned, kept by a farmer, pardoned by a governor and kept in captivity. Now, we bring you the startling conclusion to the story. Doug Nelson, who owns the park where Pete was being kept, neglected to notify state officials that Pete [...]
Vermont Hunting Trophies
They don't call Vermont the Green Mountain State for nothing! We have great hunting, and here are some of the successful hunts to prove it. Our moose hunts are some of the most unique experiences you'll have. You need to draw for the tag, so it's almost as hard to get the opportunity to hunt [...]
Pete The Moose Still Protected but Vermont Returns Wildlife to the People
Pete the Moose has become a folk hero for animal rights in Vermont. The young orphaned moose was rescued by a farmer who put Pete behind his fenced enclosure, along with some wild whitetails. Sounds nice, but taking wild animals and making them your personal property is illegal in Vermont. There has been a lot [...]
Federal Government Bans Lead Ammo for Crows, Nuisance Birds
Waterfowlers know the game all-to-well, and hunters in some areas of California know it too, and now the lead ammo ban has been extended to nuisance birds. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued a ban on all lead ammo used for crows, grackles, blackbirds, and other damage-causing birds. Steel shot is readily available, and [...]
Vermont Governor Will Pardon Pete the Moose To Keep Him Alive
There's an update in the Save Pete the Moose story. Vermont Governor, Peter Shumlin has said that he will pardon Pete the Moose in order to keep him alive. All this controversy over the penned moose stems from a piece of legislation that will most likely be reversed. The bill made Pete the Moose and [...]
Will Pete the Moose be Put to Death?
It was just last year that Pete was pardoned, but a new bill in the Vermont legislature may lead to the mighty moose's untimely demise. Pete, a wild moose, was rescued by the Father Time looking figure with a President Obama campaign pin affixed to his fedora, David Lawrence, after he found Pete with bite [...]
