Vermont Statutes
Chapter 113 - Game
§ 4701. Use of gun, bow and arrow, and crossbow; legal day; dogs

§ 4701. Use of gun, bow and arrow, and crossbow; legal day; dogs
(a) Unless otherwise provided by statute, a person shall not take game except with:
(1) a gun fired at arm’s length;
(2) a bow and arrow; or
(3) a crossbow as authorized by the rules of the Board.
(b) A person shall not take game between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise unless otherwise provided by statute or by the rules of the Board.
(c) A person may take game and fur-bearing animals during the open season therefor, with the aid of a dog, unless otherwise prohibited by statute or by the rules of the Board.
[Subsection (d) repealed effective July 1, 2024.]
(d) A person taking game with a gun may possess, carry, or use a gun suppressor in the act of taking game. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961; amended 1997, No. 99 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2013, No. 78, § 12; 2019, No. 50, § 11; 2021, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. July 1, 2022; 2021, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), §9, eff. July 1, 2024.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 10 - Conservation and Development

Chapter 113 - Game

§ 4701. Use of gun, bow and arrow, and crossbow; legal day; dogs

§ 4702. Use of light

§ 4703. Use of set guns; recovery for damage

§ 4704. Use of machine guns and autoloading rifles [Effective until July 1, 2024]

§ 4705. Shooting from motor vehicles or aircraft; shooting from or across highway; permit

§ 4706. Snaring animals

§ 4707. Traps; notice

§ 4708. Interference with hunting, fishing, or trapping

§ 4709. Transport, importation, possession, and stocking of wild animals; possession of wild boar or feral swine

§ 4710. Safety zone; shooting prohibited

§ 4712. Tracking of injured wildlife

§ 4713. Tree stands; ground blinds

§ 4714. Importation and possession of animals for hunting

§ 4715. Remote-control hunting

§ 4716. Coyote-hunting competitions; prohibition

§ 4742a. Youth deer hunting weekend

§ 4745. Taking big game out of season prohibited; time

§ 4747. Big game taken by illegal means

§ 4748. Dogs pursuing deer or moose

§ 4749. Injured deer, killing

§ 4751. Swimming deer

§ 4781. Big game; possession

§ 4782. Possession in cold storage of big game

§ 4783. Purchase and sale of big game

§ 4784. Transportation of big game

§ 4786. Game suppers

§ 4826. Taking deer damaging crops

§ 4827. Black bear doing damage

§ 4827a. Feeding bear; prohibition

§ 4828. Taking of rabbit or fur-bearing animals by landowner; selectboard; certificate; penalty

§ 4829. Person suffering damage by deer or black bear

§ 4830. Regulations

§ 4831. Reimbursement

§ 4832. Appeal

§ 4833. Coyote Control Program

§ 4861. Fur bearing animals; taking; possession

§ 4863. Trapping tags; fees

§ 4864. Transporting beaver skins; confiscation

§ 4902. Wild birds generally; no open season; exception

§ 4904. Use of light, snares, traps

§ 4905. Birds’ nests and eggs; destroying or robbing

§ 4907. Waterfowl blinds

§ 4908. Youth turkey hunting weekend

§ 4909. Connecticut River zone

§ 4910. Enforcement discretion

§ 4921. Definitions

§ 4922. Retrieval of covered wild animals

§ 4923. Use of covered wild animal

§ 4924. Exceptions

§ 4925. Disposal