Nick Smith knows Vermont turkeys. The Groton resident is the son of a taxidermist, and he’s been a devout turkey hunter all his life. Smith, a professional forester, also contracts regularly with the ...

My inaugural turkey-hunting foray began promisingly on October 27 with a tailgate brunch in the Windsor park and ride off Interstate 91. Hartland hunter Brett Ladeau had cooked a spread of wild turkey ...

When Jeff Wallis lost his wife, Nancy Rucker-Wallis, unexpectedly in 2020, he and his son, Hunter, wanted to do something to keep her memory alive. They had a vision. The father and son are avid ...

The restoration of wild turkeys in Vermont is one of the Fish and Wildlife Department’s most notable wildlife restoration efforts. It began on Feb. 28, 1969, when wild ...