HuntingRulebook

Vermont · Deer · 2026

This is every Vermont deer season and the day it opens, the whole state at once. A pin turns it into a day-by-day calendar for one wildlife management unit, with your own tags marked against it.

Vermont 2026 season

In the order they open

  • Sep 15–30Expanded ArcheryWMU A — all of Grand Isle CountyPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your wildlife management unit.
  • Sep 15–30Expanded ArcheryThe seven town-based zonesPrinted in 2 columns — check which covers your wildlife management unit.
  • Oct 1 – Dec 15ArcheryStatewide
  • Oct 29 – Nov 1October MuzzleloaderStatewide, on permit
  • Nov 7–8Youth and Novice WeekendStatewide
  • Nov 14–29Regular SeasonStatewide
  • Nov 30 – Dec 13December MuzzleloaderStatewide

Transcribed from the published 2026 Vermont digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department digest.

Vermont deer seasons, 2026

Vermont’s 2026 deer seasons run September 15, 2026 to December 15, 2026, and what is open on a given day depends on the wildlife management unit your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the wildlife management unit off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for Vermont

  • Today in Vermont — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
  • Map in Vermont — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather in Vermont — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar in Vermont — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut in Vermont — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules in Vermont — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags in Vermont — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.

The other states

Every state — the app opens on whichever one your own pin falls in.