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Vermont · Deer · 2026

Deer tags

Vermont · 2026

Tags held

0

resident prices

Spend

$0

at the printed fee schedule

Seasons covered

drop a pin first

Bucks taken

0 of 1

Four deer a year, only one of which may be a legal buck. Two exceptions. A youth or novice hunter may take two bucks, provided one comes on the youth or novice weekend — still inside the four. And any hunter may take one more buck, still inside the four, if they hold a purchased second buck tag, have already taken and reported an antlerless deer this year, and their first buck carried at least three points on one antler; the three conditions may be met in any order. Only one buck may be taken per season regardless. Guide, printed p. 1.

You

What you pay, and in several states what you are even offered.

Residency

Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department prices residents and non-residents differently, and sells some tags to only one of them.

Licences

Without one of these there is no legal way to hunt deer here.

Tags and permits

Good anywhere in the state.

Tags for a unit

Drop a pin first — these are sold per wildlife management unit, and the app will not guess which one you meant.

Nothing to tick here yet.

Nothing in your wallet yet

Tick what you hold and the calendar starts answering for you rather than for everybody. Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department sells them at the link below.
Buy licences and tags at Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department

Prices are what the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department printed for 2026, and are here to help you recognise a tag rather than to sell you one.

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.