The northern New England states are home to thousands of moose, but the herd has dwindled in the last decade, in part because of the winter ticks. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP) More hunters could be out in ...

MONTPELIER —The winners of Vermont’s 2023 moose hunting permits were determined Wednesday, July 19, at a lottery drawing at the Fish and Wildlife office in Montpelier. The drawings were part of a ...

Joey Davis spends much of his time in the woods of the Northeast Kingdom. He guides moose hunts, and in the spring he combs the woods for antlers that moose have naturally shed. But he often finds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of hundreds of fat winter ticks on a moose Winter ticks are killing moose across New England in alarming numbers, ...

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board voted on April 9 to have 80 either-sex moose hunting permits and 100 antlerless moose hunting permits available this year for a hunt limited to Vermont ...

A three-year study conducted by Fish & Wildlife, beginning in 2017, found that chronic high tick counts on moose are causing the species’ general health “to be very poor.” Donna Hill, right, of ...

According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, there are about 40,000 to 60,000 moose in the state. That number is down from 25 years ago, when the population was at its peak, ...