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Fewer than 100 years ago, the state's wild flocks had all but been exterminated, and until the 1960s turkeys could be found in only a relative handful of counties.

Vermont will be issuing 20 percent fewer moose hunting permits for the regular season this fall, based on estimated population densities and moose management goals.

Some Mainers can now get licenses for fishing, hunting, trapping or archery that last a lifetime instead of having to renew them every year.

“It's fun to do, and it's challenging,” says Jody Greene. “It's something I can do with my family and friends, and it's pretty exciting out there at night.”

The proposal also eliminates the fee to receive pheasant, furbearer, and habitat or migratory fowl stamps for hunters.

The winter mortality rate among the state's approximately 200,000 deer was 12 percent, compared with 8 percent last winter and 10 percent for an average winter.

The National Park Service says government sharpshooters killed 156 white-tailed deer in the fifth year of a herd-reduction program at Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont.