Summary of Vermont Deer Baiting Regulations
It is illegal to hunt or take any wild animal by using bait during any deer hunting season, except that trappers may use bait in taking furbearers.
Detailed Regulations
It is illegal to hunt or take any wild animal by using bait during any deer hunting season, except that trappers may use bait in taking furbearers.
Bait is defined as any animal, vegetable, fruit or mineral matter placed with the intention of attracting wildlife.
Artificial scents and lures are legal, provided they are not designed to be consumed by eating or licking.
Deer lures containing any cervid urine, blood, gland oil, feces, or other bodily fluids, are illegal to use in Vermont.
It is illegal to take deer by using bait. The following four circumstances are not considered baiting:
- Incidental feeding of wildlife within active livestock operations;
- Standing crops planted and left standing as food plots for wildlife;
- Grain or other feed scattered or distributed solely as a result of normal agricultural, gardening, or soil stabilization, and logging practices; and
- Vegetation or food/seed naturally deposited.