Originally Posted by
Champlain Islander
Northern New England used to be pretty good but tags were hard to get in the lotteries. The winter tick problem is really dropping the numbers down in Vermont and they really cut back on the tags given out. IMO they will be closing the moose hunting in a year or two here in Vermont to try and get the numbers back.
Same thing in NH. My wife is from there and I put in for many years. The tags are so limited now I don't even bother and like VT I expect NH to close the season completely due to the tick issue.