The Guilford Conservation Commission has been researching questions we’ve had about hiking and hunting on private land. We’ve gathered information from Vermont Fish & Wildlife on land access, landowner liability, and options for posting land into one document, posted below. We encourage you to read it.
Our biggest takeaway from our research is:
All private land in Vermont is open to hikers and hunters unless that land is posted. (The only exception is that landowner permission is required for youth and novice turkey and deer hunting weekends.) While landowner permission is not required for hikers and hunters on private lands, they should still ask the permission of the landowner. Those who treat the land and landowner with respect usually find that landowners are happy to grant permission.
Click Here for a Direct Link to the PDF