With over 1.3 million acres of land in Vermont's "Northeast Kingdom" and over 90%, being unpopulated there is a great opportunity to bag the "Big One". With much of the land formerly owned by the paper companies, their logging operations over the years have created a great habitat for wildlife. Much of it now owned by a federal, state, and conservation organization, they all have a joint agreement to keep much of it open to current use. One can find Moose, Deer, Bear, Rabbit, Quail and other wildlife living were loggers once stripped the land bare (Clear Cutting).

Today, much of the forest has re-grown, many of the logging roads are still in place and the land is open to the public except where posted.

The Northeast Kingdom in Vermont is not heavily hunted like it once was, due to the cost of travailing this far north and the hunters having no place to stay over the years, the crowds of hunters have dwindled.

Never less, times have been making a change on the Island Pond area and the Northeast Kingdom in general. New motels have been built, hotels have reopened, and many residents have changed their homes into Bed and Breakfast'. Rates are low and the hospitality is nice.

So if your looking to "Bag the big one" or just enjoy a nice hunt without being shoulder to shoulder with other hunters, Island Pond and Northeast Kingdom in Vermont is the place to be.