Was wondering what the regs on shooting coyotes at night with a light are in Vermont. The Hunting Regulations Handbook has little or no guidance on the subject of Coyote hunting

GMR

Moved from vt a few years back...i believe that is a no. We always hunted by the moon for that reason. Where ya located in vt?

Im in the Champlain Valley. Just north of Burlington. Where did you hail from before the move

Eastern on the CT y river....Newbury. Good luck up there.

This is all I see in the book:

Lights/Laser Sights

It is illegal to intentionally throw or cast the rays of a spotlight, jack, or other artificial light on any highway, or any field, woodland, or forest, in order to spot, locate, take, or attempt to spot, locate or take any wild animal.

A light may be used to illuminate and shoot a raccoon once treed by a dog, or dogs, during the raccoon hunting season. A light may also be used to illuminate a raccoon once treed by a dog, or dogs, during the training season.

Laser sights are illegal for hunting.

Seen that too. Kinda vague on the use of night optics.

I would say that is a big "NO" on any artificial light system, be it flashlighs or lighted reticle, night scopes etc. might have to call a warden to find out for sure but that's my guess. My state is the same way and has a similar set of regs. natural light only.