Man cleared of hunting charge

A Vermont man has been cleared of a rare charge that he interfered with a hunter. Forty-two-year-old Mark Codling of Cabot was accused of intentionally interfering with 14-year-old Tyler Barnett, who was deer hunting on the opening day of rifle season last November. Prosecutors said Codling stood in Barnett's field of fire, yelling and firing shots to scare off deer and intimidate the teen. Barnett testified Codling asked why he wasn't hunting in Stanndard, then stood below Barnett for up to an hour.