  Many authors have predicted very-high-energy (VHE; E > 100 GeV) emission from
gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) both during the prompt phase and during the
multi-component afterglow. To date, however, there has been no definitive
detection of such emission. Recently, the Swift Satellite made the exciting
discovery that almost 50% of GRBs are accompanied by one or more X-ray flares,
which are found to occur from several seconds to many hours after the prompt
emission. The discovery of this phenomenon and the many predictions that VHE
emission should accompany these flares increases the already strong motivation
for making immediate follow-up VHE observations of GRBs. Observations of GRBs
have high priority at VERITAS, preempting any observations that may be in
progress. GRB alerts are received from the GCN via a socket connection. This is
interfaced to the VERITAS Tracking Software to minimize the time between a
notification arriving and the telescope being slewed to the GRB. We report here
on GRB observations with VERITAS and with the Whipple Telescope from 2005
through 2007.
