V. Paul Reynolds on what can be learned from recent questionnaire.
deer hunting
Fewer meat cutters cause long line of deer to be processed
Local meat processors are trying to keep up with the demand as seasonal help dwindles during the pandemic
Early risers take aim at Maine’s Youth Hunting Day
NORWAY — Jake and his son Korbin Peaslee woke before daybreak Saturday to get ready for Korbin’s first day of hunting on Maine Youth Hunting Day. Korbin, 8, has been immersed in the sportsman lifestyle since he was born. Jake has been hunting in Maine since he was 10 years old, and introduced his son […]
Skowhegan girl gets 125-pound deer on Youth Hunting Day
Kaylee Blodgett, 15, is no novice, having been hunting since she was 10, and she has shot five deer and a moose during her lifetime.
Maine deer, turkey hunts getting started for fall
Two of Maine’s most popular fall hunting seasons are starting.
Search: Maine 2020 deer hunt lottery winners
The annual lottery awarded an all-time high number of permits this year.
Outdoors in Maine: Technology gets deer results out quicker
Since the beginning of scientific deer herd management in Maine, the data needed to make informed decisions was always slow in coming. The public and the biologists who manage deer were lucky to get November deer harvest figures by early spring. That has all changed this time around thanks to the Fish and Wildlife Department’s […]
Outdoors in Maine: Technology gets deer results out quicker
Since the beginning of scientific deer herd management in Maine, the data needed to make informed decisions was always slow in coming. The public and the biologists who manage deer were lucky to get November deer harvest figures by early spring. That has all changed this time around thanks to the Fish and Wildlife Department’s […]
Maine deer hunters had big year in 2017 amid herd's growth
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s wildlife officials say deer hunters in the state had their most successful season in the last 10 years in 2017, in part because of a growing deer herd. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife says hunters harvested 27,233 deer last year. That’s an increase of 15 percent from […]