AUGUSTA — Maine hunters are almost out of time to submit applications to participate in the state’s upcoming antlerless deer hunting permit lottery. Online applications for the upcoming season are due by 11:59 p.m. on Monday. The deadline to submit paper applications passed in July. The lottery is free and the drawing is set for […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Doe permits available
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is now accepting applications online for its annual September 9th drawing for any-deer hunting permits. The application deadline is midnight on August 17th. MDIF&W no longer mails applications, so hunters shopping for a doe permit need to be on their toes. To apply online go to: www.mefishwildlife.com. […]
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Maine considers cutting deer hunting permits after hard winter
AUGUSTA — Wildlife regulators in states where deer hunting is a way of life and an important tourism draw are implementing or considering deep cuts to hunting permits after a tough winter killed off many of the animals. Maine biologists are recommending a cut of 23 percent to the state’s deer hunting permits after a winter […]
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Tough winter to call for Maine wildlife biologists and any-deer permits
RUMFORD — It’s been a tough winter for people who don’t like snow and record cold temperatures. But the effect on deer is more difficult to determine because winter didn’t arrive in force until the Jan. 27 blizzard and won’t end until mid-April. Deer had a free ride in the first four to five weeks […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Early returns on the deer harvest
The November deer season has come and gone. Hard to believe. Those still waiting to fill the freezer have a week to two weeks to close the deal (depending upon which wildlife management area you choose to hunt). What kind of a deer season was it? The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIF&W) […]
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Hunters on opening day bring in the deer and the dollars
BETHEL — Despite rain and snow on the opening day of deer hunting for residents Saturday, several hunters got their deer in Western Maine. It was also a busy day for sales of sporting goods. Tagging stations from Rumford to Bethel, West Paris and Sabattus were busy during the morning before heavier rain began to […]
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Maine’s firearms for deer season opens Saturday for residents
Whether it rains or snows on Saturday, Kyle Ravana of Sangerville is going deer hunting. Rain, he said, keeps sounds and smells down, improving hunters’ chances, and snow makes tracking them easier. Saturday is opening day for Mainers hunting deer with firearms. The season starts Monday, Nov. 3, for nonresidents and continues through Saturday, Nov. […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Start thinking about those any-deer permits
It always pays to plan ahead even in deer hunting. It seems a long way off, and whether you are a bow hunter or a gun hunter, the frosty mornings will be here before you know it. Step one is to remind yourself that the deadline for submitting your application for the drawing of […]
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Maine to issue fewer deer hunting permits in wake of a harsh winter
PORTLAND — This year’s harsh winter culled Maine’s deer herd, which will reduce the number of hunting permits the state issues for the fall hunting season, state officials said Friday. The winter mortality rate among the state’s approximately 200,000 deer was 12 percent, compared with 8 percent last winter and 10 percent for an average […]
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Youth Deer Hunting Day starts slow in West Paris
WEST PARIS — While deer hunting early Saturday morning in the West Paris woods, Mitchell Mason told his older brother that he’d get his first deer later that day. Come 4 p.m., the 13-year-old West Paris native kept his word. He shot a 110-pound doe a mile or so behind Kevin Billings’ J&K Sporting Goods […]