At deer camp, when we are not out in the woods hunting deer, we are often inside the camp talking about deer hunting. One of the topics this time around at deer camp was the increasing visibility of youthful deer hunters, in this publication and in other daily and weekly newspapers. It used to be […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Blood Trackers track down wounded deer
Most deer hunters will sooner or later in their hunting careers wound a deer and not recover it. It happens. The causes differ. A rushed shot. Buck fever. A gun with an inadequate caliber. A bullet’s impact or trajectory compromised by a tree limb. Often, particularly with inexperienced hunters, shots at a deer are taken […]
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Outdoors in Maine: ‘Deer Diaries’ well worth the read
What would you say is one of the traits you most admire or appreciate in your fellow man? For me, this is an easy question. A person who truly, genuinely does not take himself too seriously, a person who can laugh at himself and his own foibles or shortcomings is as rare as he is […]
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Maine releases names of deer permit holders for 2015
The lottery drawing for the state’s 28,770 “any deer” permits took place Wednesday. The state cut the number of permits down from 37,185 permits last year. The state uses the “any deer” permits to manage the deer population by controlling the harvest of females. Youth Deer Hunting Day is on Oct. 24. The main firearms […]
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Maine deer lottery closing Monday
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 […]