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 […]