Maine outdoor writer Steve Carpenteri, in a recent article in the Northwoods Sporting Journal, posed a number of questions related to the baiting of deer by hunters. He then answered those questions in an informative and useful way. While many states allow the hunting of deer over unnatural bait, including neighboring New Hampshire, Maine is […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Missing — The deer man
Make no mistake about it: When it comes to Maine’s most important wildlife game species, our whitetail deer are at the very top of the list. There are a number of reasons, not the least of which is the enormous impact that deer have on Maine’s overall economy, as well as the budget and income […]
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Outdoors in maine: Deer permits on the rise
For Maine deer hunters who plan ahead, the is the time of year to submit your applications for the annual drawing of any-deer (doe) permits. Statewide this year, the Department of Fish and Wildlife will issue about 66,000 any-deer permits. This is 20,000 more doe permits than were issued in 2016 — a 45 percent increase. […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Controlling coyotes saves deer
Jim Schmidt has been working with coyotes for more than 50 years. As a wildlife specialist for the USDA, he has been involved in coyote damage control throughout the country. He has hunted them, trapped them, snared them, chased them with hounds and chased them on horseback. He has also lived remotely with them for […]
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Car carrying Patriots’ Super Bowl trophy hits deer on I-95 in Fairfield
Maine State Trooper Tyler Maloon poses with the 2017 Lombardi Trophy on Friday evening. The trophy, won by the the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI in February, was being transported to an event in Bangor by a team employee when the vehicle struck a deer on I-95 in Fairfield. FAIRFIELD (AP) — The […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Young deer hunters need nurturing
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: Still deer hunting, after all these years
Back when America produced real leaders, one of them — Gen. Douglas MacArthur — said in one of his famous speeches that “old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” Maybe the same is true of old sportsmen. As a stalwart deer hunter from the Old School, I’m confronting a new social dynamic: most of my contemporary […]