Tom Roth’s “A Sporting Year in Maine” is a month-by-month journey in the year of a Maine outdoorsman, who counts Sebago Lake as one of his favorite fishing spots.
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Debate resurfaces on whether to allow Sunday hunting in Maine
Long a hot topic in Augusta, hunters hope they’ll have more luck lifting the ban this year.
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Massachusetts man wins Vermont lifetime hunting license
A Massachusetts man has won a lottery to hunt and fish in Vermont for free for the rest of his life
Posted inMaine, Outdoors
Maine deer season with record number of permits comes to a close
The final day of the 2020 deer hunt that allows hunters to use archery or muzzleloaders is Saturday.
Posted inNews, River Valley
Peru hunter gets grand slam — five years after daughter
Over a three-month period, Chris Cote shot a moose, bear, deer and wild turkey.
Posted inMaine, News, Outdoors, Sports
Petition to end bear baiting in Maine is rejected
An effort to phase out the use of bait when hunting bears was voted down by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory Council.
Posted inLocal Sports, Maine
Maine deer, turkey hunts getting started for fall
Two of Maine’s most popular fall hunting seasons are starting.
Posted inMaine
Maine bear hunters can start setting out bait soon
Maine’s fall hunting seasons are getting closer, and bear hunters in the state can start setting bait for bears in less than two weeks.
Posted inEncore
Virtual judging of the annual waterfowl stamp art contest
AUGUSTA — Each year judging of the waterfowl stamp art contest is held at the Maine Sportsman Show, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show was not held this year. The judging will take place virtually at 4 p.m. Friday, July 17. Artists submitted an original painting of a designated species of waterfowl to […]
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Bear hunting petition reignites 20-year-old debate over baiting
State biologists held a virtual public hearing Wednesday to take comments on a petition to have state regulators eliminate bear-baiting by 2029.