Biologists believe that the winter tick took less of a toll on moose calves than in past years.
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Skowhegan’s moose calling contest set world record
With 1,054 people belting out their best call, last year’s Skowhegan festival set a new Guinness World Record mark.
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Outdoors in Maine: Officials issue emergency regulations to prevent CWD in deer
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIF&W) announced on Oct. 11 the issuance of emergency rules to protect Maine’s deer and moose populations. MDIF&W advised that a captive deer in neighboring Quebec was found to be infected with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). In other states, especially in the West, CWD has infected elk […]
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Maine takes steps to keep deadly deer disease out of state
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine wildlife regulators on Thursday enacted emergency rules to protect Maine’s moose and deer herds from a dangerous disease that has been discovered in neighboring Canada. Chronic wasting disease is an always fatal neurological disease and it has been found in Quebec, which has a long border with Maine. The disease could […]
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Man killed in car-moose collision in Medway
MEDWAY — A Winslow man was killed Friday night when the vehicle he was driving hit a moose on Interstate 95 in Medway. Donnie Wilcox, 54, struck the moose while traveling in the southbound lane, two miles south of the Medway exit, state police said in a statement. The impact of the crash threw the […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Getting a downed moose out his the hard part
The biggest eye-opener for most first-time moose hunters is after the animal is down. This is when the real work begins. As we all know, moose are large critters, very large, and getting a 1,000-pound carcass out of a tangled clear cut to the nearest accessible road can be a tall order. During the first […]
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Car-moose collisions on decline in Maine
Good news for moose: The overall population is up, but the number of car-moose collisions is trending down. In 2017, there were 287 car crashes in Maine involving a moose, according to new data from the Maine Department of Transportation. That’s less than half the 646 crashes 10 years earlier, in 2007, and down 32 […]
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Maggie the baby moose attracting visitors to Wildlife Park
GRAY — The celebrity moose calf is officially here to stay. Maine Wildlife Park Superintendent Curt Johnson said the 2-month-old female is “doing very, very well” after being sent to the 40-acre park off Route 26 in June. The moose melted hearts across the country in a viral video of her with the dog of […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Trying to get a handle on state's moose population
Maine’s newly released 10-year Big Game Management Plan clearly claims that, when it comes to managing our biggest and most popular big game animal, there is uncertainty. Moose ticks are the wild card. The 64 million dollar question is: How are moose ticks impacting our moose population? In 2010, about the time that wildlife biologist […]
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Viral baby moose at wildlife park in Gray
GRAY — The Maine Wildlife Park’s newest resident is already an internet celebrity. The 3-week-old female moose calf, who melted hearts across the country in a viral video of her with the dog of the family that found her in northern Maine, is now living at the 40-acre wildlife park off Route 26. Park Superintendent […]