By this point in the hunting season, Dennis Beaulier has typically registered around 100 deer at his Ashland general store. This year, he may not even hit 50 for the entire season. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – State wildlife officials have encountered scant resistance from hunters to a proposal to slash the number of antlerless deer permits in order to help fragile whitetail populations rebound after one of the worst winters in generations. But hunters are urging the Maine… Read More
GREENVILLE – It took a quick mathematical calculation and one shot for Casey Alexander to fell a 135-pound bear on Friday afternoon. The 12-year-old, who was accompanied on her hunting excursion by her dad, Greenville Police Chief Duane Alexander, was thrilled with the entire experience. Read More
PORTLAND – Maine’s 2005 deer season, hailed as one of the safest ever, ended at 4:28 p.m. Saturday, a half-hour after sunset. According to early estimates, more than 200,000 hunters participated in the four-week firearms season and officials predicted at the outset that the deer… Read More
AUGUSTA – Maine’s moose hunt, which has been limited to the northern two-thirds of the state since it was revived in the early 1980s, will expand into southern counties if a state game department proposal goes through. Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Roland “Danny” Martin… Read More
AUGUSTA – Hunters in the industrial forests north of Greenville will gain an additional week of moose hunting next fall, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory Council voted Thursday. A handful of local lodge owners had complained that a second week of hunting… Read More
DANFORTH – The Maine Warden Service and Maine State Police continue to investigate a hunting-related fatality involving a 15-year-old boy that took place just before 8 a.m. Monday in Danforth. Warden Jeremy Kemp said the departments are not releasing names or details. He said there… Read More
Glance out your window today at 4:32 p.m. Would you feel comfortable walking through the woods knowing that someone is training a loaded gun at deer in the day’s dying light? googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
Armies of flannel-clad bear hunters will take to the polls next week, belligerent at the thought that voters hundreds of miles away could interfere with their way of life. And if surveys are correct, women statewide, perhaps drawn to the ballot box by advertisements that depict a snared… Read More
Maine voters are hearing a lot these days from bear baiters, “houndsmen” and various other characters we rarely see in public debates. They’re all worked up about Question 2, the anti-cruelty measure on the state ballot next week. Much like the baits these people use to lure bears,… Read More
PRESQUE ISLE – The following are the 2,895 permit winners who have been selected at random by computer to hunt for moose in the 24th annual hunt beginning in September. The list of permit winners includes the name, town of legal residence, which of the… Read More
BREWER – Members of the Maine chapter of The Wildlife Society, a group composed primarily of professional scientists, voted Thursday to oppose the bear referendum this fall. Echoing similar arguments made by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Audubon Society, the group… Read More
DANFORTH – What stands 3 feet tall with a sturdy body covered in iridescent green-black feathers; a mottled red and blue head, topped with a knobby, hairy horn; and a long, striped beard? The answer – a wild turkey – seems to have more in… Read More
Maine Audubon has announced that it will not take sides in the November referendum vote on whether to ban bear baiting, trapping and hunting with dogs. According to a press release issued Monday afternoon, Audubon biologists have reviewed scientific data about Maine’s bear hunt and… Read More
AUGUSTA – Ten cardboard boxes containing petitions with the signatures of more than 100,000 Mainers who support a referendum to ban bear baiting, trapping and hunting with dogs were turned over to the Secretary of State’s Office with fanfare Wednesday morning. “This time, it will… Read More
Deer kill numbers were expected to be down from last year, but as the firearms hunting season came to an end Saturday, the figures were looking even lower than anticipated. “We expected deer numbers to be down from last year, which was one of the… Read More
For the first time in decades, all the freezers on Swans Island are full of venison, and almost everyone is sporting hunter orange. The islanders, and their neighbors on Cranberry Isles and Frenchboro, are in the throes of a fall hunting season that their parents… Read More
Many hunters’ worst fear has been realized: The Humane Society of the United States is coming to Maine to wage battle. Early this week, representatives of HSUS and Maine Friends of Animals held public meetings in Bangor and Falmouth to launch their campaign for a… Read More
WINTERPORT – The sun hadn’t even considered rising, and Angela Patterson, 11, was raring to go. She cradled her late grandfather’s well-polished hunting rifle, and wore a hunter-orange knit cap crammed down over her braids. “Part of coming early is just to enjoy the sunrise,… Read More
ASHLAND – In his 24 years as a guide, Dan LaPointe has figured out the answers to plenty of questions. The Masardis man, who operates Beech-Nut Camps, knows how to put his sports onto game. He has figured out good places to hunt and the… Read More
LOTTERY WINNERS AUGUSTA – Results of the any-deer permit drawing as conducted by the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Thursday. Permits are issued on the last two digits of your hunting license number: googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var… Read More
Part two of two Visit a ranch in Texas, the billion-dollar heart of the controversial hunting preserve industry, and chances are you’ll find magnificent red stags that originated in Aroostook County. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = [];… Read More
Part one of two The 7-foot-high gates of Hillside Game Ranch clang shut, and Scott Beede fumbles with a rusty latch. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i… Read More
AUGUSTA – Hunters in far northern and eastern Maine will have two weeks in which to get their moose again this fall. On Thursday, members of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Advisory Commission unanimously supported continuing a two-week split season, which was adopted… Read More