What would you say is one of the traits you most admire or appreciate in your fellow man? For me, this is an easy question. A person who truly, genuinely does not take himself too seriously, a person who can laugh at himself and his own foibles or shortcomings is as rare as he is […]
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Keeping an eye on Maine’s deer population in winter
One of the more important jobs performed by Maine’s deer research leader, Kyle Ravanna, in concert with state regional wildlife biologists, is the annual estimate of winter deer losses. Deer mortality may take place at the wintering deer yards and elsewhere in early spring as undernourished whitetails disburse in search of new forage. If the […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn
Farmington teen OK after car strikes pole in New Vineyard
NEW VINEYARD — A Farmington teenager swerved his car to avoid a deer on Route 27 on Thursday night and struck a utility pole, according to police. Logan Hader, 17, was driving a 2002 Subaru Forester south at 9:15 p.m. when a deer ran out in front of him and he swerved to miss it, […]
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser, Maine
Maine taking applications for fall antlerless deer hunt
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is now accepting applications for the state’s antlerless deer hunting permit lottery. Online applications for the upcoming deer hunting season are due by 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 17. Paper applications are due in person or by mail by 5 p.m. on July 27. The lottery […]
Posted inFranklin
Reward increased to $3,500 for information on female deer poaching
LIVERMORE — Operation Game Thief has increased the reward to $3,500 for anyone who can provide information that leads to the conviction of those responsible for killing four does in Chesterville, Leeds, Livermore and Livermore Falls. The does were fatally shot and left to waste in open fields, wardens said. Thanks to the generosity of […]
Posted inFranklin
Three more deer found fatally shot, left to waste
LIVERMORE FALLS — Three more does have been found fatally shot and left to waste in open fields in three towns, Game Warden Dave Chabot said Tuesday. He and Warden Kris MacCabe need the public’s help to put a stop to this senseless killing and find the person or persons responsible for it, he said. […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Amendment may not be ‘silver bullet,’ but it would be well worth it
The stark fact that the Humane Society of the United States has announced its intentions to make another run at banning bear hunting in Maine, as early as next year, ought to be triggering alarm bells, not just in rural Maine and urban Maine, but in the legislative halls in Augusta. Earlier this month, two […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Roxbury resident feeds deer through winter
ROXBURY — Michael Worthley stood on his backyard deck late Thursday afternoon, scanning the treeline behind an open expanse of snow. He was looking for the herd of deer that he feeds with Producer’s Pride All-Stock Sweet Animal Feed. “It’s like a treat to them,” he said. “But they’re still eating buds on trees and […]