PORTLAND — Maine’s season for hunting deer with muzzleloaders is entering its restricted phase. Saturday is the final day that it’s legal to hunt deer with muzzleloaders in all of the state’s 29 wildlife management districts. There is no deer hunting with muzzleloaders on Sunday. Hunting resumes on Monday and is restricted to 14 of […]
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Outdoors in Maine: The aftermath of the bear hunting referendum
Well, we can heave a sigh of relief. Maine bear hunting, as we know it, survived Round Two of another well-funded and well-organized assault from the antihunting factions of this country. Who is “we”? Bear guides and outfitters? Yes, they make up part of the “we.” But there is more to it. Much more. Although […]
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Outdoors in Maine: Dealing with wounded deer
Most deer hunters will sooner or later in their hunting careers wound a deer and not recover it. It happens. The causes differ. A rushed shot. Buck fever. A gun with an inadequate caliber. A bullet’s impact or trajectory compromised by a tree limb. Often, particularly with inexperienced hunters, shots at a deer are taken […]
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Yes on 1 spokesman charged with shooting a weapon from a vehicle while hunting grouse
A Maine hunter featured on Yes on 1 ads in support of the bear referendum has been accused of using non-fair chase tactics while hunting ruffed grouse. Joel Gibbs, 56, of Lowell, was charged with shooting a firearm from a motor vehicle on Oct. 17 in Masardis, a small town in Aroostook County, after game […]
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René Tatro: Fair chase hunting rebounded in Oregon
I am a lifelong hunter of French Canadian descent. I strongly support Question 1 to end the baiting, hounding and trapping of Maine’s bears. Here is why: At least since President Theodore Roosevelt vastly expanded the national forest system and a range of other public lands for use by the masses, hunters have recognized their […]
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L. Lyons: Baiting isn’t hunting
The definition of hunting is: To chase or search for, to scour in pursuit of game. The definition of baiting is: To entice by deception or trickery as to entrap or destroy; to set dogs upon an animal for sport. Placing a bunch of stale Twinkies and doughnuts in the woods in order to shoot […]
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G. Savard: Isn’t a turkey shoot
The pending closure of the Verso Mill in Bucksport is devastating news for that area’s economy, given the loss of some 550 jobs. Yet on Tuesday, Nov. 4, Mainers will have a chance to eliminate some 900 jobs and an industry which contributes roughly $60 million to Maine’s economy by voting “Yes” on Question 1, […]
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Maine’s fall turkey season begins Thursday
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s autumn wild turkey season is underway. The fall turkey season begins Thursday and runs until Halloween. Hunting is legal with a bow and arrow or shotgun and possession of valid permits. There is a two turkey bag limit in ten wildlife management districts in central and southern Maine. Eight other districts […]
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Maine’s archery deer hunt begins this week
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s season for hunting deer with bows and arrows is set to begin this week. The archery season begins on Thursday and runs until Halloween. Hunters are allowed to harvest bucks throughout the state during the season. Hunters may only take antlerless deer in parts of the state that recognize “any deer” […]
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Fall wild turkey season begins next week
PORTLAND — Fall wild turkey hunting season is set to begin in less than a week. The fall season begins Oct. 2 and lasts until Halloween. There will be a two turkey limit in ten wildlife management districts in central and southern Maine. Hunters In eight other districts in central and southern Maine will be […]