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Outdoors in Maine: No easy solution for speed-related snowmobiling deaths

by V. Paul Reynolds April 18, 2020April 20, 2020

Eleven people have died this winter somewhere on Maine’s 14,000 miles of trails. In almost all the crashes, the operator lost control at a high rate of speed and hit a tree.

Sports

Outdoors in Maine: Hunters should have a good shot at wild turkey

by V. Paul Reynolds, Outdoors Columnist April 11, 2020April 13, 2020

State bird biologist estimates about 65,000 turkeys, of which about half are longbeards, are roaming the Maine woods thanks in part to a mild winter.

Sports

Outdoors in Maine: Catching on to fishing regulations still a challenge

by V. Paul Reynolds April 4, 2020April 5, 2020

The not-so-good news is that fishing regulations have not really been simplified, official assertions to the contrary.

Local Sports

Outdoors in Maine: Fishing just the thing to take a bite out Covid-19

by V. Paul Reynolds March 28, 2020March 30, 2020

Dropping a line is one way to practice social distancing by a lake or stream, and the state has waived the need for a fishing license during the entire month of April.

Local Sports, Sports

Outdoors in Maine: SAM fighting for rights of state’s sportsmen

by V. Paul Reynolds March 21, 2020March 22, 2020

When it comes to the gun rights of state sportsmen, Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine has its nose to the wind and its collective ears to the ground.

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The take-away: Learning, camaraderie make BOW special

by Julie-Ann Baumer March 8, 2020March 9, 2020

Last summer, I signed up for a Maine hunter safety course. I passed it and promptly marched to the town office and bought my first Maine hunting license. A little late in life, sure, but I was motivated, in part, by this quote by hunter and conservationist Jim Posewitz: “The opportunity and privilege to hunt […]

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Outdoors in Maine: America’s sacred bird honored in life and in death

by V. Paul Reynolds March 7, 2020March 8, 2020

By law, all deceased eagles must be sent to the National Eagle Repository, where federal biologists prepare the eagle carcasses for shipping across the country to tribal members.