Regional Wildlife Biologist
The third week of deer season ended with torrential rain and low registration numbers, while the fourth week ended with snow and freezing rain. The regular firearm season is over with one additional week of muzzleloader season in the north and two weeks in the south. This year is indicating a similar trend in good numbers of deer registered throughout organized towns along the Route 1 corridor in the County.
Grouse season is still open through the month of December, so don’t put the gun away yet. I noted large numbers of red squirrels around this year and the office is getting numerous calls concerning damage and ways to alleviate the problems.
Due to last year’s tremendous cone year offering an abundance of food, the number of offspring is at a high. This causes problems for homeowners and those individuals feeding birds.
