Deadline approaching for moose permit lottery
AUGUSTA – Paper applications for the 2010 Moose Permit Lottery are due by 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 1, at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in Augusta.
Paper applications must be postmarked or hand-delivered to department headquarters in Augusta by 5 p.m. The April 1 deadline for paper applications provides adequate time for department employees to process the paperwork before the lottery.
The April 1 deadline is for paper applications only. For the last few years, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has encouraged hunters to apply online for the lottery through its website, www.mefishwildlife.com. It’s an easy and convenient way to submit an application and the deadline for online applications is 11:59 p.m. on May 14.
The department no longer prints or mails paper applications for the moose lottery.
If an interested hunter is unable to apply using the online licensing system, the department suggests either printing out a paper application from the website, filling it out and mailing it with payment to the department; or picking up a paper application at the IF&W booth at the sportsmen show this weekend in Presque Isle.
A paper application also was printed in the February issues of the Maine Sportsman and Northwoods Sporting Journal.
This year, 3,140 permits will be allocated in the state’s 28 Wildlife Management Districts (WMDs). Season dates are: September 27-October 2: WMDs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 19; Oct. 11-16: WMDs 1-14, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28; Nov. 1-6: WMDs 2, 3, 6, 11; and Nov. 1-27: WMDs 15, 16, 23, 26.
