On Wednesday night, anglers and fisheries personnel gathered in Augusta for the first of two informational meetings that may help change the way people think about brook trout management in the northern section of Maine.
Maine’s deer hunters packed a lot of venison in their freezers this year, as the deer harvest reached its highest level since 2002.
Back in September, wildlife biologist Randy Cross shared some information about the new online game registration system being rolled out by his employer, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Over the past three years since he began deer hunting, Ethan Mitchell of Sherman has made a habit of getting together with his “hunting buddy,” grandfather Wally Mitchell.
With two sessions of moose hunted completed, hunters have been enjoying above-average success thus far, with 1,508 of 2005 permit holders — 75.4 percent — filling their tags according to preliminary data.
For more than 20 years, deer biologists across the Northeast have kept a wary eye to the west as chronic wasting disease was found in deer in several states.
Libby Gardner spent plenty of childhood hours in this neck of the woods, often riding atop the padded center console of her dad’s vehicle, keeping a keen eye peeled for the distinct outline of a ruffed grouse.
After record-breaking heat over the summer, and with the memory of a sun-drenched September moose season a year ago still fresh in biologists’ minds, it appears that this year’s moose hunt will begin with more traditional late-September conditions.
Spend a bit of time sharing a boat with a registered Maine guide, and you’re apt to learn all kinds of things about life, nature and other assorted topics. And the more familiar you become with that guide — after a few years of visiting the same lodge, for instance — the more likely it is that conversations will roam to subjects you never expected
Hundreds of river miles have passed under Earl Brechlin’s canoe since he and a group of relatives and friends began staging elaborate Maine camping trips some 31 years ago.
