Outdoors in Maine: Are punishments too steep for honest mistakes by honest hunters?

V. Paul Reynolds writes that it's tough to say how much honesty should be incentivized, but he wonders if Maine's fish and wildlife commissioners have too much power to render judgments.

Outdoors in Maine: Focus and silence are key fundamentals of bear hunting

Sitting still — completely still — is critical to tricking a bear into taking the bait from a tree stand, V. Paul Reynolds writes.

Veterans reboot together outdoors

Outdoors in Maine: Hunters are aging, and other things gleaned from deer hunter survey

V. Paul Reynolds on what can be learned from recent questionnaire.

Maine Guide celebrates four seasons of sporting adventures

Tom Roth's "A Sporting Year in Maine" is a month-by-month journey in the year of a Maine outdoorsman, who counts Sebago Lake as one of his favorite fishing spots.

Debate resurfaces on whether to allow Sunday hunting in Maine

Long a hot topic in Augusta, hunters hope they'll have more luck lifting the ban this year.

Massachusetts man wins Vermont lifetime hunting license

A Massachusetts man has won a lottery to hunt and fish in Vermont for free for the rest of his life

Maine deer season with record number of permits comes to a close

The final day of the 2020 deer hunt that allows hunters to use archery or muzzleloaders is Saturday.

Peru hunter gets grand slam — five years after daughter

Over a three-month period, Chris Cote shot a moose, bear, deer and wild turkey.

Petition to end bear baiting in Maine is rejected

An effort to phase out the use of bait when hunting bears was voted down by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory Council.