Maine deer, turkey hunts getting started for fall

Two of Maine’s most popular fall hunting seasons are starting.

Maine bear hunters can start setting out bait soon

Maine’s fall hunting seasons are getting closer, and bear hunters in the state can start setting bait for bears in less than two weeks.

Virtual judging of the annual waterfowl stamp art contest

Bear hunting petition reignites 20-year-old debate over baiting

State biologists held a virtual public hearing Wednesday to take comments on a petition to have state regulators eliminate bear-baiting by 2029.

Maine’s socially distant turkey hunt ends for spring

Officials applied new safety precautions to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus

Not giving it up cold turkey: Bird hunters just winging it

The coronavirus pandemic has canceled dozens of spring traditions, but turkey hunting is going on largely unfettered.

Scouting for turkey going on in Maine amid social distancing

Maine hunters are scouting in advance of the spring turkey hunt as the state observes shelter-at-home rules.

Outdoors in Maine: Winning the moose lottery is just plain luck

Also, V. Paul Reynolds writes, the best part of a moose hunt is what happens in the frying pan long after the hunt is over.

Outdoors in Maine: When hunting, it’s important to know terrain well

Hunters get their wires crossed and fail to rendezvous with each other over map mixup.

Outdoors in Maine: Mike Deschaine has achieved the rare Super Ten designation

Dresden resident is one of those next-level hunters, V. Paul Reynolds writes.