Outdoors in Maine: Moose permits on the rise for 2020

The obvious question is: “How come?” If moose population surveys indicate that our state moose numbers are not what they used to be, why increase the fall hunting permits? 

Outdoors in Maine: Locking down the outdoors when it is needed most

The more troubled the times, the greater the attraction the outdoors holds.

Outdoors in Maine: No easy solution for speed-related snowmobiling deaths

Eleven people have died this winter somewhere on Maine’s 14,000 miles of trails. In almost all the crashes, the operator lost control at a high rate of speed and hit a tree. 

Outdoors in Maine: Hunters should have a good shot at wild turkey

State bird biologist estimates about 65,000 turkeys, of which about half are longbeards, are roaming the Maine woods thanks in part to a mild winter.

Outdoors in Maine: Catching on to fishing regulations still a challenge

The not-so-good news is that fishing regulations have not really been simplified, official assertions to the contrary.

Outdoors in Maine: Fishing just the thing to take a bite out Covid-19

Dropping a line is one way to practice social distancing by a lake or stream, and the state has waived the need for a fishing license during the entire month of April.

Outdoors in Maine: SAM fighting for rights of state’s sportsmen

When it comes to the gun rights of state sportsmen, Sportsman's Alliance of Maine has its nose to the wind and its collective ears to the ground.

The take-away: Learning, camaraderie make BOW special

Outdoors in Maine: America’s sacred bird honored in life and in death

By law, all deceased eagles must be sent to the National Eagle Repository, where federal biologists prepare the eagle carcasses for shipping across the country to tribal members.

Outdoors in Maine: A hunter-gatherer from another age offers glimpse of the past

5,300-year-old mummy of Neolithic man was discovered in a melting glacier in 1991.