deer hunting
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PublishedMay 9, 2023
Deer harvest data show promising results for Maine’s new antlerless permit
The doe harvest from the 2022 fall hunt exceeded biologists' goals for only the second time in six years.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2022
Hunters set a record for deer taken during Maine’s fall season
This fall's record harvest comes as the state introduces a new antlerless permit system that allows hunters to kill both a buck and a doe.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2022
Maine’s deer-harvest hot spot may surprise you
Data show the top communities to bag a white-tailed deer over the past decade are clustered in central and southern Maine – and the No. 1 town outpaces all the others by a country mile.
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PublishedMay 17, 2022
Mainewhile: Sunday should remain a day free of hunting
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PublishedApril 27, 2022
Lawsuit contends Maine’s right-to-food amendment allows for Sunday hunting
The suit seeks to overturn the state's ban on Sunday hunting because of 'the unalienable constitutional right to harvest food.'
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PublishedDecember 14, 2021
With most-ever permits issued, Maine deer harvest is highest since 1968
An abundant deer population in many areas and plenty of hunters were factors in this year’s numbers.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2021
Our View: Contaminated Maine deer show far reach of ‘forever’ chemicals
The contamination caused by decades of spreading sludge from paper mills and wastewater plants does not stop with the farm fields it was spread on.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2021
Lakes Region Sportsman: Favorite deer spots – we all have them
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PublishedApril 24, 2021
Maine Voices: It’s long past time to regulate the killing of our state’s coyotes
L.D. 1265, a proposal to ban hunting coyotes at night and with bait and dogs, would treat the species with restraint and respect.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2020
Maine hunters harvest most deer in almost 2 decades
Unofficial numbers show hunters killed 33,157 deer in the season that ended Dec. 12.