Dick DIlley asks Kyle Burgess about the 153-pound buck Burgess registered Saturday at Audette's Ace Hardware in Winthrop. Dilley, a volunteer, was collecting information for the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
Isaiah Miller, left, 8 of Portland, talks to Mike Pullen, of Chelsea, about the deer Pullen was waiting to have weighed Saturday at Audette's Ace Hardware in Winthrop. Isaiah and his grandfather Dick Hunt, of Winthrop, were watching the hunters bring in their deer to be tagged and weighed.
Kyle Burgess reads the scale and finds that it says the buck he registered Saturday at Audette's Ace Hardware in Winthrop weighs 153 pounds.
Mark Crocker, left, registers a deer for hunter Aline Elie on Saturday at Audette's Ace Hardware in Winthrop. Elie, of Lewiston, got her 148-pound buck in Winthrop.
Dick Dilley uses a caliper to measure the antler size on a yearling deer Saturday at Audette's Ace Hardware in Winthrop. Dilley, a volunteer, was collecting information for the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
Dick Dilley records biological information on deer Saturday at Audette's Ace Hardware in Winthrop. Dilley, a volunteer, was collecting information for the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
Mike Pullen, of Chelsea, watches as the buck he shot is hoisted up onto the scale Saturday at Audette's Ace Hardware in Winthrop. The tagging station there was busy on the first day of firearms deer season.
Mike Pullen, of Chelsea, watches and Jared Rackliff records as Pullen's buck hangs on the scale Saturday at Audette's Ace Hardware in Winthrop. The tagging station there was busy on the first day of firearms deer season.
Dick DIlley records biological information on deer Saturday at Audette's Ace Hardware in Winthrop. Dilley, a volunteer, was collecting information for the Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
Dan Link, left, and Rich Link stop Dan Link's deer from spinning as it hangs from a scale Saturday at Audette's Ace Hardware in Winthrop. The tagging station there was busy on the first day of firearms deer season.
Kevin Wilkes, left, and Chris Withee wait for the deer that Tia Withee shot to be tagged Saturday at Jim's Variety in Athens. Saturday was the first day of firearms deer season.
Wayne Weeks, left, and Steve McDuffie fill up their plates Saturday during the hunter's breakfast hosted by the Hartland-St. Albans Lions Club at the Chatterbox Club building in St. Albans.
Hunters eat together Saturday before heading to the woods during the hunter's breakfast hosted by the Hartland-St. Albans Lions Club at the Chatterbox Club building in St. Albans. It was the first day of firearms deer season.
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