Wildlife questions answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.

Ditch the same old hunting routine and try something else: Bears, sea ducks, moose, or maybe even a snipe.

Carey Kish comes across reminders of Maine as he meanders north on his epic hike from Mexico to Canada.

Take the semipalmated sandpiper, for example, which hits New England and heads out to sea for a four-day flight to South America.

Mainers don’t need a calendar to recognize when the seasons change, it’s time to tend bear baits, practice your bow shooting, tune up the moose calls and mend decoy lines.

Wildlife questions from Mainers answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox

There are campsites all over rural Maine, but it will take some effort to get to most of them, and probably a reservation as well.