Pride, remorse, emptiness and regret are among the emotions as the season ends.
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Hunting: Plenty of deer remain during muzzleloader season
Deeper snow and bitter cold during early December can present a greater challenge for deer – and for hunters.
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Hunting: Healthy deer from little acorns grow
The quantity and distribution of acorns each fall – a favorite food of deer – will have an impact on how and where you hunt.
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Hunting: New bill would allow crossbows during archery season
Here are some things to think about.
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Hunting: Can bear resource bear more hunting?
With ever more bears, and ever more human-bear encounters, the answer is yes.
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Maine deer harvest is highest since 2004
An electronic tagging system gives biologists data just days after the end of the firearm season.
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Warning about chronic wasting disease stokes fears of hunting decline
Meanwhile, Maine’s any-deer permits are at historic levels because not enough does have been harvested.
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Maine takes emergency steps to keep out a disease fatal to deer, moose
Chronic wasting disease has been found in Quebec herds, and Maine wildlife officials say the disease, which is always fatal, could devastate the state’s deer and moose populations if left unchecked.
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Maine deer hunters had big year in 2017 as the herd grows
The harvest was a 15% increase over 2016.
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Maine wildlife biologists recommend record number of any-deer permits in 2018
The 28% increase from last year – to a total of 84,745 permits – is sought in part because of concerns about tick-borne diseases in southern and central Maine.