A New York man is being criminally charged after killing two German shepherds with a crossbow and then skinning them.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Coyotes protect songbirds, so let’s protect them
We need reasonable limits on the hunting of an animal that safeguards the declining bird population from cat predation.
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Posted inOutdoors, Sports
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Uncategorized
Record number of turkeys harvested during spring season
According to Maine Inland Wildlife and Fisheries 25% of hunters were successful in hunting one or more turkeys, especially in southern Maine.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Deer hunters see fruitful start to firearm season
The firearm hunting season for deer kicked off Saturday with Maine resident hunting day, and many local hunters found success according to several central Maine tagging stations.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Industry man hospitalized following bird hunting accident in Starks
The 66-year-old man was hit by pellets in the face, chest and arm Saturday when his hunting partner fired on a bird that had been flushed from woods near the Starks Town Office.
Posted inNation & World, News, Outdoors, Sports
‘Forever chemicals’ in deer, fish challenge Maine and other states
Maine was one of the first states to detect PFAS in deer, and now wildlife agencies elsewhere are finding elevated levels of the class of toxic chemicals in game animals such as deer.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
LePage, sportsmen’s group tussle over $40 million fish hatchery
The Republican gubernatorial candidate says he lost the group’s support by refusing to promise funding for a $40 million fish hatchery. The group says it does not pressure any candidate and stands by its election guide, which gave an A rating to Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors
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.’
Posted inLocal & State
Push to allow hunting on Sundays falls short in Augusta
A legislative panel voted 8-3 against a proposal to lift a longtime ban on Sunday hunting in Maine