On the national level, there has been a longstanding consensus — backed by accumulated statistics — that the sport of hunting is not as popular as it once was, writes V. Paul Reynolds. Interestingly enough, both Maine and Vermont are generating recent anomalous statistics when it comes to numbers of hunters and annual deer harvests.

Most seasoned deer hunters, even those of us who have never tagged a 200-pound buck, have nevertheless seen or jumped big deer that were later described at deer camp as the Hartford Elk.

Ticks are making some turkey hunters give up, but here’s how to keep them from hunting the hunters.

State bird biologist estimates about 65,000 turkeys, of which about half are longbeards, are roaming the Maine woods thanks in part to a mild winter.

The not-so-good news is that fishing regulations have not really been simplified, official assertions to the contrary.