When 720 hunters and their friends and families head afield early Monday morning on the opening day of this year’s first moose-hunting season, they’ll have a formidable foe to overcome: Mother Nature. Read More
“We’re demonstrating to the landowner that there are people who care, whether it’s sportsmen or the warden service or the forest service.” Read More
With the second full week of the four-week hunting season over bait coming to a close, this year is proving to be tough to categorize. Read More
The new owners would likely tell you the purchase was just the latest great adventure they’ve shared. Read More
“We call it, ‘Broken rivers, broken fish.'" Read More
“There’s about 2,000 camps on the lake, including some traditional sporting camps, and it would have had serious impacts,” Rep. Bob Duchesne, D-Hudson, said. Read More
An annual federal rabies control effort is underway in northeastern Maine, with 351,000 doses of an oral vaccine spread through the woods, where they’ll hopefully be eaten by raccoons. Read More
If the winter is mild, more deer — especially young, vulnerable deer — survive. Read More
The outdoor economy also generates 76,000 jobs in the state, according to the report. Read More
When hunters or recreationists stumble upon what they think are human remains deep in the Maine woods, Marcella Sorg is the person who usually gets the call from law enforcement officers. Read More
Since two dams on the lower Penobscot were removed over the past five years, access to upstream habitat that has increased dramatically. Read More
“I had some $7, three-foot, Dock Demon, Buzz Lightyear fishing pole,” Free Martin said. “This was not high-tech gear here.” Read More
When Discovery Channel’s popular “Shark Week” franchise returns for another wall-to-wall dose of toothy adventure in July, James Sulikowski and his colleagues will be prominently featured. That episode, titled “Shark Vortex,” will air at 8 p.m. on July 24. Read More
An Australian company announced Wednesday that it has signed an asset purchase agreement to secure ownership of Maine’s third-largest ski resort. Read More
“Everybody wants to be on moving water. There’s not any call for [guiding] pond fishing." Read More
On Saturday, June 17, the lottery heads north to Caribou, one of the state’s moosiest spots, and organizers are ready to welcome prospective moose hunters to town. Read More
"Knife Creek" is likely Doiron's darkest Bowditch thriller yet. The writer said his trip into some old-fashioned, gruesome thriller fare was intentional, though it doesn’t quite follow the blueprint longtime readers have come to expect from him. Read More
In the nine months since the official designation of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Lucas St. Clair said the emotional climate in that part of the state has changed quite a bit. Read More
“It’s not in our job description [to save loons], but it felt good.” Read More
Upstream from the dam lies East Grand Lake, a massive, 16,000-acre impoundment that ranks among the state’s most popular fishing destinations. Around the lake are more than 2,000 camps and cottages. Read More
