Mainers love a good mountain lion mystery. Fact is, many folks will tell you there’s no mystery at all: They believe — “know” is the word they’ll use — that mountain lions walk among us. Experts have softened their stance on the existence of the big cats over the years, and after a cougar walked […]
Officially, Brad Allen is a wildlife biologist. Come this time of year, though, he admits that he sometimes sounds like a meteorologist. “I hate to be a weatherman to predict game bird biologists, but [the weather] is so important,” said Allen, the bird group leader for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Today’s […]
If you’ve been hoping to have a chance to say “Hi” to the game wardens you’ve been watching on TV for the past couple of years, you’ll get that chance on Saturday. All you’ve got to do is head to the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, where the stars of the Animal Planet show “North […]
Rich Hoppe stopped by Gateway Variety in Ashland on Monday morning to check out the action at the state’s busiest moose-tagging station. He wasn’t disappointed, as plenty of hunters filled their tags despite the warm weather. During a break in the action, the longtime regional wildlife biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and […]
Over the coming weeks, more than 3,000 hunters will head into the woods in search of a Maine moose … and most of them will succeed. On Tuesday, Gov. Paul R. LePage made a great suggestion to those hunters: Why not share some of that meat? In a Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry […]
We asked. You answered. In what may be one of the most epic fish tales I’ve ever heard, I’m happy to share the story that Mike Jacksson of Fort Kent passed along. First, the short backstory: A few weeks ago, after David Baker caught a bass while using a Bangor Daily News novelty key chain […]
Thanks to that viral internet video, we all now know what the fox says. What we might not have known (until now) is “What do Baby Foxes Do?” Luckily, a Lincoln photographer can help us with that: That’s the title of a children’s book he recently published, and it’s full of stunning fox photos he […]
Most of the state’s outdoor enthusiasts spend at least a portion of their time afield on private land, thanks to the landowners who allow access to their acreage. Some parcels of land are large, others small. But wherever people recreate in Maine, there is a common problem that threatens future access for all of us. […]
Call it what you will — “doe permit,” “doe tag,” or the state-preferred “any-deer permit” — but one thing is certain: Many deer hunters enter each season hoping they’ll receive one. If you’ve received one, you’re allowed to take an antlerless deer when the season begins. If not? Well, you’ll be hunting for antlered bucks […]
On Thursday evening, more than 60 interested spectators took their seats in a WGME studio for a town hall debate on Question 1, which would ban the use of bait, hounds or traps while hunting bears. The BDN was a media partner in the event, which was live-streamed across the state. If you’ve yet to […]
