Monthly Archives: September 2017
What would it take for you to shut off access to your woodlot?
On Sunday, just a few hours after I’d spent time cleaning up some woodland dumpsites with Maine game wardens Jim Fahey and Rick LaFlamme, a hunting buddy and I headed farther afield, revisiting some of our favorite deer hunting spots. As we drove down a familiar old dirt road — one that comes within a […]
Two honored for lifetime outdoor achievements
Each year, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife honors one or more Mainers for lives well-lived in the outdoors. This year’s winners of the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Awards: Carole Dyer of Bowdoinham and Gabriel “Gabby” Giguere of Lewiston. Both winners were honored during brief ceremonies in front of family and friends at the […]
Get your any-deer permit this year? Check this list
Moose hunt confidential: It’s time to scout
Back in mid-June, in an event that my friends and I have been celebrating ever since, my name popped out of the cyber-hopper during the state’s annual moose lottery, and I became the proud owner of a genuine 2017 moose hunting permit. And how does one celebrate winning a moose permit? By planning the actual […]