Deirdre Fleming covers the outdoors for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, and has been a newspaper reporter in Maine for 25 years - and an outdoor writer for the past 20. During that time, she’s seen biologists trap 500-pound bear, watched fishermen land high-jumping makos, camped on Moosehead Lake in the winter, and retraced Gov. Percival Baxter’s first trip to Mt. Katahdin. She is often asked, but still does not know her favorite wildland in Maine. A graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Missouri, she lives with her husband in Buxton near the Saco River, where they both fly fish.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2022
You shot a deer, but the local deer cutter is full? Butcher it yourself
Butchering a deer is not necessarily easy work, but it is straightforward and simple, expert hunters say.
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PublishedNovember 11, 2022
One woman’s longtime dream to serve was cut short
Erica Fredrick-Rock still wishes there had been a way then to combine motherhood and the U.S. Air Force.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2022
They were avid hunters long before many women began stalking deer
The percentage of hunting licenses sold to women in Maine has nearly doubled since 2005, but some women in their 70s and 80s have been passionate about hunting for decades.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2022
Maine’s deer-harvest hot spot may surprise you
Data show the top communities to bag a white-tailed deer over the past decade are clustered in central and southern Maine – and the No. 1 town outpaces all the others by a country mile.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2022
A passion for dogs leads Brunswick woman on an unpredictable journey
Before Camie Barrow became a bird dog handler with a national champion springer spaniel, dogs changed her life.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2022
As ATVs in Maine hit record numbers, clubs get to work on trails
ATV registrations topped 80,000 this year for the first time, just as clubs began expanding trails to meet new state requirements.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2022
Ryan Eiler sets course record in winning Maine Marathon
The Boston runner breaks the previous mark by 2 minutes, while Cape Elizabeth’s Lila Gaudrault wins the women’s race.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2022
A guide to short foliage hikes that are off the beaten path
Experts around southern, western and central Maine serve up a choice list of lesser-known fall favorites.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2022
Will the rare Steller’s sea eagle return to Maine this winter?
Birders from all over the country came to the Midcoast earlier this year to view the wayward raptor, which spent the summer in Newfoundland.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2022
Trappers worry there are few young people to take their place
Hundreds of enthusiasts gathered in Bethel in August for the 44th edition of the New England Trappers Weekend.
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