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Posted inLocal & State
Dueling bills could expand bear hunting in Maine
One bill would adjust the length of hunting season and the number of animals a hunter can kill, while another would revive a spring bear hunt.
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Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Hunting: Can bear resource bear more hunting?
With ever more bears, and ever more human-bear encounters, the answer is yes.
Posted inLocal & State, Outdoors, Sports
Maine seeking plan to manage growing black bear population
Maine is home to more than 35,000 of the bears, up from just 23,000 less than 15 years ago.
Posted inNation & World, Outdoors
Missouri poacher ordered to repeatedly watch ‘Bambi’
It’s part of his sentence for a scheme to illegally kill hundreds of deer.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Saco considering ordinance change to prevent hunting near recreation areas
Officials are looking at whether to restrict hunting within 300 feet of city parks and trails.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Outdoors, Sports
They can bag more deer elsewhere, but hunters set their sights on Maine
Hundreds of hunters from out of state are drawn by the solitude and the size of Maine’s bucks, despite being limited to one a season.
Posted inLifestyle, Local & State, Outdoors
Maine turkeys thankful early as fall hunt comes to close
The rest of the state’s major fall hunting seasons, deer, moose and bear, are still going on.
Posted inLocal & State
Game wardens: Turkey hunter in Wayne accidentally shoots another person in chest
Fayette man, who was walking dogs along Richmond Mills Road, was not badly injured.
Posted inHomegrown, Source
Homegrown: Blaze orange vests can help keep your horse safe during hunting season
Sue Laffely’s equine vests reduce the chance that hunters will mistake the animals for deer.