Hunting

HUNTING- General

• 2017 Maine Hunting Season Dates
• Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife:  Buy hunting licenses, register boats & ATVs, find laws and other information pertaining to hunting in Maine.
• Maine Any Deer Permit Lottery
• Moose Hunting Permit Lottery
• Maine Hunting Regulations
• Safety Courses
• You Alone in the Maine Woods- The Lost Hunter’s Guide (PDF)
• Land Owner-Land User Courtesy Card

DEER:

• Registration Stations

MOOSE:

• Maine Moose Hunter’s Guide
• Maine Moose Registration Stations

TURKEY:

• Maine Spring Wild Turkey Hunter’s Guide
• Wild Turkey Registration Stations

MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS

• Game Bird Seasons and Bag Limits

BLACK BEAR:

• Black Bear Facts
• Bear Hunting Regulations
• Bear Trapping Regulations
• Bear Registration Stations

TRAPPING:

• 2016-2017 Trapper Laws & Dates
• Fur Tagging Stations
• How to Avoid Incidental Take of Lynx Booklet

 

STATE GAME RECORD HOLDERS (11/08/2013):

• Whitetail Buck (Firearms):  355 lbs., field dressed, Horace Hinckley, Augusta, ME, 1955, Concord
• Whitetail Buck (Bowhunting):  267 lbs., field dressed, 6 points, John P. Berry, E. Waterboro, Maine, 10/14/13, Waterboro
• Whitetail Doe (Firearms):  185 lbs., field dressed, Luke Arsenault, Lisbon Falls, ME, 11/1/92, Seboomook Township
• Whitetail Doe (Firearms):  185 lbs., field dressed, Steve Letourneau, Turner, ME, 11/11/04, Lower Enchanted Township
• Whitetail Doe (Bowhunting):  172.2 lbs., field dressed, Shawn MacFarlane, Dixfield, ME, 10/18/12 in Dixfield
• Whitetail Doe (Antlered):  210 lbs., eight-points, Jack Cross, Bethel, ME, 11/15/80, Bethel
• Black Bear (Firearms):  699 lbs.,  Matt Knox, Waynesboro PA,  Guided by Grand Slam Guide Service, Greenville 9/7/12
• Black Bear (Archery):  501 lbs., field dressed, Pete Shippee, Winthrop, ME, 8/29/90, Strong
• Black Bear (Sow):  334.5 lbs., field dressed, Tom Sullivan, Portland, Conn., August 28, 2006, Mapleton
• Black Bear (Sow – Archery) 328 pounds, Kyle Stokes, Annville, PA, 8/29/2007, St. Agatha.
• Black Bear (Crossbow): 432.2 pounds, Marc Caplan, Ornville, Sept. 2, 2010, Ornville.
• Moose (Bull)  1,330 lbs., field dressed, Willard & Sterling Waterman, New Gloucester, ME, 1982, Marsardis.
• Moose (Bull-Archery) 1,040 lbs., Craig Warren,  New Gloucester, ME, 9/30/2009, Allagash.
• Moose, cow:  885 lbs., William J. Kibe, Elliottsburg PA, Oct. 13 2001, Misery Twp., Zone 8, Guided by Bob Lawrence of Rockwood.
• Turkey:  27 lbs. 12 oz., Sarah Levangie, Belfast, ME, 4/28/03, Waldo County.
• Turkey (Bow):  25 lbs., Chris Nadeau, Wells, ME, 5/1/07, Wells Falls

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