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Why We Hunt
By Homer Spit Day dreaming about what has been my favorite week of the year for more than 50 years – a week at deer camp- I got to thinking again about the somewhat cerebral aspect of the deer hunt. Why do we hunt? Why, specifically, do I hunt? If you have ever spent a … Continued

Women at Deer Camp?
“The deer camp is where old men tell stories, and boys grow to be men.” – Tom Heberlein By V. Paul Reynolds By tradition, American deer hunting camps have been a place exclusively for men. Robert Wegner, in his superb book Legendary Deer Camps, writes, “ Yet despite the longstanding involvement of women at Ten … Continued
Great Pond: Lost Access?
BY V. Paul Reynolds Great Pond in Aurora off the airline road is a scenic, medium- sized body of water that forms the headwaters of the Union River watershed. As the crow flies, it is not that far from the Stud Mill Road. The pond is habitat for pickerel, bass, perch and stocked Brown Trout. … Continued

Benoit the Legacy
BY Lee Schanz Larry Benoit was born in the mountains of Vermont in 1924. I’m sure growing up in the Depression made a lasting impression on him the rest of his life. Most people in Maine lived on deer meat and biscuits in those lean years, and I’m sure the citizens of Vermont did likewise. … Continued

Getting the Moose Out
By V. Paul Reynolds To its credit, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIF&W) has begun to aggressively reach out and educate prospective moose hunters how best to deal with a moose once it is down. The point cannot be stressed enough. The opportunity to hunt a Maine moose is a privilege of … Continued

Dry Dressing Moose
By V. Paul Reynolds Like Johnny Cash sings, “One piece at a time.” Think of a moose as coming in seven or eight pieces—two hind quarters, two front quarters, two backstraps, one big package of trim meat and an optional head. As moose increasingly shy away from roadways and roam more back in the clear … Continued

Best Hunting Knives
By V. Paul Reynolds Over the years, an assortment of different hunting knives have wound up in my hunting day pack. Some have worked better than others. Some held an edge well; and some did not. Without a doubt, the litmus test I have encountered with a hunting knife is when the knife is used … Continued

No Name Bull
By Nathan Theriault This is the story of three bulls and many twists and turns along the way. The year was 2022 when we located 3 beautiful bulls that seemed to always get back together during our late aerial surveys. So, we called them the three amigos. One of the three amigos was harvested by … Continued

Maine Warden Sues Commissioner Camuso
Edited by V. Paul Reynolds Josh Polland, a highly respected former Maine Warden Sergeant who recently resigned his post, is bringing a Federal civil law suit against IF&W Commissioner Judy Camuso and the Department. The suit is being filed in Polland’s behalf by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC was created in 1965 … Continued

Bows: Tuning Up
By Mike Maynard To borrow a line from America’s hardball Confucious; Yogi Berra, “It’s getting late early out here.” You think Yogi was talking about baseball? He wasn’t. He was talking about bow hunting. What Yogi meant was that if you haven’t gotten your tree stands up by now, you’re running an 0-2 count. Are … Continued