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The Great Maine Moose Hunt
“The Great Maine Moose Hunt” by Roger Lambert celebrates 40 years of Maine Moose Hunting. The book’s aim is to give a true representation of the “phenomenon” on the woods and waters of Maine that is the Great Maine Moose Hunt. Roger Lambert, a Master Maine Guide and his friend James Cote, conspired to coordinate … Continued
November Grouse Great!
By Paul Fuller Late season grouse hunting can be very productive. Although October provides us with the beauty of fall, it’s not necessarily the best time to hunt grouse. If the ground is fairly snow free, November can be an exceptional time to pursue the “King”. Why November? What makes November an ideal time to hunt the … Continued
Lever Guns for Deer
By John Floyd The biggest drawback in the past when hunting with a lever gun has been ammunition. Most guns used a tubular magazine which meant having to load only round or flat nosed bullets like the .30-30 Win and .45-70 Govt. When most folks think of lever action rifles, the first thing that comes … Continued
Best Maine Deer Guns
By V. Paul Reynolds Recently on my statewide Sunday night talk radio program, Maine Outdoors (on the Blueberry Broadcasting Network), I chatted by phone with John Floyd. He is a guide-outfitter and gun writer for the Northwoods Sporting Journal. Floyd had agreed in advance to focus his comments on one of the most hotly discussed … Continued
Further Meanderings of a Snake Meadow Editor
By Paul E. Chase The author is a 35-year member of the popular and well-known Snake Meadow Club located in the towns of Plainfield and Killingly in Eastern Connecticut. For 28 of those years he edited the club’s newsletter, Snake Meadow Happenings. Several of those columns involved experiences at the club, hunts throughout Connecticut, Vermont, … Continued
The Maine Whitetail Deer
Maine Deer Hunter’s Logbook by Gerry Lavigne Maine is home to one of the largest of the 30 recognized subspecies of white-tailed deer. After attaining maturity at age five, our bucks can reach record live weights of nearly 400 lbs. Most adult bucks, however will normally range from 200 to 300 lbs live weight, and … Continued
October: The Sportsman’s Gift
By Dennis Jensen The month of October is a gift, a gift of memories and the gift of today. Sitting at the desk, staring into the vertical, empty white space on my computer, I am trying to come up with a good topic for, arguably, the most challenging month of the year, at least for … Continued
Sneakin’ a Peek
By V. Paul Reynolds The happy angler with all the hookups could simply smile back, like Betty Lou, at your nervous query and with a smile say, “I’ll never tell.” Or even worse, “It ain’t none of your business, Bub.” More than enough books have been written about fly fishing to fill the shelves … Continued
Maine’s Record Buck: The Whole Story
Maine Deer Hunter’s Logbook By Richard Bernier For unexplainable reasons even to Horace, he never moved or made a sound. Something within (a gut feeling most successful hunters have learned to trust) told him there was more action to come. No sooner had that thought passed when the buck of any hunter’s dream was sneaking … Continued
Gunning for Grouse
By John Floyd
This month bird hunters are making their way into the logging roads and field edges in pursuit of that ever elusive, fighter jet of a game bird – the ruffed grouse. Getting back to these basics will help you put more birds in your bag.