By David Irving A recent Bangor Daily News Outdoors column about feeding deer in winter generated a lot of discussion among readers. Many people want to help deer survive Maine’s harsh winters and ...

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The state logged a record 4,257 Lyme disease cases in 2025, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Populations of suburban deer have been on the rise across the U.S. for the last 50 years. Suburban landscapes are like buffet ...

All dates are inclusive except that hunting is prohibited on Sunday. * Crows are neither migratory waterfowl or migratory game birds. The use of lead shot and the use of a shotgun capable of holding ...

PORTLAND, Maine — In the late 1800s, as railroads began bringing in unprecedented numbers of summer tourists from out of state, there may have been no one who did more to promote recreation on the ...

“Whoopsie daisy! Yoo-hoo!” Lana Del Rey is back, all right. The singer-songwriter has officially returned with “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter,” off her upcoming album, Stove. “White Feather Hawk ...

For hunters, the concept or definition of “fair chase” used to be much less complex and nuanced than it is today. The fast-paced march of technology is blurring the lines of ethical hunting as never ...

Shed hunting is the practice of searching for antlers that bucks naturally shed after winter. Finding sheds can be difficult as rodents often chew on them for minerals. Searching for sheds is also a ...

This story, “2-for-2 Trophy Hunt,” first appeared in the April 1978 issue of Outdoor Life. The author’s buck remains one of the biggertypical mule deer ever taken in Colorado; it now ranks as 20th in ...

Four area counties are still in decision-making mode; one is going shotgun-only with a local ordinance and three others will not enact their own ordinance and allow rifles. Hunters sight in their ...