Hunting

Published
September 26, 2022

LePage, sportsmen’s group tussle over $40 million fish hatchery

The Republican gubernatorial candidate says he lost the group's support by refusing to promise funding for a $40 million fish hatchery. The group says it does not pressure any candidate and stands by its election guide, which gave an A rating to Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
Published
May 12, 2022

Lakes Region Sportsman: Young hunter discovers joys of turkey season
Published
April 27, 2022

Lawsuit contends Maine’s right-to-food amendment allows for Sunday hunting

The suit seeks to overturn the state's ban on Sunday hunting because of 'the unalienable constitutional right to harvest food.'
Published
March 15, 2022

Push to allow hunting on Sundays falls short in Augusta

A legislative panel voted 8-3 against a proposal to lift a longtime ban on Sunday hunting in Maine
Published
December 22, 2021

Lakes Region Sportsman: December the in-between month for hunting and fishing

Published
September 29, 2021

Lakes Region Sportsman: October is ‘cast and blast’
Published
June 3, 2021

Commentary: Land for Maine’s Future bills are flawed but can be fixed

Allowing hunting, fishing and trapping on conserved land should be decided at the local level, not as part of the bonding process.
Published
May 14, 2021

Lakes Region Sportsman: Turkey and trout own this month
Published
May 4, 2021

Maine Guide celebrates four seasons of sporting adventures

Tom Roth's "A Sporting Year in Maine" is a month-by-month journey in the year of a Maine outdoorsman, who counts Sebago Lake as one of his favorite fishing spots.
Published
December 24, 2020

Maine Voices: Deer hunting with Robert Frost, or what I’ve found in the woods

I haven’t brought home much venison since taking up the pastime at age 45, but it’s brought me closer to nature and my neighbors.