Maine's highest court is scheduled to hear arguments in a lawsuit between a hunting reform group and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife about a defeated proposal to change to the state's bear hunt.
Bear hunters in New Brunswick will have an extra two weeks added to this fall's firearms season in order to assist in controlling nuisance bears from a growing population.
This is an opinion piece from a life-long Mainer. I've hunted and fished in this state since I was a little boy.
I'll be honest. I don't bear hunt. Never have and probably never will. It just doesn't interest me. But I do have some skin in the game and, if you're a true, tax paying, Mainer, so do you. A yes vote on question 1 this November will stop the use of bait, dogs and traps in hunting bear.
The United Vets Teddy Bear Run made its way from Houlton to Presque Isle over the weekend, bringing joy to County kids and leaving smiles along the way.