http://vermonthuntingtoday.com/blog Online Hunting Magazine Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:23:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, George Smith, Executive Director for the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine chastised the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for doing an inadequate job of managing the state's moose herd. His criticism came in his weekly column in the Kennebec Journal. While I can agree with Smith that the moose ... http://vermonthuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/08/13/sportsmans-alliance-of-maine-director-smith-says-moose-management-going-in-wrong-direction/ Mark your calendars for June 12, 2008. That is the date of the annual Maine Moose Lottery Drawing, this year to be held at the Kittery Trading Post in Kittery, Maine. More information below. I've been working with the folks at KTP and Bob Adams has given me a great Internet ... http://vermonthuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/03/skinny-moose-media-to-stream-live-audiovideo-of-maine-moose-lottery-drawing/ Dear Fishermen and Fisherwomen; I’d like to invite you to compete in the Upper Andro Two Fly Contest and Drift Boat Competition scheduled for June 12 and 13. This is the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance’s primary fund-raiser for the year. Our sponsors, Kittery Trading Post, L.L. Bean, the Orvis ... http://vermonthuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/25/upper-andro-two-fly-contest-and-drift-boat-competition/ "There must be at least 100 does for every buck I see in the woods now!" How many times have you heard that exclamation? If you're like me, more than you care to. Hey, look! We all do our share of complaining, of which the vast majority of it is ... http://vermonthuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/18/buck-to-doe-ratios/ Maine is tucked up into the far northeast corner of the United States. On its southern boarder is the Atlantic Ocean. Her eastern boarder touches with New Brunswick, Canada and to the north and northwest, Quebec, Canada. About the only boarder of the state that mimics a straight line of ... http://vermonthuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/15/maine-and-vermont-right-next-door-yet-worlds-apart-with-deer-management/ Peyton Knight of the National Center for Public Policy Research is warning sportsmen that the proposed Clean Water Restoration Act sponsored by Representative James Oberstar (D-MN), "would do more to threaten the cherished pastimes of hunters, fishermen and other outdoor enthusiasts than it would to ensure the cleanliness of our ... http://vermonthuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/10/for-sportsmen-clean-water-restoration-act-goes-too-far/ Try "Peaslee Mountain Hunt Park" in Maine By Blaine Cardilli As a 48 year old hunter with more experiences than I can begin to remember, it's strange that I never gave "hunt parks" or "game ranches" a second look until now. Like most, I've always enjoyed the challenges of free range hunting ... http://vermonthuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/27/want-great-off-season-hunting-with-the-kids/ Below is an Op-Ed piece published in the Connecticut Post and written by Terence Savery. Terence Savery, a resident of Redding, is chairman of the Connecticut Coalition to Eradicate Lyme Disease. *Note* - I have spoken with and communicated with some of the people, including Mr. Savery, about this effort to ... http://vermonthuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/06/a-strategy-to-eliminate-lyme-disease/ Try Vermont's Green Mountain Range and Northwoods Outdoor Adventures By Blaine Cardilli Plans for making this particular hunting trip had been on the table for three months and although we knew from the website what the basic lodge was going to look like, nothing could have prepared us for what we ... http://vermonthuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/05/looking-for-rugged-midwest-hunting-in-the-northeast/ "And I don't see how you can ever bear to shoot them." "Don't you?" said I. "Well; suppose you've been climbing a mountain late in the afternoon when the sun is on the other side of it. It is a mountain of big boulders, loose little stones, thorny bushes. The slightest ... http://vermonthuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/11/the-mountains-on-seeing-deer/