ASSOCIATED PRESS • October 10, 2021
Maine is reviewing its deer permitting system because of concerns that hunters aren’t “harvesting” enough to adequately manage the population. Maine’s deer herd is around 300,000 and has been steadily growing for several years. The state uses the fall hunting season to try to manage the number of the animals. The state gave out more than 150,000 any-deer permits this year. That was a record number. But projections show for every 10 any-deer permits, hunters might kill a single adult doe. The firearms season for deer starts Nov. 1.