BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 30, 2021
My friends — brothers Chris, Tim and Billy Lander — and I headed for the woods near Moosehead Lake, where we’ve shared countless hours driving thousands of miles on those productive dirt roads over the years. Tim holds the moose permit this year, having finally been drawn for the first time some 40 years after he first entered the state-run lottery. And though we all know that come October, moose are likely to have moved from their summer haunts in favor of spots that hold plenty of autumn nutrition, we also figured that reacquainting ourselves with the road network and any possible changes made good sense.