BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 7, 2022
Deer hunters are seeing a drop in the coyote population in the wilderness areas of Aroostook County. The drop is due in part to the Aroostook County Conservation Association’s coyote control management program, which is in its 14th year. The program was created to keep the animal’s population in check around wintering grounds, giving the depleted deer herds in northern Maine a chance to rebound. Between the annual coyote kill and supplemental food sources, the deer population is on the rise in Aroostook County. In 2021, hunters and trappers killed 147 coyotes.