BANGOR DAILY NEWS • November 24, 2025
Like most avid whitetail hunters I look forward to deer hunting season with a great deal of excitement and hopeful anticipation. The woods are quiet and void of gunshots, there are fewer hunters, deer have yet to be pressured, the woodlands are starting to change color and the weather is still nice. I enjoy the November gun season for primarily because of the rut. It’s a time of change for both hunter and hunted, an exciting period when anything can happen as the rut intensifies and reaches its peak. But as much as I like the early hunting seasons and the unique challenges each brings, it is the late season, the muzzleloader season, I look forward to most. ~ Al Raychard