Any information you think me as your guide needs to know about you/ your party feel free to let me know sooner than later ( medications, health issues, skill level, etc.)

We will adapt and accommodate to the clients needs, and we want you to feel at home!

This Hunt is about YOU!

LICENSE INFORMATION:

Bring your home state hunting license or proof of a certified hunter safety course with you. Unfortunately Maine won't issue any licenses without one of the two. You can buy your license online before you get here through Maine's MOSES program (https://moses.informe.org/cgi-bin/online/moses_v3/index). This online option is easy and probably a better idea so you don't travel all the way here and find out you can't get a license/permit.

** You will NEED your BIG GAME LICENSE or ARCHERY LICENSE in order to get hunting permits ( bear, moose, etc)

** If you are Archery hunting and only purchase the Archery license you cannot carry a rifle in the woods!

Ideas of what to bring with you:

Maine's weather can fluctuate so I would recommend bringing both cold and warm gear. Temps will run from 70-80 degrees during the day down to 40 degrees at night.

** HUNTING LICENSE + PERMITS

Bring snacks/ bottled water (there's local stores in town about 15 minutes away)

Bring extra footwear/ clothes!!

Rain gear wouldn't be a bad idea either with the amount of rain we have been getting

Cover scents/ no smelly clothes (cover scent is crucial while hunting here)

I'd also recommend being CAMO from the ground up (even a face mask or camo paint)

Thermacell (bugs can be thick sitting on a bear stand)

Coolers + extra one for mount/meat

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

I usually carry a BACKPACK with me consisting of ( protein bars, water, flashlights, extra batteries, GPS, whistle, compass, spare ammo, knife, little rope, radio, camera, binoculars, waterproof matches, and cover scent) I like to prepare for the unexpected because you just never know!!

Moose Permit:

Success rates for permit holders over the past 10 years have been over 70 percent – 73% in 2017. Every year, among those success stories are several moose exceeding 1,000 lbs. dressed weight; and trophy racks are not uncommon.

Maine Resident Application Fees

One chance: $15 (or bonus point only)

Non-resident Application Fees

One chance: $15 (or bonus point only)

Three chances: $25

Six chances: $35

10 chances: $55

>10 chances: Available in multiples of 10 (e.g. 50 for $275)

When more than one chance is purchased it will increase your point for the current season only. Additional points that are purchased do not roll over from year to year.

Moose Lottery Odds:

Total Applications Received: 57,185

Total Permits Issued: 2,523

Change in total permits from previous year:+417

Antlerless Permits: 448

Any-Moose Permits: 44

NON-RESIDENT LOTTERY

Non-Resident Applicants: 17,757

Non-Resident Permits Issued: 247

Non-Resident Selection Rate: 1.4% (~1 permit for every 72 applicants)

RESIDENT LOTTERY

Resident Applicants: 39,428

Resident Permits Issued: 2276

Resident Selection Rate: 6% (~1 permit for every 17 applicants)

Moose Permit: Hunting & Trapping: Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Purchasing Your Permit

Successful applicants are required to pay for their permit within a designated period. Applicants can pay for their permit and update their information online quickly and easily.

Permit fees are:

Resident: $52

Non-resident: $585

**Actual permits are mailed out roughly two weeks before the applicable season begins.

• Legal Moose Hunting Hours: 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset
• Equipment: Moose may be hunted with rifle, shotgun, handgun, muzzleloader, bow and arrow or crossbow. Shotguns using shot loads and .22 caliber rim fire firearms are prohibited.

NOT Recommended: .243 or .244 (6mm) .303 Savage .38-40 Win. .250 (.250/.3000) .30-30 Win. .32 Win. Spec. .38-55 Win. .35 Rem. .25-06 .32 Rem. .44 Mag. .351 Win. .257 Roberts .32-40 Win. .44-40 Win. .30 Rem.

Recommended: .270 Win. .30-06 Sprfld. .308 Win. .284 Win. .444 Marlin .280 Rem. .30-40 Krag. .348 Win. .303 British .8mm Mauser 7 x 57 mm. .300 Sav. .358 Win.

Bear Hunting Permit

To hunt for bear prior to the firearms season on deer, a valid hunting license and a bear permit is required. The fee for this permit is:

• Residents $27.00 (plus agent fee)
• Non-Residents $74.00 (plus agent fee)
• Big Game Hunting (16 and older): $115.00 required for non-resident bear hunting
• Non-resident license + permit = $189+ agent fees

If a non-resident wishes to hunt bear during the regular firearms season on deer, a late-season bear hunting permit and a valid hunting license is required. The fee for the late-season bear permit is $40.00 (plus agent fee).

Legal Hunting Equipment

Bear may be taken by use of rifle, handguns, muzzleloader, shotguns (with slugs only and not larger than 10 gauge), bow and arrow (with a minimum draw weight of 35 lbs.) or crossbow (with a minimum draw weight of 100 lbs.).

I would recommend if you're using a bow that you have a good shot due to these animals being very tough critters "shot placement will be crucial"

As for a rifle, personally I'd use something with some knocking power ( .270 Win. .30-06 Sprfld. .308 Win. .284 Win. .444 Marlin .280 Rem. .30-40 Krag. .348 Win. .303 British .8mm Mauser 7 x 57 mm. .300 Sav. .358 Win. 6.5cm ) Similar to moose recommendations

Bear Hunting with a Maine Guide

Nonresidents must employ, and hunt in the presence of, a resident Maine guide in order to hunt bear with dogs. If the nonresident is a licensed Maine guide, they may hunt bear with dogs themselves, and may guide residents, but cannot guide nonresidents.

The total number of clients with a licensed guide may not exceed five.

2019 Bear Hunting Seasons

General Hunting: August 26 - November 30, 2019

Hunting with Dogs: September 9 - November 1, 2019

Hunting with Bait: August 26 - September 21, 2019

License Fees

Nonresidents:

Big Game Hunting (16 and older): $115.00

Combination Hunting & Fishing (16 and older): $150.00

Small Game* Hunting (16 and older): $75.00

3-Day Small Game* Hunting (valid for 3 consecutive days): $50.00

Junior Hunting (0 to 15 years): $35.00

Archery Hunting (16 and older): $75.00

6-Day Archery Hunting : $26.00

Illegal equipment: Deer may not be hunted with the use of dogs, artificial lights, snares, traps, set guns or any firearm using .17 or .22 caliber rimfire cartridges, except that .22 caliber rimfire magnum cartridges are permitted. Deer decoys are legal.

2019 Deer Hunting Seasons

**Maine's antlerless deer (firearms) hunt is a "permit only" hunt

• Hunters who have a valid archery license will be able to purchase multiple expanded archery antlerless deer permits for $12.00* each, and one expanded archery either-sex permit (allows either an antlered or antlerless deer but not both) for $32.00
• In WMDs where no any-deer permits are issued, archers and junior hunters are also not allowed to harvest antlerless deer.

Expanded Archery: September 7 - December 14, 2019

Regular Archery: October 5 - November 1, 2019

Firearms (allows use of bow and arrow, crossbows*, firearms, or muzzleloaders)

RIFLE ONLY: (1) Buck may be harvested unless you have an any-deer permit

Maine Residents Only: November 2, 2019

All Hunters: November 4 - November 30, 2019

Spring Season:

General Hunting Season Zone: 7-29

Dates: April 29, 2019 - June 1, 2019

Limit: 2 bearded Wild Turkeys

Fall Season:

General Hunting Season: 15-17, 20-25, 28

Dates: October 1, 2019- November 7, 2019

Limit: 2 Wild Turkeys either sex, any age

Other Zones: 10-13, 18, 19, 26, 27, 29

Dates: October 1, 2019- November 7, 2019

Limit: 1 Wild Turkey either sex, any age*

Equipment:

• Shotgun: A person can use shotgun gauges 10 through 20, using shot sizes 4 through 6 or mixed loads that include shot sizes 4 through 7. A person must possess a valid big or small game hunting license and a turkey permit.
• Bow & Arrow: A person must possess a valid archery license, and a turkey permit.
• Crossbow: A crossbow may be used to hunt wild turkeys during the spring wild turkey hunting season. A person hunting with a crossbow must possess either a valid big or small game firearms hunting license or an archery license as well as a turkey permit and crossbow permit. (A person must have taken an archery and crossbow hunting education course or show proof that they have previously held an archery and crossbow hunting license prior to purchasing their crossbow permit).
• Dogs: It is unlawful to hunt with dogs during the spring wild turkey season.
• Electronic Calling Devices: The use of electronic calling devices is legal.