AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife conducted its annual Any-Deer Permit Lottery and have posted the results on its website, www.mefishwildlife.com.
The Department is issed 48,825 any-deer (antlerless) permits this year for Wildlife Management Districts 12, 13, 15-17, 20-26, 29. It is bucks only in all other Wildlife Management Districts.
This year’s allocation represents 3,340 more permits – a 7.5 percent increase – over last year’s number.
The permit allocation is: 32,907 for residents; 12,208 for landowners; 2,649 for non-residents; and 1,061 for Superpack holders. (Superpack and landowners must meet certain requirements. See the Department’s website for more information.)
Deer hunting (with firearms) season begins with “Maine Residents Only Day” on Oct. 30. The season runs Nov. 1 to Nov. 27.
Youth Deer Hunting Day is Saturday, Oct. 23 and is open to children older than 10 years of age and under 16 years of age. Youth hunters are prohibited from taking does in wildlife management areas that had no antlerless deer permit allocation.
The Department no longer mails permits or transportation tags to permit winners. Instead, permit winners will need to record their permit number and report the permit number to the registration station when tagging their deer. The Department suggests that permit winners write down their permit number and keep the number with their hunting license so it is readily available when needed at the registration station.
The following area residents received any-deer permits:
Donald Anderson, John Gagnon, Linwood Lord, and Albany, Anita and Jesse McCabe, all of New Sweden: Randall Anderson, Ronald Belanger, Richard Castonguay, Gary Farmer, Brian Gagnon, Elie Lausier, Charline Levasseur, Michael Levasseur, Dennis Martin, Joey Ouellette, Sheila Ouellette and Normand Poitras, all of Van Buren; Steven Beaulieu, Christopher Bernier and James Labreck, all of Limestone; Chanel Bernier of Caswell; David Campbell and Henry Staples, both of Connor TWP; and Bernard Bird, Louis Dionne Jr. and Rudolph St. Peter, all of Cross Lake TWP.
Also, Dylan Bouchard, James Bouchard, Peter Bowmaster, Tammy Chase, George Cox, John Deveau, Gregory Hanley, Matthew Kamm, James Kelly Sr., Paula Levasseur, Jeremy Miller, Ronald Miller Jr., Leta Pelletier, Joshua Pike, Glenn Raymond, Gene Rossignol, David Shaw, Doreen Smith, Edmond Theriault Jr., Evelyn Thibodeau and Steve Thibodeau, all of Caribou.
Also, Sterling Bragg, Barry Flood, Loren Johnson, Rhonda Jordan, Robert Philbrick and Shawn Wilcox, all of Washburn; James Gorey of Hamlin; Brent Johnson, Garth Johnson, Rachel Small and Ralph Small, all of Stockholm; David Pierce and Margaret Pierce, both of Portage Lake; and Joey Saucier Sr. of Eagle Lake.
Also, Joseph Chasse, Daniel Crane, Scott Cyr, Joshua DeMerchant, David Doughty, Michael Holbrook, John McCue, Matthew McPherson, Earl Moody Jr., Travis Norsworthy, Wayne Pelletier, Kenneth Peters, Michael Roux, Wendall Shaw and Nancy St. Pierre, all of Fort Fairfield.