Moose permit applications due Friday

by Staff Pioneer Times
13 years ago

    AUGUSTA – Online applications for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s 2011 Moose Permit Lottery are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 13. The only applications still being accepted are those filed online at www.mefishwildlife.com.
    The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife can be reached at (207) 287-8000.
    This year, 3,205 permits will be allocated in the state’s 28 Wildlife Management Districts (WMDs). This is an increase of 65 permits from 2010, primarily in WMDs 22 and 25.
    Season dates are: Sept. 26-Oct. 1: WMDs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and 19; Oct. 10-15: WMDs 1-14, 17, 18, 19, 27 and 28; Nov. 7-12: WMDs 2, 3, 6 and 11; Oct. 31-Nov. 26: WMDs 15, 16, 22, 23, 25 and 26.
    A “Maine Residents Only Day” is set for Oct. 29 in WMDs 15, 16, 22, 23, 25 and 26. Maine hunters need a lottery-drawn permit to hunt these districts on that day.
    The 2011 Maine Moose Permit Lottery will be held Thursday, June 16 at Cabelas in Scarborough.