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1-1-1934 Hunting Maine, 1934 Maine Development Commission

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Is there a period of the year, that appeals to the real Isn’t it a grand and glorious feeling, getting back from red-blooded man and woman, like the Autumn? What camp, the envy of every real he-man sizing you up as is more glorious than the flaming maples clothed in you display the fruits of your trip to the Maine game their brilliant garments of scarlet, yellow and orange? regions. What one of them would not “ like to be in What is more beautiful than the fields of shocked corn your boots” ; you with proud air and your smiling coun­ H u n t i n g and bright pumpkins, backed by the blue of the Au­ tenance covered with two-weeks stubble of whiskers, tumn skies and the fleecy clouds of the same season, cultivated during the vacation. That car of yours deco­ with all confined in a frame of golden birches, bur­ rated with a fine specimen of the deer family, maybe nished bronze oaks and russet beeches and ash? with it a big black bear, a bobcat and a brace of par­ Think of Maine at this season. Think of her fifteen tridge. million acres of forested lands, each acre of which pre­ sents a different picture and one to inspire even those Won’t you have a swell time back home, telling the of us who think that we are more or less calloused to gang how it all happened. Won’t they be surprised as the beauties of nature. Think of her fine uncrowded you tell of the fine roads over which you rode almost highways, where one can enjoy real motoring and not to camp, relating how you slept the sleep of the just run in line for hour after hour, breathing in motor through the stillness of the night in that cosy pine- fumes, but rather, drinking in that perfect invigorating scented berth. There’s a trip you’ll remember if you ozone and the wonders of nature in a wonder nature live to be as old as Methuselah. State. Think of staying in Maine during a real Indian Summer, which is not a myth but a reality, when the Let us help you plan your trip this year if you have days are warm and the nights are so cool that the open never had such a trip to Maine, and if you have al­ fire, roaring in the fireplace, is a joy and comfort. ways been here perhaps we can suggest a new region. Why not plan a trip to Maine during this bountiful Remember we have 33,000 square miles from which to harvest season, during her glorious Fall? From Kittery suggest the sport and the conditions which you may to the door of the hostelry of your taste will require. Remember this also; more and more women be found ready to receive you, ready to light your fire, are hunting in Maine each year for they have learned ready to make you comfortable. that a hunting trip to the “ Old Pine Tree State” pre­ pares one, as nothing else can, for the busy winter Come down to Maine. We will be glad to help you season at home. So, bring the wife. plan your trip and to give you any information that you may desire or any booklet listed below. OPEN SEASONS — DEER, *BEAR, AND GAME BIRDS Write: Deer: Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, MAINE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo and York. Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, inc. Aroostook, Penobscot, Somerset, Piscata­ Department J quis, Franklin and Oxford Oct. 16 to Nov. 30, inc. Hancock and Washington Nov. 1 to Dec. 15, inc. Augusta, Maine Season limit on Deer, 1 of either sex.

□ Maine the Land of Remembered Vacations *Bear: □ Maine Fishing Open season on bear Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, inc. Season limit on Bear, no limit. □ Maine Camping and Canoeing *Except that it is open season on Bear at all times in towns and plantations where bounty has been declared, or where bounty may be declared. □ Salt Water Fishing □ Maine Highway Map Game Birds: Daily In Possession Season □ Transformation of a Maine Farm Kind Open Season Limit at one Time Limit Migratory Fowl Oct. 1 to Nov. 30 (on approval Federal Government) □ Climbing Mt. Katahdin Woodcock Oct. 1 to Oct. 31 4 Partridge Oct. 1 to Nov. 15 4 4 25 Copyright, 1934 Except on partridge, hunting is prohibited before 12 o’clock noon of the opening day of the season. MAINE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION Hunting of wild animals is prohibited from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise. Printed in U. S. A. on paper made in Maine Hunting of wild birds is prohibited from sunset to half an hour before sunrise. Guides must be employed by non-residents while hunting in unorganized Augusta Press, Augusta, Maine territory (wild lands). M A I N E MAINE

Southwestern Maine Southeastern Maine Northwestern Maine Northeastern Maine This area embraces all of York, Cumberland, Androscoggin, This section is composed of all of Hancock County, most of This division contains the greater part of Piscataquis County, This region is comprised of northern Penobscot County, two Sagadahoc, Oxford, Franklin and Kennebec counties as well as Washington County, southern Penobscot and the eastern portion western Aroostook County and northern Somerset County. A ranges of towns in northern Washington County, the greater por­ portions of Waldo, Knox, Piscataquis and Somerset counties. As of Waldo County. Here there are large areas of wild lands, the glance at the map will show that it is comprised almost entirely of tion of Aroostook County and two tiers of towns in eastern Pis­ will be seen from the map, this section of the State contains a hub of which is the far famed Grand Lake country of Washing­ wild or unorganized lands. It contains two canoe trips namely: cataquis County. It contains the entire water-shed minimum of the wild or unorganized lands. This does not, how­ ton County. In the scetion surrounding Grand Lake one will find the Allagash and the St. John trip, which are known and talked the entire and water-sheds, the ever, mean that there are not large areas of woodlands through­ excellent deer hunting in the towns of Codyville, Topsfield, Waite, of wherever those devoted to this wonderful sport gather. With­ entire east branch of the water-shed, the entire out this entire section nor that game is not plentiful. Princeton and Grand Lake Stream Plantation. Somewhat further in its boundaries is one of the greatest bodies of fresh water en­ Mattawamkeag water-shed and portions of West Branch of the This section embraces the almost world famous Merrymeeting south in the county good deer hunting will also be found in Craw­ tirely within the confines of one State, , forty Penobscot water-shed and of the St. John River water-shed. A Bay section which contains some of the finest duck hunting to be ford, Wesley, Northfield and Townships 18 and 19. It has been miles long and eighteen miles wide. large portion of this section is wild lands. found anywhere in the Northeast. Thousands and thousands of stated many times that the best deer hunting in Washington In the southwestern portion of this section is the well-known Working from the southern portion of this section northward ducks are shot here annually and in the surrounding territory. County will be found in the section south of Sysladobsis Lake in Jackman area, so called, which extends westward from Moosehead the whole Mattawamkeag Valley abounds in deer, partridge and From the Rangeley Lake section and from the section east and Township 5 and in the so-called Tomah Stream country in the Lake to the Quebec border and northward to include such towns duck, in fact, this river all the way through to Mattawamkeag north of it are shipped annually some of the finest bucks that the towns of Waite, Dyer, Indian Town and 1 R. 1. One will find very as Prentice, Sandy Bay Township, Bald Mountain Township. Lake in Island Falls and Township 4 R. 3 offers a wonderful com­ State affords. The region surrounding Kingfield offers ridge after good partridge hunting in all the places mentioned above. In the Brassau Lake, Long Lake, Attean Lake, Wood Pond and Holeb bination of camping, canoeing and hunting. A good hunter un­ ridge of forested lands where some enormous bucks are procured eastern section of Washington County duck hunting will be found Pond are the principle bodies of water in the Valley der average conditions should have no difficulty in procuring his each fall and where the hunters’ larder can always be kept well in Big Lake, in Township 27 and 21 Plantation, in Pocamoon- which drains this territory. Great quantities of deer, bear and bag limit on this trip and of keeping his camp table well supplied stocked with partridge and smaller game. The Carrabassett Val­ shine Lake in Princeton and in Crawford Lake in Crawford. The birds are taken out of this district annually. with rabbits and bird. The East Branch country from Townships ley which, in spite of the fact that for a large portion of its length whole section south of here in the lakes and along the seacoast of­ The north and west branch of the Penobscot River have their 2 R. 8, 2 R. 7 and 2 R. 6 northward to the Aroostook River water­ passes through settled communities seems to have just the right fers excellent opportunities for the duck hunter. source in the townships north of Jackman and Moosehead Lake shed and westward to the Katahdin Range Preserve together with proportion of farm land and wood land to make an excellent deer Almost the entire eastern portion of Washington County pro­ in an area literally covered with small streams and ponds which the four towns namely: 6 R. 9, 6 R. 10, 5 R. 9 and 5 R. 10, which hunting territory. vides favorable woodcock cover, particularly in the towns of Rob- form an ideal hunting territory through such Townships as 5 R. comprise the headwaters of the East Branch form a wonderfully The Dead River section, made famous by Arnold’s march on binston, Cooper, Crawford, Wesley, Waite, Topsfield, Codyville 16 to 20 and 4 R. 18 to 4 R. 16. The towns of Pittston, Plymouth attractive region for the big game hunter flanked as they are by Quebec, offers a variety of hunting to satisfy the most exacting and Princeton. Seboomook and Burbank are names long familiar to the sports­ the beautiful Katahdin range of mountains. Never in years have sportsman. Flagstaff Pond in Flagstaff plantation has long been In that portion of Penobscot within the boundaries of this sec­ men, who love the Moosehead Lake country. East of Moosehead deer been reported to be as plentiful there as they are today and known for its excellent duck hunting while the territory surround­ tion good deer, partridge and woodcock hunting may be had in lies an area of 12 towns or 25 thousand acres bounded on the north partridge which have for several years, due to disease, been barely ing it and from there west to the Rangeley Game Preserve offers the western portion of Old Town and from there westward to the by the lower end of and on the south by Town­ holding their own, are now reported by people who know this re­ deer and partridge hunting in a setting sufficiently wild to satisfy division line. In the Lakeville and northern Sysladobsis section ships A R. 11, 12 and 13 which constitutes a particularly satisfac­ gion intimately as being as numerous as they were in 1925 and those who demand the wilderness for their hunting ground. Over there are plenty of deer, bear and partridge to be had and in Dob- tory hunting section amongst myriad ponds, lakes and streams 1926. Townships 3 R. 10, 3 R. 9, 4 R. 10 and 4 R. 9 have for a along the western border of the State, in the Magalloway section, sis, Bottle and Junior Lakes duck hunting will be found as well. with the Katahdin range and Katahdin Park as a background to number of years been set aside as the Katahdin Game Park, where and in the tier of towns south of it will be found splendid deer In the section around Greenfield and in the towns east of it in eastward. no hunting is allowed. and bird hunting and in the towns north of the Androscoggin Hancock County deer, partridge and woodcock abound. Chesuncook Plantation at the upper end of Chesuncook Lake The Aroostook River and the Machias River water-sheds River and east of Sandy River, bear have been reported as greatly In Hancock County the region in Townships has long been a popular resort for those who hunt in the section south and west from Ashland, bounded by Township 12 R. 10 on the increase. The portion of Oxford County south of the 3, 4, 40, 41, 34, and 35 has long been noted as a sporting section embracing the northern portion of Chesuncook Lake, Caucom- on the northwest corner, Ashland on the northeast corner, Town­ Androscoggin is another section that has long been famous amongst where can always be found deer, bear, partridge and duck. From gomoc Lake in Township 6 R. 14, Umbazooksus Lake Township ship 8 R. 10 on the southwest corner and Township 8 R. 5 on the sportsmen who love to do their hunting in the mountainous this section Gassabias Lake in Township 4, Pistol Lake in Town­ 6 R. 13 and Round Pond and Telos Lake in Township 6 R. 11. western portion of Maine. southeast comprises an area of 25 townships, or roughly 50 thou­ ship 3, Horseshoe Lake in Township 35, Duck Lake in Township The remainder of this territory is occupied almost entirely by sand acres, where may be found some of tbe finest big game hunt­ In the Belgrade section, in northwestern Kennebec County, and 4 as well as many others can all be easily reached by canoe or over two great river valleys, the Allagash and the St. John, both ot ing within the boundaries of the State of Maine. The Machias from there through Smithfield and Norridgewock are a series of land trail in a few hours. We cannot leave a discussion of the which flow northward to join in Allagash Plantation, the main River traverses an area of almost unbroken wilderness and in lakes and streams which offer good duck hunting. North of Nor­ territory around the eastern edge of Hancock County without stream of the St. John River which forms two thirds of the north­ both these river valleys deer, bear and partridge are found in ridgewock on the Kennebec and including the towns of Canaan, mentioning the section drained by both the Machias and the Nar- ern boundary of the State of Maine. This whole section may well abundance. Bear seem to be particularly numerous in this region Hartland, Cornville, Athens and from there north to the northern raguagus River in Washington County. Duck, partridge, wood­ be considered one great hunting preserve with mile after mile of and any hunter stands a good chance of getting one on the beech extremity of this southwestern section will be found excellent deer cock, deer and bear hunting is to be found in abundance through­ almost unbroken forest lands where the hunter can find his game ridges during years when beechnuts are plentiful. and partridge hunting and south from these towns many wood­ out this entire section. By a series of carries from either river the in a surrounding to meet his personal ideas of a hunting territory. cock are taken during the flight season. In that portion of Waldo Nicatous Lake section and the Grand Lake section can be reached. The St. John River which occupies the westerly valley in spite of The Fish River starting in Fish River Lake in Township 13 R. and Penobscot counties in this section splendid deer, rabbit and Southern Hancock County and southern Washington County its hundred of branches, is conceded by woodsmen to rise in St. 8 drains a tremendous sporting area and numbers amongst its partridge hunting is to be found in the towns of Plymouth, Dix- is another great migratory water-fowl section. Tunk Pond in John Pond Township 6 R. 17 and flows northward into Baker well known bodies of water Portage Lake, St. Froid Lake in Win- mont and Jackson. In Sagadahoc and Lincoln counties splendid Township 10, Hancock County, now a private preserve, has long Lake, Township 7 R. 17 and still northward to join the boundary terville Plantation, in Township 16 R. 6, Square Lake duck hunting is to be found on any of the long arms of the sea been noted for its duck. Molasses Pond and Webbs Pond in East- branch of the St. John River in Township 9 R. 17. All of this in 16 R. 5, Cross Lake in Township 17 R. 5, Mud Lake in 17 R. 4 that indent the coastline of these two counties for miles. brook are equally noted and are open to duck hunting. A power territory from the boundary on the west to the height-of-land in and Long Lake in the same town and in St. Agatha. Deer, bear The Sebago and Long Lake section of Cumberland County has development along the , starting 4 miles above the the east offers an opportunity for the camper, canoeist and hunter and partridge are shot throughout this entire section and from always been a popular hunting ground for deer and birds and in city of Ellsworth, has flooded a tremendous area between the to spend an entire hunting season amidst a section of unparalleled the towns around Fish River Lake namely: 14 R. 9, 14 R. 8, 13 R. York County the winding Valley offers ponds and towns of Mariaville and Waltham, Ellsworth and Number 8 beauty. In the area between the north branch of the St. John, 9, and 13 R. 8 a large quantity of very big deer are brought out an­ woodlands where the sportsman may find the game for which he Plantation and has formed a fresh water basin that is fast becom­ which joins the main river in Township 10 R. 17 and the point nually. For those who like to shoot on snow and whose business is looking. ing a rival of the far famed Meerymeeting Bay section, on the Ken­ where Big Black River joins the main stream in Township 15 R. is such that they must do their hunting in the early part of the sea­ In planning deer hunting in this section it should be remembered nebec in southwestern Maine, as a duck hunting territory. A 13, several small settlements will be found. Here are steep brooks son we strongly recommend the Fish River Valley as there seems that, whereas the open season in Aroostook, Penobscot, Somerset, glance at the map will make evident the tremendous amount of and ridges that offer all that may be desired in big game hunting. to be a period there in the early part of the hunting season when Piscataquis, Franklin and Oxford Counties start October 16, it is coast line of western Waldo, southern Hancock and Washington In the Valley the Musquacook Lakes and stream excellent tracking conditions may be had. November 1, in all the other counties. Counties; all of these bays and indentations afford splendid geese, in Township 10, 11, 12 and 13 R. 11 have been described by one Throughout this section as well as over the entire State compe­ The probable difference between hunting on wild lands and on duck and coot hunting grounds. In deer hunting in this section of our Game Authorities as “ lying in the very heart of the greatest tent guides may always be procured and as we have stated before organized lands is that of course there is a better chance of getting for those who like to spend the entire hunting season in the woods, of our Maine wilderness where the hunting is unsurpassed.” To it is our advice to all hunters to procure the services of a guide for big game on the former, under ordinary conditions. A non-resi­ it should be remembered that the deer season in Penobscot County prove this he sends us numerous photographs of deer on the hoof. any hunting trip that may be contemplated. The Department of dent can hunt on organized lands without a guide but we would extends from October 16 to November 30, in Waldo County from The entire section around in Township 7 R. 13 Inland Fisheries and Game, State House, Augusta, Maine, will strongly advise any hunter, unless he knows a section very thor­ November 1 to November 30, and in Washington and Hancock and 7 R. 12 and from there north through the towns containing gladly supply anyone interested with a list of guides in any particu­ oughly, to have a guide whether he hunts on organized or unor­ counties from November 1 to December 15. It is, therefore, pos­ Eagle Lake, Churchill Lake, Priestly Lake, and lar section. We recommend guides even more in the north coun­ ganized lands. It should be remembered that a guide is a profes­ sible for a sportsman in this section, by varying the counties in Long Lake in Townships 12 R. 13 and 12 R. 12, has its devotees try than we do in the southern portion of the State as there are sional woodsman who knows his locality and the habits of every­ which he hunts, to shoot the one deer allowed him by law, any who go there year after year and return with record bags of game many places there where one may travel for thirty miles or more thing in that locality thoroughly. time between October 16 and December 15. each season. without encountering a road or habitation. Lake or Location Town or Stream Township Eagle Lake C5 8 R 13 Eagle Lake A6 16 R 6 E. Br. Penobscot R. C6 6 R 8 E. Machias River F8 T. 19 Ellis Pond F2 Roxbury F2 Andover Embden Pond F4 Embden Endless Lake E5 3 R 9 Fifth Lake F8 T. 36 Fish Lake B6 3 R 8 Fish River A6 Fort Kent Fourth Lake E8 T. 5 Maine Gardners Lake F9 Marion Grand Lake E8 T. 6 Great Black River B4 14 R 15 Green Lake F6 Dedham Hadley Lake F9 E. Machias WILD LANDS Harrington Lake D5 3 R 11 Harrow Lake B5 10 R 11 @ SCALE IN MILES Kennebago Lake E2 3 R 3 F 4 Skowhegan Kezar Lake G1 Lovell Kezar Pond G1 Fryeburg Lake Auburn G3 Auburn Little Black River A5 18 R 12 Lobster Pond D 4 3 R 14 Long Lake G2 Harrison Long Lake A7 St. Agatha Long Lake B5 11 R 13 Long Pond G4 Belgrade Long Pond D3 Long Pond P. Loon Lake C4 6 R 15 Lower Roach Pond D5 A R 13 Machia s Lake B6 12 R 8 Machias River E8 T. 36 Madawaska River B7 Connor Matagamon Lake C6 6 R 8 Mattamiscontis L. E6 3 R 9 Mattaseunk Pond D7 Molunkus Mattawamkeag L. D7 Island Falls Mattawamkeag R. D8 Bancroft Mcddybemps Lake E9 Alexander Merrymeeting Ray H4 Bowdoinh’m G4 Sidney Millinocket Lake D6 1 R 8 Molasses Pond F7 Eastbrook Molunkus Pond D7 1 R 5 D7 Macwahoc P. Moosehead Lake D4 Greenville Mooseluck Stream B6 10 R 9 Mooselookmeguntic Lake F2 Richardson Moose Pond G2 Bridgton Moose Pond F4 Hartland Moose River D3 Jackman Mopang Lakes F7 Devereaux Mopang Stream F8 T. 24 D6 3 R 9 I2 Sanford Moxie Pond E4 E. Moxie Munsungun Lake C5 8 R 10 Musquacook Lake B5 11 R 11 Musquash Lake E8 Talmadge D5 1 R 11 Nicatous Lake E7 T. 40 N. Br. Penobscot R. C3 4 R 18 Old Stream F8 T. 31 Onawa Lake E5 Elliottsville Parker Lake F3 Fayette Parmachenee Lake E1 Lynthtown E9 Perry Pemaduncook Lake D5 1 R 11 G6 Belfast Penobscot Lake D3 Hammond Penobscot R. F6 Old Town Pierce Pond E3 Pierce Pond E5 Dover-F’xc’ft Pleasant Lake E8 4 R 1 Pleasant Lake C7 4 R 3 Pocumcns Lake E7 T. 5 Pokamoonshine L. E8 Princeton Portage Lake B6 Portage Lake Priestley Lake B5 10 R 13 F 6 Old Town D5 2 R 13 Rangeley Lake F2 Rangeley Rangeley Lakes F1&2 Richardson Lakes F1 Richardson Rocky Lake F9 T . 18 Round M t. Lake B6 11 R 8 Russell Pond D4 4 R 15 Saco River H1 Brownfield St. Croix River E9 Vanceboro St. Croix Stream C7 8 R 4 St. Francis Lake A5 9 R 11 St. Francis River I5 20 R 11 & 12 St. Froid Lake B6 Winterville Pl. St. George Lake G5 Liberty St. John River A7 Van Buren Salmon Falls I1 Berwick Sandy River F3 Farmington Sawyer Lake E1 5 R 3 E6 Lakeview Scraggly Lake E8 4 R 1 Scraggly Lake C6 7 R 8 Sebago Lake H2 Standish Lake, Stream and Sebasticook Lake F5 Newport Sebec Lake E5 Willimantic River Locations Sebois Lake E6 4 R 9 Lake or Location Town or Sebois River E6 Howland Stream Township Seboomook Lake D4 Seeboomook State Divisions Abamgamook Lake E7 T . 3 Sheepscot Pond G5 Palermo Southwestern, Me.—That portion south of C4 8 R 14 Small Point H4 Phippsburg line E and west of line 5. Allagash River B4 Churchill Lake Sourdnahunk Lake C5 5 R 11 G3 Gilead Spectacle Lake F7 Pl. 21 Southeastern, Me.— That portion south of Aroostook River B7 Millinocket L. Spencer Stream E3 3 R 5 line E and east of line 5. Spencer Pond E3 4 R 6 Baker Lake C4 7 R 17 Spencer Bay D4 Spencer Bay Northeastern, Me.— That portion north of Baker Lake C4 7 R 17 Spencer Bay D4 Spencer Bay line E and east of line 5. Baskahegan Lake D8 Brookton Spider Lake C5 9 R 11 Beech Hill Pond F7 Otis S. Br. Penobscot R. D3 Hammond Northwestern, Me.— That portion north of G4 Rome Squpan Lake B7 10 R 4 line E and west of line 5. Big Lake E8 Grand Lake Square Lake A7 16 R 5 Black Pond C4 6 R 13 Str PL Sysladobsis Lake F7 T . 5 LARGER STATE GAME PRESERVES- NO Bog Lake F8 Northfield HUNTING ALLOWED Branch Lake F7 Ellsworth Telos Lake C5 6 R 11 Brassua Lake D4 Rockwood Third Lake E8 T . 37 Katahdin Park flame Preserve D6 Thompson Lake G2 Otisfield 4 R 9, 3 R 9, 3 R 10, 4 R 10, East of Caribou Lake D5 3 R 13 T unk Pond F7 T . 10 Sourdnahunk Stream. H3 Harpswell Twin Lakes D6 Ind. Purchase Cathance Lake F9 Cooper Rangeley Game Preserve E1 C4 6 R 14 Umbagog Lake F 1 Upton 5 R 5, 4 R 6, South half of 5 R 5, Chain Lakes E2 2 R 6 Umbazookus Lake C5 6 R 13 and South half of 3 R 5. Chamberlain Lake C5 7 R 12 Umcolcus Pond C7 7 R 5 Bigelow Game Preserve E3 Chemquasabamticook Umsaskis Lake B5 11 R 13 Portions of Bigelow and Dead River Lake B4 10 R 15 Union River F7 Waltham Pl., south of main highway. Chesuncook Lake C5 4 R 13 F5 Riirnliam Portions of 4 R 3, Crockertown and G5 China Unsuntabunt Lake D5 2 R 11 Jerusalem, north of main highway. Chiputniticook Lake D8 Forest City Churchill Lake C5 9 R 12 Wabassus Lake E8 T . 43 Aroostook Game Preserve B5 Clayton Lake B4 11 R 14 Wassutaquook Stream D6 4 R 8 12 R 13, 12 R 12, 11 R 13, and 11 R 12 Clifford Lake E8 T. 26 Wayne Pond G3 Wayne Cobbosseecontee Pond G4 Manchester Webb Pond F7 Eastbrook Somerset Game Preserve E4 Cold Stream Pond E7 Enfield Webbs Pond F3 Weld Sandwich Academy Grant, that Crawford Lake E8 Crawford W . Br. Penobscot R. D5 3 R 11 part of Misery Gore lying between Cross Lake A7 17 R 5 W . Musquash Lake E8 Talmadge Sandwich Academy Grant and Wilson Ponds E4 Greenville Misery Township and the Ten Dead River E2 Eustis Wood Pond D3 Attean Thousand Acre Tract. Depot Lake B4 13 R 6 Wytopitlock Lake D7 Glenwood Pl.

What You May Expect To Get THE CALL OF THE WILD What You May Expect To Get DEER. These are the Virginia or White Tailed Deer and nowhere THE RUFFED GROUSE. The prize of the bird hunter. Who do they grow to a finer size. Maine is recognized as one of the Obey that impulse! Respond to the urge! Take that flannel shirt out of the moth flakes, massage the old has not jumped at that whir of wings from under his very feet, who leading deer states in the Union. The deer kill of 1933 was 18,933. has not thrilled when the dog points, who has not a favorite cover White Tailed Deer grows to its largest size in Maine. Buck deer hunting boots, get some new wool socks, clean up the trusty fowling piece, gas up the old bus and hit the trail for the tall timbers. where he always expects to get his first partridge. In fact who is are often taken weighing well over the 200 pound mark with beau­ there to whom partridge hunting does not bring the thrill of a life­ tiful antlers containing as high as 56 points. Although both buck time no matter how long he has hunted nor how many birds he and doe may be taken in Maine the experienced hunter will have Get a kick out of anticipation while selecting a good hunting location. Get set for a swell vacation in the great north woods where you can enjoy the wild ectasy of freedom and the glories of nature. Make a break from that has shot. The month of November provides a good bird-hunting, plenty of opportunity to get the prize that he has undoubtedly season and if you prefer to get your partridge over your favorite wanted for many years. This is especially true if he takes his hunt­ pent-up atmosphere of a congested city and its headaches, inhale fresh ozone that fills life with new hope. dog, the “ Big Woods” is the place to stir them up. If you prefer a ing vacation in November or after such time, as the leaves have Awaken each morning to the aroma of hot coffee, bacon and eggs, sizzling flap jacks, rich creamy butter and wing-shot, ample opportunity is provided. The “ Big Woods” fallen. Every county in Maine affords good deer hunting. In the variety seems less sophisticated than their relatives nearer towns northern counties with their 11,000,000 acres of forest lands, in maple syrup. Now you are all set for a hike through the brush and over hills to stalk your quarry. It may be a and settlements, thus making surer your chances of getting the bag many cases unbroken for miles, is perhaps the more inviting to the bear, that red-blooded fighter, or a stalwart 10-point buck, or perhaps that sneaking devilish lynx, either of which limit. big game hunter. would make a fine trophy or souvenir of a trip to the Maine woods. BEAR. The black bear of Maine is on the increase both as to WOODCOCK. Every alder run and every gray birch patch has You’ll never forget the evenings in camp, the enduring friendships formed with real fellows. Here is where its little woodcock, during the flight season. The job is to find numbers and as to the size that are taken each year. They are the man in you emerges and harkens to the call of his kind. the wariest and the quickest of the larger animals that inhabit the him as he is so perfectly marked that one might walk by within Maine Woods and the hunter who can number one of them All too soon the time alloted for this glorious trip is over and then the trek back to what we call civilization, three feet of him a dozen times, and then not see him. We have amongst his hunting prizes this fall or any fall can well be proud taking with us a memory that will ever linger and vows m ade with the help of Divine assistance that we will return spent many a golden fall afternoon with dogs trying to see these of his record and can certainly afford to parade amongst his friends another season. birds on the ground when the dogs pointed them out to us, but no “ back home” with an inflated chest. A bear skin on the floor in such luck. Then the flush and up like a rocket they go, straight into the air, until they are over the tree tops, then a slight pause, front of your fireplace— a trophy that you shot yourself— will MAINE HUNTING INFORMATION be a constant reminder of an exciting hunting season. and off like an arrow on the horizontal flight. MOOSE. We cannot leave this description of our game animals A non-resident license of $15.15 entitles the holder to hunt all game during its open season. A non-resident DUCKS. On practically all the lakes in Maine and at many spots without mentioning the moose, even though there is no open sea­ small game license of $5.15 entitles the holder to hunt everything on which there is an open season, but deer and along the seacoast ducks are to be found in abundance. Black son on them at the present time. We don’t know anything that bear. On the page of this booklet, headed “ Hunting,” will be found a list of game with their open seasons and bag ducks, which average from two to three pounds in weight are starts our pulse to hammering more than to come suddenly around limits. A guide must be employed by non-residents while hunting in unorganized territory or so called wild lands. probably the most abundant, but a great variety are found at a bend in the river and see one or two of these lordly monarchs On the map above these wild lands comprise all that portion shown in grey. various times through the season. We have visited one of the suddenly lift their heads, view us for a moment and then turn duck hunting camps in the section, where in and trot, yes, we said trot, through four feet of water to the shore For the purpose of discussing the physical characteristics of the State and the game which one may expect to the dining-room there are displayed fourteen different varieties and then crash into the woods or stand there eyeing us, their find, the State has been divided as follows: Southwestern Maine, that portion south of line E and west of line 5 of ducks all of which have been shot from the blinds of that par­ bristles up like a dog’s ready, to fight one man or ten thousand (on map above). Southeastern Maine, that portion south of line E and east of line 5. Northeastern Maine, that ticular camp. Geese, brant, and snipe are also found along the men. That is when we get our great moment — also when we leave. portion north of line E and east of line 5. Northwestern; Maine, that portion north of line E and west of line 5. entire Maine seacoast.