{"id":4474,"date":"2016-10-27T09:49:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T13:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=4474"},"modified":"2025-08-24T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T16:11:25","slug":"maines-got-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2016\/10\/27\/maines-got-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine\u2019s Got Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Among the three seasons Maine has to offer–summer, winter \u00a0and mud–lies November. Hunting season is quite a deal for many residents of Aroostook County.\u00a0 Our northern woods and bounteous fields are home to great game for hunters. Whether it\u2019s an interest in large game such as moose or bear, to deer and coyotes, or maybe you\u2019re a bird person–the county offers it all. In the county people cherish the chilly fall mornings, the bright orange hats, and of course everyone stops in at the local hunter\u2019s breakfast opening day. Hunting has this beautiful ability to connect one with nature, with family and with the community.<\/p>\n

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Wade Quinton could relate a few memories of hunting in the county himself. \u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time for me and the boys. We go out to my buddy\u2019s camp in Haynesville the first week of partridge hunting. Our wives don\u2019t see us much again until Thanksgiving dinner.\u201d He laughed as he recalled one of his favorite hunting excursions. \u201cWe were on our way to dinner with my wife\u2019s parents.\u00a0 We\u2019re about two miles from Grammy\u2019s Country Inn when I saw my big boy. I thought he was an eight-pointer. I pulled over and pulled my rifle out. I ran back to the truck with the biggest grin on my face when he fell. Carolyn rolled her eyes. We didn\u2019t make it to Grammy\u2019s but we had some good jerky later that week.\u201d\u00a0 You never know what you\u2019ll come across in this neck of the woods or when you\u2019ll come across your big chance. \u201cThat deer ended up being 10 points. The biggest fella I\u2019ve ever hit.\u201d Quinton reminds us that, \u201cEven when you\u2019re not hunting, in November, you\u2019re freaking hunting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sean Thompson, a native of central Maine, moved to southern Aroostook County almost six years ago. \u201cThere is a bit more solitude up here than there was where I grew up. I like that! There is no pressure from too many people all looking to get the same spot.\u201d Thompson was a first-time father almost three years ago. \u201cI\u2019m really happy that I\u2019ll be able to take my boy out with me in a few years. We\u2019ll go for walks in the woods, which is relaxing, but I\u2019m looking forward to adventures.\u201d Thompson recalls one of his more favorable adventures in Mars Hill that resulted in no shots with hundreds of opportunities. \u201cWe were field hunting in Mars Hill. I had reached my limit, so I was along with my buddy for the ride. We had been looking for ducks for maybe a half hour, then all of the sudden, literally at least 100 geese and ducks were swarming the field. It was the realest circle of life I\u2019d ever seen.\u00a0 My bud Andy was too nonchalant on our little walk and left his ammo in the vehicle. It was by no means a serious hunt, but we could\u2019ve been feeding for a good month.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whatever your particular fancy is, hunting in rural communities of northern Maine is a treat. Whether it\u2019s the excitement of the wildlife you find on the way to family dinner, the moose you spent hours tracking or the trillions of geese you stumble upon unprepared; \u00a0there is fun to be had. There are rich memories to be made and there is fresh meat to be served.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among the three seasons Maine has to offer–summer, winter \u00a0and mud–lies November. Hunting season is quite a deal for many residents of Aroostook County.\u00a0 Our northern woods and bounteous fields are home to great game for hunters. Whether it\u2019s an interest in large game such as moose or bear, to deer and coyotes, or maybe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8945,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4474\/revisions\/8945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}