Posts Tagged ‘Penobscot Valley Hunting Report’
Posted on Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 by Maine Sportsman
Physical Characteristics
The Penobscot River Region (F) encompasses some of the most diverse landscapes in Maine. Located in the east central portion of the state, this region includes mile-high Mount Katahdin and Baxter State Park, the vast southern Aroostook softwood flats, the hilly lake country south of Route 6, and the rolling farm country of western Penobscot County. The human population is decidedly rural in character, with few population centers, light development pressure, and little posted land.
The Penobscot River watershed is the backbone of the region. Major rivers feeding into the Penobscot include the Mattawamkeag, the Piscataquis, the Pleasant, the Passadumkeag, and the east and west branches of the upper Penobscot. Early development of farms and lumber operations centered along these river corridors, due to their importance for travel and water power. Many of the early farms and developments are now abandoned and provide prime upland wildlife habitat.
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Posted on Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 by Maine Sportsman
Physical Characteristics
The Penobscot River Region (F) encompasses some of the most diverse landscapes in Maine. Located in the east central portion of the state, this region includes mile-high Mount Katahdin and Baxter State Park, the vast southern Aroostook softwood flats, the hilly lake country south of Route 6, and the rolling farm country of western Penobscot County. The human population is decidedly rural in character, with few population centers, light development pressure, and little posted land.
The Penobscot River watershed is the backbone of the region. Major rivers feeding into the Penobscot include the Mattawamkeag, the Piscataquis, the Pleasant, the Passadumkeag, and the east and west branches of the upper Penobscot. Early development of farms and lumber operations centered along these river corridors, due to their importance for travel and water power. Many of the early farms and developments are now abandoned and provide prime upland wildlife habitat.
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Posted on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 by Maine Sportsman
Physical Characteristics
The Penobscot River Region (F) encompasses some of the most diverse landscapes in Maine. Located in the east central portion of the state, this region includes mile-high Mount Katahdin and Baxter State Park, the vast southern Aroostook softwood flats, the hilly lake country south of Route 6, and the rolling farm country of western Penobscot County. The human population is decidedly rural in character, with few population centers, light development pressure, and little posted land.
The Penobscot River watershed is the backbone of the region. Major rivers feeding into the Penobscot include the Mattawamkeag, the Piscataquis, the Pleasant, the Passadumkeag, and the east and west branches of the upper Penobscot. Early development of farms and lumber operations centered along these river corridors, due to their importance for travel and water power. Many of the early farms and developments are now abandoned and provide prime upland wildlife habitat.
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Posted on Friday, December 7th, 2007 by Maine Sportsman
Week number one of the muzzleloader season for deer featured primarily windy conditions with one day of heavy rains and very little in the way of snowfall in the Region. Hunting conditions were much better during the early weekdays than it was for the latter half of the week and Saturday. Again, cold temperatures and high winds on Friday and Saturday made for difficult days of deer hunting.
We traveled to Page Farm WMA in Drew Plt. early in the week to assess an ongoing field reclamation project. Monies for this work were obtained through a National Wild Turkey Federation Superfund Project. The primary goal of this project is to re-establish some fields at Page Farm that have succumbed to succession and to eventually plant these areas with grasses and clovers to benefit turkeys along with many other species of wildlife. While there, we encountered several deer hunters that were still observing signs of the rut with some scrapes being maintained and new ones being created.
Some other activities that keep us busy this time of year are the wrap-up of deer biological data collection for the regular firearms season and preparing our Winter Severity Stations. Weather stations located throughout the state are monitored through a 20-week period to determine the severity of winter weather on our deer population. At each station, a probe monitors temperatures throughout the winter; snow depths are measured, and the sinking depths of deer are also recorded. From this information we can estimate deer losses from winter weather and, along with many other inputs, determine the allocation of Any-Deer Permits for the next season. Weather stations monitored in the Penobscot Region are located in Stacyville, Bancroft, Howland, and Argyle.
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Posted on Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 by Maine Sportsman
Well, if you only have been able to hunt on Saturdays this year, then it has been a tough deer-hunting season! Stormy or windy conditions have prevailed on all four weekends in the Penobscot Region this season making hunting difficult and testing the motivation to deer hunt at all. On the other hand, if you have had chances to hunt during the weekdays there have been some very good days to hunt with lighter winds and cooler temperatures.
As expected, week three showed a change in the composition of the harvest from large numbers of yearling bucks to fewer, larger more mature bucks. Yes, there’s still a good proportion of younger bucks being taken, but the peak of the rut is upon us making the mature bucks more active and hopefully more vulnerable.
In most years, the Thanksgiving week hunt falls slightly after the peak of the rut, but this year, due to the early start to the season, bucks should still be in hot pursuit of does. During my own hunting activities I have noticed that old scrapes have been freshened and that some new scrapes have appeared, indicating that the rut is still high gear!
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