It’s Whitetail Archery Time!
There’s a breath of autumn coolness in the air, and the leaves of hardwoods are starting to turn. Archers and crossbow hunters are tuning up and sighting in their equipment, in the hopes of coming face-to-face with a huge Maine buck, like the one gracing the cover of The Maine Sportsman’s October, 2021 issue.
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Expanded archery season for whitetail deer got underway in selected areas in mid-September, and Maine’s regular archery season runs October 2 – October 29. Again this year, hunters may use crossbows during regular archery season. In this month’s “Big Game Hunting” column, Joe Saltalamachia reveals that early-season bowhunting is productive, before big bucks and bonus does change their late-summer travel and feeding patterns.
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Are you in good physical shape? Really good shape? Do you want an ultimate whitetail challenge? Read Dr. Birney Dibble’s column, “Running Down a Deer.” It can be done, he says, and he’s done it not once, but twice!
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The Sportsman is not a travel guide, but King Montgomery does his best to change that with an excellent overview of Greenville and environs, in his “Sportsman’s Journal” offering this month, “Moosehead Lake – A Family Place.”
The Sportsman is not a travel guide, but King Montgomery does his best to change that with an excellent overview of Greenville and environs, in his “Sportsman’s Journal” offering this month, “Moosehead Lake – A Family Place.”
Nor are we a fashion mag, but women (and their thoughtful significant others) will know a lot more about ladies’ hunting apparel after reading Christi Holmes’ October “Sportswoman” column.
Enjoy pursuing upland game? We got birds (woodcock and partridge), as well as dogs (“Hunting Dog First Aid,” by Michael Browning) and more dogs (bird dog training, “Rangeley Region,” page 72).
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Gotchermoose yet? The short story and impressive photo of Joe and Lauren Saracina’s 2020 MASTC-qualifying bull (page 17) will awe and inspire you during your week-long hunt.
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ATVs? We got ’em. Snowmobile update? We’ve got that, also!
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Bear season is in full swing, and we offer a great reader story, “Bear Hunting in the Year of COVID,” by Peter Muller, as well as “Trapping a Maine Black Bear,” by seasoned writer Jason Houser.
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Blaine Cardilli details the differences between autumn turkey hunting and the spring variety, in “Three Keys to Fall Gobblers.” And what do you do with that turkey? See Kate Gooding’s delicious “Wildly Cooking” recipe for brined and smoked wild turkey breast (page 40).
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All this, as well as poachers, stripers, solar panels, bolt-actions, muzzleloaders, single-shot 12-gauges, muskrats and beavers, trout, skunks and more! Plus the best jokes and cartoons (see the 1st Annual ’Toon Fest, page 78) found below Upper Enchanted and above Lower Cupsuptic.
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We proudly offer you the October, 2021 issue of The Maine Sportsman, reflecting the inspiration and skill of our writers, reader-contributors, sales staff, office managers and distributors. And thank you for your continued readership support.
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– Will Lund, editor
The Maine Sportsman magazine
