When I first started my career as a fishing guide, I was admittedly a more modern-equipped angler when I hit the lake with clients. I began with a modified vee, aluminum bass boat with raised casting decks, modern electronics, GPS and a bow mounted trolling motor. It was a bass fishing machine. As I progressed,Continue reading “The Legendary Grand Laker”
Tag Archives: Maine
Lever Guns for Deer
The biggest drawback in the past when hunting with a lever gun has been ammunition. Most guns used a tubular magazine which meant having to load only round or flat nosed bullets like the .30-30 Win and .45-70 Govt. That meant decreased ballistic performance and decreased velocity.
Granddad’s Gun
I heard the shot from camp. When I heard the client’s .35 Remington boom down the ridge I smiled and waited for confirmation. The text message came in 30 seconds later; a bear was down and he was a big one. I told the excited hunter to take a breath, unload his gun and waitContinue reading “Granddad’s Gun”
Full circle: A deer hunters journey
Hunting started the hard way for me. For my first deer hunt, Dad took me out to a friend’s house. I was 12, and I wanted to get a deer badly, but it didn’t happen that day. Tears quietly rolled down my face as the December sun set and I tried not to let myContinue reading “Full circle: A deer hunters journey”
Bump stocks are the new red herring of school safety failures
It didn’t take long for anti-gun politicians in Augusta to try and find a way to further exploit the survivors of the Stoneham Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. Tomorrow, the Legislative Council will consider whether or not to present a previously tabled bill banning bump stocks and two other anti-gun proposals to theContinue reading “Bump stocks are the new red herring of school safety failures”
Committee to hunters: You don’t have the right to feed your family
I have three words for the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife – shame on you. By bowing to anti-hunting activists and out of state interests, you have sold your own constituents down the river. And for what good cause?
5 hot Maine destinations for early ice fishing
For most anglers, ice fishing preparations are still under way. Shacks are being readied; tip ups are being checked and ice augers are being uncovered from a mountain of gear stowed in the shed. Most of the state’s waters open to ice fishing are still thickening and anticipation runs high. If you are one ofContinue reading “5 hot Maine destinations for early ice fishing”
Maine bear hunters might get a second shot
This question on the survey really got my attention – “Currently you can harvest 2 bears, one while hunting and one while trapping. If the law allowed you to harvest two bears while hunting, would you attempt to harvest two bears?” I had no choice but to answer ‘yes’. There simply wasn’t an option forContinue reading “Maine bear hunters might get a second shot”
Why you soon may be hearing shots in the dark
The first thought that may cross your mind when you hear the report of a rifle in the still of the night next week could be ‘Poachers!’ – But that may be jumping the gun. Maine’s night hunting season on coyote opens Saturday December 16th at 12:01 a.m.
3 things you should never enter the Maine woods without
When I first began studying in earnest to become a Registered Maine Guide, my mentor probed my knowledge of the outdoors and experience level. He knew I was an Army veteran with a lot of time logged in the field but noted that guiding clients in the big woods of Maine had its own setContinue reading “3 things you should never enter the Maine woods without”