Hunting success and moose-vehicle crashes have fallen in those areas. The districts made up 60 of Maine’s more than 2,100 moose permits last year.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — State biologists have proposed keeping the same number of moose hunting permits in all but three of Maine's 24 hunting districts. The Portland Press Herald reports (http ...

Maine’s statewide moose population is estimated at 60,000, according to IFW. The state’s moose population was last estimated in a 2012 aerial survey at roughly 76,000.

In 2000, the Maine Legislature gave IF&W the authority to establish, through rulemaking by an advisory council, the timing of the state’s moose hunt seasons, the total number of permits issued ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - State biologists have proposed keeping the same number of moose hunting permits in all but three of Maine’s 24 hunting districts. The Portland Press Herald reports (https ...