This is incredible film footage and photographs of moose in Northern Maine, in a field, supposedly feeding on clover. There were nine moose, then 12 moose and at one time there were 20 moose in that field. That’s a first for me. I thought seeing 4 or five in a group was a big deal, but 20?

This bull moose paid a visit to downtown Anchorage, Alaska last night…..well, about 4:30 in the morning local time.

Photo by Al Remington

Photo by Al Remington

According to Outdoor Life, this video was of Real Langlois, a.k.a. “Rackman” of Canada. It was a Pope and Young score of 249 1/8.

Hat tip to reader “Richard” for the link.

Photo and caption sent by reader Al Ladd in Maine.

“Found this bull calf two days ago, but took the picture this morning. Then the hair was mostly in place with just a hole around the rump where I believe the vulchers had eaten into it. Hard gravel and I could see no sign of coyotes or bear. This morning there was plenty of odor to attract anything. This is the 3rd calf in the area that found the winter too long and the ticks too many. A 4th calf was the roadkill I took care of the first of April. About that time warden Brock Clukey said he had already shot 4 calves.”

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Mid-March and this young bull is still holding on to that not so impressive rack.

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Tom Remington

The email said this moose was taken in the Northwest Territories by Sean McLean. Scouting around, I found the MacKenzie Mountain Outfitters website and if you click on the “Flickr” link, you’ll find a picture of Sean and his moose.

Tom Remington

AUGUSTA – It’s time to enter the 2011 Maine Moose Permit Lottery!

Applications for this year’s lottery now are available online through the department’s website, www.mefishwildlife.com. Completing the application online is a convenience that thousands of hunters are using because the form’s easy to fill out and they receive instant confirmation that they’ve been entered into the lottery.

The deadline for online applications is 11:59 p.m. on May 13, 2011.

MDIF&W no longer prints or mails paper applications for the moose lottery. If an interested hunter is unable to apply using the online licensing system, the Department suggests:

· Picking up a February issue of The Maine Sportsman or Northwoods Sporting Journal. The paper application is printed on Page 2 in The Maine Sportsman and on the back cover of Northwoods Sporting Journal.

· Printing out a paper application from MDIF&W’s website at www.mefishwildlife.com, fill it out, and mail it with your payment to the Department;

· Coming to MDIF&W’s main office to fill out a paper application. The address is 284 State Street in Augusta;

· Sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to MDIF&W at the address below. Department personnel will mail a paper application that can be filled out and mailed with your payment to MDIF&W. The address is:

Moose Permit Application Request

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

41 SHS, 284 State St.

Augusta, ME 04333-0041

Paper applications must be postmarked or hand-delivered to MDIF&W in Augusta by 5 p.m. on April 1, 2011. The April 1 deadline for paper applications provides adequate time for department employees to process the paperwork before the lottery.

This year, 3,205 permits will be allocated in the state’s 28 Wildlife Management Districts (WMDs). This is an increase of 65 permits from 2010, primarily in WMDs 22 and 25.

Season dates are:

· September 26-October 1: WMDs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 19

· October 10-15: WMDs 1-14, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28

· Nov. 7-12: WMDs 2, 3, 6, 11

· Oct. 31-Nov. 26: WMDs 15, 16, 22, 23, 25, 26

A “Maine Residents Only Day” is set for October 29, in WMDs 15, 16, 22, 23, 25, 26. Maine hunters need a lottery-drawn permit to hunt these districts on that day.

The 2011 Maine Moose Permit Lottery will be held in mid-June at Cabela’s in Scarborough. The date and time will be announced closer to the event.

For complete 2011 Moose Permit Lottery rules, please visit www.mefishwildlife.com. Please call (207) 287-8000 if you have any questions.

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