Maine conservation game management species reports

[snubnose]

https://www.maine.gov/ifw/docs/21-MDIFW-16-R&M-game-species.pdf

 

[clampett]

https://www.maine.gov/ifw/docs/21-MDIFW-16-R&M-game-species.pdf

Snubnose, your home work assignment for tonight is to read this 39 page report and give us a 2 or 3 paragraph summery of what this report is about.

 

[snubnose]

Snubnose, your home work assignment for tonight is to read this 39 page report and give us a 2 or 3 paragraph summery of what this report is about.

Central to your problem in comprehension lies with the length of the report ?

 

[Admin]

Interesting factoids

Moose

RECORD WEIGHT The heaviest bull weighed in at 1,031 pounds field dressed (no digestive tract, heart, lungs, or liver). He was 7½ years old and was killed in WMD 3 during the September season

Black Bear

Population Management To maintain the bear population at a healthy and socially-acceptable level, the Department’s primary tool is hunting. Since 2005, Maine’s black bear population has steadily increased. The population grew from 23,000 in 2004 to ~36,000 in 2015, and annual harvest levels remain below what would be needed to stabilize it.

White tail deer

During the regular firearms season for deer, Maine deer hunters spent an average of 6.8 days and 5.0 hours per day pursuing deer. This means that the average hunter spent ~34 hours in the field pursuing deer during the firearms season, which was the same average hours spent as in 2019.

 

[Vermonster]

Interesting factoids

Moose


Black Bear


White tail deer

I will add, regarding turkey dispersal from winter grounds:

Movement from wintering home range to nesting home range was almost 5 km, ranging from 0.238 km to 23.216 (Monson to Kokadjo)

23km= ~15 miles for a turkey. Impressive given terrain in that area.

 

[Admin]

Good find, I missed that.

 

[Asaltweapon]

I will add, regarding turkey dispersal from winter grounds:



23km= ~15 miles for a turkey. Impressive given terrain in that area.

My front door. That’s a lot of ground

 

[snubnose]

for those interested in the 'interactive' version

ArcGIS Dashboards

ArcGIS Dashboards

maine.maps.arcgis.com

 

[snubnose]

Maine Dept of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

www.maine.gov