Jay
Lee
York
Saco
Bath
Alna
StowHope
Weld
Gray
PeruKnox
Rome
TroyOtis
EtnaAvon
Milo
Winn
Wade
Acton
Eliot
Wells
Lyman
Hiram
WalesMinot
UnionParis
LeedsWayne
China
Casco
Waldo BealsSurry
T7 SDNewry
T8 SDUnityT9 SD
Upton Byron
AnsonOrono
Lubec
Solon
PerryAlton
T3 NDAbbot T4 ND
Sebec
Waite
Amity
E Twp
Alfred
Dayton
Hollis Buxton
PorterPownal
DurhamBremenLisbon
Poland
WarrenSweden AuburnOxford
CamdenHebronGreeneLovell
NorwayTurner
GileadSumner
Bethel
Holden
Wilton
Temple
Gorham
Sebago
Naples
SidneyCanton
VeronaBrooksAlbionVienna
Mexico Benton OrlandMonroe
T10 SDMercer
Dedham CutlerT16 MDStarks
Brewer OsbornCarmelStrong T22 MDCanaan
VeazieHermon BangorAuroraLevant T28 MD
Madrid EmbdenT32 MD Wesley
Athens ExeterT34 MD T35 MDHudson
CooperRipleyDexter T39 MD
T40 MD T41 MDBaringMoscow
CalaisEustis
Lowell
Monson
Medway
Weston
Orient
Patten
Hersey
LudlowSmyrna
Blaine
Easton
Perham
Hamlin
Kittery
Berwick
Cornish
BristolTopsham
CushingDenmark
Bowdoin Dresden
ChelseaTremont
WindsorAugusta
BelmontLibertyCastinePalermo
Morrill BelfastFayette
Arundel
Waltham
Bradley
WindhamBaldwin
Raymond
Lebanon Sanford
TrentonLamoineHanover Freedom
WinslowHancock
SteubenOaklandRumford
AddisonJackson
Andover ClintonRoxburyMachiasDixmontBurnham
DebloisHampdenDetroit Whiting
CliftonPalmyraMadison
AmherstNewport Stetson
CorinnaHarmony Corinth Milford
Bingham Garland
Parkman
Howland EnfieldMedford
Shirley Lincoln
Chester
Jackman
Sherman
Crystal
Linneus Hodgdon
HoultonMerrill
Hammond
ChapmanAshland
Caribou
Caswell
Cyr Plt
Newfield
Ogunquit
PortlandLimerick
Falmouth
Yarmouth
ArrowsicFreeportBoothbay
Westport
EdgecombWoolwich
SabattusFryeburg
Richmond RocklandLewiston
RockportPittstonGardinerMonmouth
StonehamWinthrop Appleton Isleboro
Hartford
Glenburn
Carthage
Standish
BridgtonHarrison
Brooklin
Sedgwick
SorrentoSullivan
Belgrade
Dixfield Prospect
Franklin
ColumbiaNewburgh
PlymouthIndustry
PhillipsHartland
EastportOld TownPembroke
Rangeley
CrawfordLang Twp Bradford
Atkinson EdinburgLagrangeGuilfordCaratunk
MaxfieldTalmadge
Dyer Twp
Drew PltDanforth
Reed Plt Bancroft
Cary Plt
Oakfield
Moro Plt
Masardis
Mapleton
Washburn
Woodland
Allagash
ShapleighWaterboro
Limington
SouthportHarpswell
West BathBrunswick
WiscassetOwls HeadNewcastle
ThomastonNobleboroWaldoboro
JeffersonWaterford
HallowellBuckfield
NorthportMason Twp GreenwoodReadfield
SearsmontWoodstock Livermore
Blue Hill
Kennebunk
Biddeford
Fort Kent
Madawaska
Otisfield
MontvillePenobscotSearsportRiley Twp
SwanvilleMilbridge
FrankfortThorndike JonesportUnity Twp
Ellsworth
Fairfield BucksportJonesboroEastbrook
OrringtonC SurplusSkowhegan
CornvilleSalem Twp
No 14 Twp
KingfieldCambridge Charlotte
Davis Twp Greenbush AlexanderWyman Twp No 21 Twp
PrincetonT5 ND BPP T6 ND BPP
Oxbow Twp
LakevilleBowerbank
Kibby TwpT2 R8 NWPT7 R9 NWP
T5 R9 NWP TopsfieldT4 R9 NWP T3 R9 NWP
T2 R9 NWP WoodvilleVanceboroHoleb Twp
Big W Twp
Littleton
Oxbow Plt
Westfield Mars Hill
Limestone
Stockholm
Van Buren
Phippsburg
Brownfield
BowdoinhamVinalhaven
FrenchboroLitchfieldWhitefield
Washington
West ParisAlbany TwpManchester
VassalboroMilton Twp
Mariaville
Greenville
T1 R8 WELS
T2 R9 WELS
T3 R8 WELS
T4 R9 WELS
T5 R8 WELS
T6 R7 WELS
TA R7 WELS
Stonington
Gouldsboro
HarringtonSmithfield WinterportNew Sharon
Farmington
T18 MD BPPT19 MD BPP MarshfieldPittsfieldTownship C
Township D BeddingtonTownship E T24 MD BPP Northfield
T25 MD BPP Marion TwpT18 ED BPP
T30 MD BPPT31 MD BPPGreat Pond T19 ED BPP
Dallas Plt T36 MD BPPT26 ED BPP
MeddybempsWellington CharlestonRobbinston
Coplin Plt T42 MD BPPSummit TwpT43 MD BPP
BurlingtonIndian TwpT3 R1 NBPP
T5 R1 NBPP Fowler TwpBrownvilleMoxie Gore
T8 R3 NBPPLong A TwpMisery Twp Forest Twp
Attean Twp T8 R4 NBPP
T1 R5 WELST1 R6 WELS
T2 R4 WELSBlake Gore
T3 R7 WELST3 R4 WELST3 R3 WELS
TA R2 WELST4 R5 NBKPT4 R7 WELS T4 R3 WELS
Dyer Brook
T7 R7 WELS T7 R5 WELS Dudley TwpT7 R9 WELS
TC R2 WELS MonticelloT8 R5 WELST8 R7 WELST8 R9 WELS
TD R2 WELST9 R7 WELST9 R5 WELST9 R4 WELST9 R9 WELS
New SwedenConnor Twp
Eagle Lake
Wallagrass New Canada
Grand Isle
Scarborough
Perkins Twp
North Haven
Farmingdale
Brooksville
Skinner Twp
Gorham Gore
T9 R18 WELS
Frenchville
Millinocket
T3 R11 WELS
T4 R11 WELS
T5 R11 WELS
Grafton TwpCherryfield
Machiasport
Centerville
Edmunds TwpFreeman Twp
Lincoln Plt
Concord Twp
Sangerville
Bigelow Twp Baileyville
Bowtown Twp Willimantic
Seboeis PltCoburn Gore Springfield Carroll Plt
Kossuth Twp
Webster Plt
TB R10 WELSBeaver CoveBeattie TwpSapling Twp Kingman Twp
TA R10 WELSForsyth Twp
Moose RiverT1 R11 WELST1 R13 WELS
Brassua Twp
T2 R12 WELS Haynesville
Lobster Twp StaceyvilleHammond Twp
T4 R13 WELST4 R15 WELST4 R17 WELS
T5 R14 WELS Mount ChaseT5 R17 WELST5 R19 WELS
T6 R14 WELS T6 R12 WELST6 R17 WELS T6 R10 WELSBig Six Twp
T7 R12 WELST7 R18 WELS T7 R14 WELST7 R16 WELS
T8 R19 WELS T8 R17 WELS T8 R15 WELS T8 R11 WELS
BridgewaterT9 R11 WELST9 R13 WELST9 R15 WELS
T10 R7 WELS Squapan TwpT10 R9 WELSBig Ten Twp
T11 R7 WELST11 R9 WELS T11 R4 WELS
T12 R7 WELS Castle HillT12 R9 WELS
T13 R7 WELS T13 R5 WELST13 R9 WELS
T14 R7 WELST14 R9 WELS T14 R5 WELS
T15 R8 WELS T15 R6 WELS
T16 R9 WELS T16 R5 WELS
T17 R4 WELS
Parsonsfield
Saint George
Isle Au Haut
Swans Island
LincolnvilleMount Desert
Roque Bluffs
Saint Agatha
Lily Bay Twp
Mount Vernon
Norridgewock
Trescott Twp
Rangeley Plt New PortlandSaint Albans
Brighton PltHighland Plt
Mayfield TwpTim Pond Twp
Jim Pond Twp
Appleton Twp Prentiss TwpMattawamkeag Brookton Twp
Molunkus TwpShawtown Twp
Prentiss TwpPlymouth Twp
Island Falls
New Limerick
T10 R11 WELST10 R13 WELST10 R15 WELS
Garfield PltT11 R11 WELST11 R13 WELST11 R15 WELS
T11 R17 WELS
T12 R11 WELST12 R13 WELST12 R15 WELST12 R17 WELS
Presque Isle
T13 R11 WELST13 R13 WELST13 R15 WELS
T14 R13 WELS T14 R11 WELST14 R15 WELS
T15 R10 WELST15 R12 WELST15 R14 WELS
T16 R12 WELST16 R14 WELS
T17 R14 WELS T17 R12 WELS
T18 R12 WELST18 R10 WELS
T19 R12 WELS
South Berwick
North Berwick
West Gardiner
Hibberts Gore
Winter Harbor
Big Squaw Twp
Devereaux Twp
Redington Twp
Lynchtown TwpKingsbury Plt Orneville Twp
Flagstaff Twp Blanchard Twp
T3 R5 BKP WKRLake View Plt
T5 R6 BKP WKRCodyville Plt
Long Pond Twp
Sandy Bay TwpBenedicta Twp
Seboomook Twp
Saint Francis
South Portland
North Yarmouth
New Gloucester
Mechanic Falls
Columbia Falls
Magalloway Plt
Greenfield TwpParkertown Twp
Dover-Foxcroft
Bowmantown Twp East Moxie Twp
Squaretown Twp
Bradstreet Twp
Dennistown Plt
Eagle Lake Twp
Fort Fairfield
Saint John Plt
Big Twenty Twp
Boothbay Harbor
South Thomaston
Sandy River Plt
Grand Falls Twp
Seven Ponds TwpPierce Pond Twp
Forest City Twp
Soldiertown TwpAlder Brook Twp
Little Squaw Twp
Chase Stream Twp Lambert Lake Twp
Elliottsville Twp
Bar Harbor
Richardsontown Twp
Carrabasset Valley
Mattamiscontis TwpMassachussets Gore
Upper Molunkus Twp
Lower Enchanted Twp
Upper Enchanted Twp
Andover North Surplus
Grand Lake Strm
Carrying Place Town
Katahdin Iron Works
Township 6 North of Weld
Rockwood Strip
Hopkins Academy Grant Twp
East Middlesex Canal Grant Twp
Bowdoin Coll Grant East
Westbrook
Eddington
Cumberland Georgetown
Friendship
Somerville
T1 R9 WELS
T2 R8 WELS
T5 R7 WELST5 R9 WELS
T6 R8 WELS
Waterville
Kenduskeag
T37 MD BPPArgyle Twp
T27 ED BPP
T6 R1 NBPP
T4 R8 WELS
T6 R6 WELS
T7 R6 WELST7 R8 WELS
T8 R3 WELST8 R6 WELST8 R8 WELS
T9 R3 WELST9 R8 WELS
Perkins Twp
T2 R10 WELS
T3 R10 WELS
T4 R10 WELS
Dennysville
Barnard Twp
TB R11 WELST11 R3 NBPP
TA R11 WELS
T1 R10 WELST1 R12 WELS
T2 R13 WELS Rainbow Twp
T3 R12 WELST3 R13 WELS
T4 R12 WELST4 R14 WELS
T5 R12 WELST5 R15 WELST5 R18 WELST5 R20 WELS
T6 R13 WELST6 R15 WELS T6 R11 WELST6 R18 WELS
T7 R10 WELST7 R11 WELST7 R17 WELS T7 R13 WELST7 R19 WELS T7 R15
WELS
T8 R16 WELS T8 R10 WELST8 R14 WELST8 R18 WELS
T9 R10 WELST9 R12 WELST9 R14 WELST9 R16 WELST9 R17 WELS
T10 R6 WELST10 R8 WELS T10 R3 WELS
T11 R8 WELS
T12 R8 WELS
T13 R8 WELS
T14 R6 WELST14 R8 WELS
T15 R9 WELST15 R5 WELS
Westmanland
T16 R8 WELS T16 R6 WELST16 R4 WELS
T17 R5 WELS T17 R3 WELS
Damariscotta
Chesterville
Whitneyville
East MachiasNew Vineyard
Passadumkeag
Macwahoc Plt
Glenwood Plt
Comstock Twp
T10 R10 WELST10 R12 WELST10 R14 WELST10 R16 WELS
T11 R10 WELST11 R12 WELST11 R14 WELST11 R16 WELS
T12 R12 WELS T12 R10 WELST12 R14 WELST12 R16 WELS
Portage LakeT13 R10 WELST13 R12 WELST13 R14 WELST13 R16 WELS
T14 R10 WELST14 R12 WELS
T14 R14 WELST14 R16 WELS
T15 R11 WELST15 R13 WELST15 R15 WELS
T16 R13 WELS
T17 R13 WELS
T18 R13 WELST18 R11 WELS
T19 R11 WELS
Kennebunkport
South Bristol
Adamstown Twp
Deer Isle
Lexington Twp
T3 R4 BKP WKR
The Forks Plt
Hobbstown Twp
T5 R7 BKP WKR
Thorndike Twp
Forkstown Twp
Nashville Plt
Cape Elizabeth
Grindstone Twp
Dead River
West Forks Plt
Lowelltown Twp
Frenchtown Twp
Herseytown Twp
Dole Brook TwpElm Stream Twp
Chesuncook Twp
Saint John Twp
Webbertown Twp
Livermore Falls
Spencer Bay Twp
Trout Brook Twp
Mount Abram Twp
Stetsontown Twp
Parmachenee Twp
Parlin Pond Twp
Saint Croix
Winterville Plt
Southwest Harbor
Stockton Springs
Alder Stream Twp
Williamsburg Twp
Silver Ridge TwpSoldiertown Twp.
Russell Pond Twp
Old Orchard Beach
Merrill Strip Twp
Nesourdnahunk Twp
Indian Stream Twp
Mount Katahdin Twp
Pleasant Ridge Plt
Carrying Place
Chain of Ponds Twp
Soper Mountain Twp
Lower Cupsuptic Twp
Upper Cupsuptic Twp
King & Bartlett Twp
Northeast Carry Twp
Johnson Mountain Twp
Batchelders Grant Twp
Days Academy Grant Twp
T4 Indian Purchase T3 Indian Purchase Twp
Pittston Acad. Grant
Bald Mountain Twp T2 R3
Bald Mountain
Andover W.
Sandwich Acad. Grant
W. Middlesex Canal Grant
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Maine Deer Harvest by Town (2016)
Total Harvest = 23,512
©Map prepared by:Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and
WildlifeJune 15, 2017
2016 Maine Deer Harvest In 2016, Maine hunters harvested 23,512
deer, representing an increase of 16% from the 2015 deer harvest.
Given mild winter weather conditions in 2015-16, IFW biologists
predicted a harvest of around 24,400 deer, which was within 4% of
the actual harvest. Breaking down the 2016 harvest, 20,040 deer
were tagged during the General Firearms season. This was a 21%
increase in deer harvest by firearm hunters in 2015. A total of
1,267 deer were harvested during the Expanded Archery season. This
equates to a 13% decrease in the Expanded Archery harvest from
2015, 469 deer were tagged during the Regular Archery season.
Maine’s youth harvested 659 deer, which was 25% below the 2015
harvest on Youth Day. Last, but not least, Maine’s Muzzleloader
seasons hunters tagged 933 deer, an increase of 25%. This year’s
buck harvest of 16,986 animals represents an increase of 14% from
last year and was within 3% of the projected buck harvest. Southern
Maine is well known for being a highly productive region for the
state, in terms of its deer population. As such, it goes in hand
that the top 5 buck producing Wildlife Management Districts (WMDs)
are also located in the Southern tier of the state. The WMDs with
the highest buck harvest were, in order from greatest buck harvest
to least, per square mile of land, are 29, 24, 22, 21, and 20.
Despite this, northern Maine’s adult bucks are, on the average,
slightly larger expressing an average weight of 180 lbs. In
comparison, their more densely populated cousins in the southern
half of the state average approximately 156 lbs. One of the driving
forces of Maine’s deer population is winter weather. The 2015-16
winter proved to be mild in nature, in fact it turned out to be one
of the mildest in the last 60+ years which often results in an
increase in the deer population. To offset potential population
increases due to increased juvenile survival, MDIFW increased
Any-deer permit (ADP) allocations by approximately 60% (45,755)
from the 2015 allocation of 28,770. The overall goal of the 2016
ADP allocation was to produce a doe harvest of 5,297 adult does.
Overall, Maine hunters harvested 6,382 antlerless deer (i.e., adult
does and fawns), of which 4,261 were adult does. Maine offers five
different structured hunting seasons providing the state’s hunters
over 80 days in which to pursue white-tailed deer. In 2016, Maine’s
regular seasons occurred as follows: 1) The Regular Archery season
from Sept 29th to Oct 28th, 2), General Firearms season from Oct
29th to Nov 26th, 3) Muzzleloader Season 1 from Nov 28th to Dec
3rd, and 4) Muzzleloader Season 2 from Dec 5th to Dec 10th. While
increasing opportunity, the Expanded Archery season is primarily
used to control deer populations in areas where deer are
chronically overabundant and negatively impact themselves and
people. The Expanded Archery season generally runs from early
September to mid-December. All hunters carrying a legal Maine
hunting license, that allows deer hunting, could harvest a buck
provided that it met the 3” minimum required antler length.
Antlerless deer (i.e., does, fawns, and bucks with antlers less
than 3” in length) could only be harvested by hunters who possessed
an Any-deer permit, with the exception of youth hunters on Youth
Day. Maine’s youth are provided the opportunity, on Youth Day, to
harvest antlerless deer in any WMD that receives an allocation of
ADPs. Not changing from past years, Sunday remained closed to
hunting, and the opening Saturday of the Regular Firearms season
was reserved for Maine residents only.
