Maine

Maine holds the largest moose population in the lower 48 states, estimated at over 60,000 animals. The sprawling industrial forest lands of the North Woods provide ideal regenerating browse, where massive bulls weigh up to 1,200 lbs with 60+ inch antler spreads.

Maine is world-renowned for giant big-woods bucks. Surviving harsh northern winters, mature northern Maine bucks regularly exceed 200 to 250+ lbs field-dressed ('The Biggest Bucks in Maine Club'), pursued by traditional snow trackers across vast wilderness timber.

Maine boasts the largest black bear population in the eastern United States, exceeding 35,000 bears. Thriving in the commercial spruce-fir-hardwood forests, boars grow to immense proportions feeding on beechnuts, wild blueberries, and raspberries.

Widely acclaimed as the premier ruffed grouse hunting destination in the country. Thousands of miles of remote gravel logging roads flanked by young regenerating aspen, birch, and alder covers offer unmatched wingshooting.

Abundant in dense spruce-fir regeneration throughout the state. Turning pure white in winter, they serve as the primary prey species for the federally protected Canada lynx.

Maine is a premier breeding and staging ground in the Atlantic Flyway. Damp alder runs, abandoned farmland, and young birch cuts harbor dense flights during October migrations.

Native solitary feline that hunts snowshoe hares and small mammals across the rocky ledges, cedar swamps, and mixed woods of central and western Maine.

Common in agricultural borders, coastal headlands, and semi-open woodlands throughout southern and central Maine.