Maine

Spanning dozens of large wilderness parcels managed for multi-use conservation, including the Bigelow Preserve (36,000 acres), Nahmakanta (43,000 acres), Seboomook (41,500 acres), and Duck Lake (27,000 acres). Pristine glacial lakes, spruce-fir timber, and mountain ridges provide world-class hunting for trophy 200-pound whitetail bucks, moose, black bear, and ruffed grouse.

A massive cooperative management system overseeing 3.5 million contiguous acres of private working commercial timberland open to public sporting access around the Allagash Wilderness Waterway and St. John River. Thousands of miles of logging gravel roads provide unmatched access for ruffed grouse, snowshoe hare, moose, and wilderness whitetail tracking.

Merrymeeting Bay (2,100 acres) is an inland freshwater tidal delta where six rivers converge, creating an Atlantic Flyway haven for tens of thousands of migrating waterfowl. Coastal WMAs like Scarborough Marsh (3,100 acres) offer expansive salt marsh blinds for black ducks and sea ducks.

Vernon S. Walker WMA (4,900 acres) in Newfield features rolling pitch pine-scrub oak barrens and hemlock ravines. Major Gregory Sanborn (Brownfield Bog) WMA (5,700 acres) in Oxford County spans Saco River floodplain marshes, providing exceptional duck, deer, and woodcock hunting.

Located south of Baxter State Park. Encompassing ancient unlogged forests, ice caves, remote wilderness ponds, and rugged ridges permanently conserved for traditional hunting, offering legendary wilderness adventures for black bear, moose, and trophy big-woods whitetails.