“While the season may have started a little wet, I am pleased to see that so many hunters persisted and were rewarded with success this past season,” stated Martin. “I am also thrilled to see that so many young hunters were successful on youth day. Passing along a tradition such as deer hunting is a wonderful way to teach a young hunter values such as conservation, responsibility and ethics.”

Maine’s deer season stretches from September through December, and is broken into several segments that includes the Regular Firearms Season, the October Archery Season, the Expanded Archery Season, the muzzleloading season and youth deer hunting day. The total deer kill for each of the past ten deer seasons is as follows: 2006 – 29,918; 2005 – 28,148; 2004 – 30,926; 2003 – 30,313; 2002 -- 38,153; 2001 -- 27,769; 2000 – 36,885; 1999 – 31,473; 1998 – 28,241; 1997 – 31,152; 1996 – 28,375; 1995 – 27,384.