MDI Town Considers Deer Hunting Options After State Legislation Fails

MDI town considers deer hunting options after state legislation fails

At the Tremont Select Board’s May 5 meeting, members met with Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife regional biologist Steve Dunham and Maine State Rep. Mike Lance, R-Paris, via Zoom to discuss options for allowing deer hunting in town, even though it’s long been off-limits on Mount Desert Island. This conversation was in response to the introduction of LD 1438 by Maine Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham, R-Winter Harbor, which would have le…

IFW Committee kills proposed MDI deer hunting bill

AUGUSTA — A proposed bill that would allow deer hunting on Mount Desert Island will not make its way to voters, as the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) unanimously voted on May 7 that the bill ought not…