BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 29, 2021
The first week of upland gamebird hunting in Maine has just concluded. This came as a concern to some birds, and a relief to others. Ruffed grouse have the most to be worried about. Around half a million are harvested in Maine each year. Hunters take a fair number of American woodcocks, and there is a pheasant-hunting season in York and Cumberland counties where about 2,000 birds are stocked. Some birds can relax for a while. I am referring to the domesticated birds that many hunters use to train their dogs: Chukars, bobwhites, Gambel’s quails. ~ Bob Duchesne