BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 18, 2022
Due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, more hunters took to the woods again last year. The uptick, spearheaded by nonresident hunters, led to another successful year for bear hunters. The final numbers are still being calculated, but the 2021 bear harvest rivaled the 3,883 animals taken by all methods of hunting the year before. In 2020, the number of bear hunters in Maine grew to some 12,000. Bears are hunted by baiting, dogs and trapping.