BANGOR DAILY NEWS • June 9, 2022
On Saturday, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s announces the 2022 permit winners. This is the 42nd edition of Maine’s modern moose hunt, which was established in 1980 and has been held every year since 1982. During the first 41 years, the state received a whopping 2,807,952 moose permit applications, an average of 68,487 per year. Out of that, 89,800 permits have been issued to moose hunters. It wasn’t uncommon for people to wait more than 30 years to get selected. Nonresident hunters face even tougher odds.