BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 23, 2024
Hundreds of hunters hit Maine’s woods on opening day of the regular 2024 moose season. Erik Francis, 28, harvested his bull moose at 7 a.m. on Passamaquoddy tribal land. It was Francis’ third moose this year, and it weighed 814 pounds and had a 9-point rack. Francis shot it from 30 feet away with a compound bow. “The personal goal of killing a big moose with a sharp stick always drew me,” he said. This week was for bulls only. There will be another bull week Oct. 14-19 and an antlerless moose week Oct. 28-Nov. 2. Adaptive hunts will be held in the last half of October until Nov. 2.