Maine
What you need to know about Maine’s spring wild turkey season
If you’ve pushed alongside nation roads previous open fields and even down I-95 throughout the previous couple of weeks, you’ve most likely seen: wild turkeys are once more strutting their stuff.
Which means each camouflage-clad hunter in Maine could have a shot throughout the subsequent 4 weeks to take part in one of many state’s most thrilling pursuits.
The search for a bearded turkey begins Saturday with Youth Spring Wild Turkey Day, which is reserved for hunters ages 16 and beneath who maintain a legitimate junior searching license. The season for remaining hunters will get beneath approach on Monday, Could 2.
Youth hunters account for roughly 8 to 10 % of the annual wild turkey harvest, in response to Kelsey Sullivan, a wildlife biologist for the Maine Division of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Final spring, 481 turkeys have been shot on youth day, accounting for 8 % of the entire.
The spring season, which runs via June 4, has smaller bag limits than within the fall, when birds of both intercourse could also be focused. In Wildlife Administration Districts 7 and 9-29, hunters might harvest two bearded turkeys. That focuses the hunt on male birds, generally known as toms and jakes, though some hens (females) might have a beard, additionally.
Hunters in WMDs 1-6 and eight, which embody a lot of northern Maine and the world west and north of Moosehead Lake, might take one bearded male chook. There are fewer wild turkeys in these areas, thus the decrease bag restrict.
Hunters are required to take their harvested turkeys to a licensed recreation registration station throughout the spring season. That differs from the autumn season, throughout which it’s not required to current turkeys for tagging. That change stemmed from a regulation enacted final 12 months.
Eliminating the requirement to register turkeys within the fall season relieves the burden on hunters with out compromising the division’s capacity to watch and handle the inhabitants, in response to DIF&W Wildlife Division Director Nate Webb.
Nevertheless, there probably might be additional alterations to the method of turkey registrations beginning in 2022. A invoice that’s anticipated to go within the Legislature later this 12 months would give turkey hunters the choice to register their birds both in individual or electronically.
There are particular guidelines for the adults who head afield with the children on youth turkey day. They’re outlined by DIF&W as “junior hunter supervisors.
These might embody a dad or mum or guardian of the junior hunter who holds or has held a legitimate Maine searching license or efficiently accomplished a hunter security course. Additionally eligible is somebody age 18 or older who’s each authorized by the dad or mum or guardian of the junior hunter and who holds or has held a legitimate Maine searching license or efficiently accomplished a hunter security course.
Hunters beneath the age of 10 should be within the presence of, and beneath the efficient management of, a junior hunter supervisor who stays inside 20 toes of the hunter always. Hunters ages 10–15 must be within the presence of, and beneath the efficient management of, a junior hunter supervisor.
Hunters who’ve turned 16 and possess a junior license are eligible on youth day, however nonetheless should have grownup supervision, even when they’ve accomplished the hunter security course.
The accompanying dad or mum, guardian or certified grownup can not possess a firearm, bow and arrow or crossbow. The exception is possession of a handgun, which might not be used for the aim of searching.
Final spring, 5,891 wild turkeys have been harvested by hunters in Maine. These numbers are actually solely tallied throughout the spring season, when tagging is required.
The spring 2021 complete was 5 % decrease than the estimated 6,216 turkeys harvested in 2020, when registration of the birds was waived by Gov. Janet Mills within the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was 4 % under the common of the earlier 4 seasons.
The very best spring tally over the past 5 years got here in 2019, when 6,612 turkeys have been harvested by hunters.
If you happen to’re on the lookout for some basic intel in regard to the perfect areas to shoot a wild turkey, right here’s what it is best to know.
By way of the five-year common, Wildlife Administration District 20 leads the best way with 663 birds per spring season. Different top-producing zones embody WMD 23 (657), WMD 15 (589), WMD 21 (578), WMD 17 (572) and WMD 25 (565).
Test right here for an interactive map exhibiting the areas of Maine’s Wildlife Administration Districts.
The spring wild turkey searching season concludes on Saturday, June 4.
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Denver beats Maine men’s hockey with late goal
ORONO — With two of the top three scoring teams in the country on the ice, of course a low-scoring game was the result.
In Friday’s matchup of top-10 teams, the first of two games went to No. 6 Denver, in heartbreaking fashion for seventh-ranked Maine. The Pioneers scored with 20.7 seconds left, on a shot from the point by Cale Ashcroft that deflected off the shin guard of Maine’s David Breazeale and past goalie Albin Boija, giving the reigning NCAA champions a 2-1 win at Alfond Arena.
It came after Maine (12-4-2) lost a faceoff in its defensive zone, then blocked the initial shot. For Maine coach Ben Barr, it was an another example of not doing all the little things in a close game against a strong opponent. In that regard, it was similar to Sunday’s 4-2 loss to Bentley in Portland.
“Our margin of error, and this has been for the whole time that we’ve been here, our margin of error is very, very small. When you play teams like (Denver), that one faceoff matters. It’s disappointing,” Barr said. “We just didn’t do enough to win.”
Both teams are also among the best in the nation in scoring defense. Only Minnesota State allows fewer goals per game than Maine’s 1.76, while Denver (15-4) is tied for seventh in the country, allowing two goals per game. For most of the game, Maine’s defensive effort was strong. Denver went into the game tied with Minnesota as the top scoring team in the country, averaging four goals per game (Maine is third at 3.88 goals per game). While the Pioneers had just four shots in the third period, the winning goal came when the Black Bears couldn’t clear the puck, and Denver had scoring chances throughout the game that were the result of defensive miscues, only for the Black Bears to be bailed out by Boija (22 saves)
“Our guys played hard. We still have two or three players on the back end that are unplayable, and that makes it really hard on the rest of the guys,” Barr said. “They try, it’s just hasn’t clicked for them for some reason. We’ve got to help them.”
A captain, Breazeale agreed that the Black Bears need to do more.
“There’s definitely some good to take away from it. It’s just that last 1% that we as a collective team have got to take forward,” he said. “We made one block, and the puck’s bouncing around. There’s no excuse for it. We’ve got to be able to respond in those big moments, all five guys on the ice, and we weren’t able to do it tonight.”
Denver took a 1-0 lead with a 5-on-3 power-play goal at 2:53 of the second period. Near the left post, Carter King stuffed in the rebound of a shot by Aidan Thompson that ricocheted off the boards behind the net.
The Black Bears tied the game at 18:37 of the second on Frank Djurasevic’s power-play goal past Pioneer goalie Matt Davis (29 saves).
In the third period, Barr shuffled his top two lines, moving wing Josh Nadeau to play with center Harrison Scott and wing Thomas Freel, while moving Ross Mitton to a line with center Nolan Renwick and wing Taylor Makar – a trio that played well together early in the season.
“We were trying to get Josh going. I thought he was a little stale in the first couple periods, to be honest. I thought he was better in the third,” Barr said.
Barr also moved Owen Fowler from wing to center, on a line with wings Anthony Calafiore and Nicholas Niemo. With captain Lyden Breen out indefinitely because of a leg injury, the Black Bears are short-handed at center, Barr said. Right now, he’s trying to find guys who can take draws and win faceoffs.
The loss stings, Breazeale said, but there’s no time to dwell on it. These teams face each at Alfond Arena again at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
“We feel like we’ve got a lot to prove as a team,” Breazeale said, “and tomorrow night we’ve got to come out with that for 60 more minutes.”
Maine
Ellsworth veterinarian to settle allegations over controlled substance storage
An Ellsworth veterinarian has agreed to pay more than $145,000 to settle allegations that he violated the federal Controlled Substances Act.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency was unable to conduct several audits last year at Dr. Alan Toothaker’s registered location because of insufficient record keeping.
An investigation revealed that Toothaker maintained minimal oversight, had improper storage, failed to keep regular inventories and did not keep appropriate records.
U.S. Attorney Darcie McElwee said the practice did not have adequate security or oversight, making it very difficult to determine if any substances had gone missing.
Maine
2 dead and several injured in Southern California plane crash
FULLERTON, Calif. — Two people died and 19 were injured Thursday when a small plane crashed through the roof of a sprawling furniture manufacturing building in Southern California where at least 200 people were working, police said.
The people who died were believed to have been on the plane, while those injured were inside the building. The deceased victims will be identified after officials have contacted the next of kin, the Fullerton Police Department said in a statement.
Eleven people were taken to hospitals, while eight were treated and released at the scene, police said.
The plane crashed less than two minutes after taking off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport in Orange County, located 6 miles from Disneyland, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware.
Security camera footage from Rucci Forged, a wheel manufacturer across the street, shows the plane was tilted on its side as it dove into the building, causing a fiery explosion and black plume of smoke.
Firefighters and police arrived on scene and battled the blaze and evacuated surrounding businesses, Fullerton police spokesperson Kristy Wells said.
Chris Villalobos, an airport operations worker, came to the warehouse to see what had happened after receiving a phone call about a plane going down nearby. He noted the airplane’s owner was a regular at the airport and has frequently taken off from there.
“He has a hangar here and everything,” Villalobos said.
After taking off, the pilot told air traffic control he was going to turn around to make an emergency landing, but it was unclear what the issue with the plane was, Villalobos said.
The building struck by the plane was occupied by Michael Nicholas Designs, a furniture upholstery manufacturer, according to a sign on a door. There appeared to be sewing machines and textile stock inside.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the accident and identified the plane as a single-engine, four-seat Van’s RV-10. The National Transportation Safety Board said it also is investigating.
The airport in Fullerton has one runway and a heliport. Metrolink, a regional train line, is nearby and flanks a residential neighborhood and commercial warehouse buildings.
The Fullerton City Council posted a statement on social media calling the crash a “solemn tragedy.”
“The City of Fullerton is committed to providing support for all those affected and working with the agencies involved to uncover the details of this incident,” Mayor Fred Jung said in the statement. “We are grateful for the strength of our community and the compassion we show one another in times of crisis.”
Another four-seat plane crashed into a tree a half-mile from the airport in November while making an emergency landing shortly after takeoff, The Orange County Register reported. Both people on board suffered moderate injuries.
Fullerton is a city of about 140,000 people about 25 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
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