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My father drew a 2020 Maine Bull Moose tag yesterday. Needless to say he is one excited old man. I am his sub-permittee and look forward to sharing a once in a lifetime hunt with the man that introduced me to the outdoors. Now the planning and preparation begins.
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Congradulations. My brother drew a October bull last year I seconded on.
I drew a zone 4 September bull this year so we have some meat to eat by then!
Good luck.
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Good deal!! Been on 2 Moose hunts up there, great time and lot's of good meat for the freezer. Good luck!
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Congrats on that tag.
Now get one for some of the tastiest meat I've ever tried. Never hunted one myself, but friends "donated" me some.
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In it is death and all you seek
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I was lucky and got a tag in 2013. Awesome experience. Got a nice 51" bull and a freezer full of meat!! Good luck!
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I don’t know you or your Dad but I’m happy for y’all.
CONGRATS & Good Luck
Jerry
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I don’t know you or your Dad but I’m happy for y’all.
CONGRATS & Good Luck
Jerry Can't say it any better than that.
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Congrats! Totally happy for you and your dad!
By BIL and I have been trying for 20 years now to get drawn, without success, But we are both out of staters and the chances are only about 1% of getting drawn. He's got 80 preference points though - one of these years!
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None.for our.family but we've been a few times. Hoping for our.girl now.
Good luck.
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Appreciate the positive comments. Shared them with my father and he wanted to say “thanks”. We selected an outfitter and booked our hunt. Will be hunting unit 1 during the opening week of the moose season. Our hunt will take place out of a spike camp located in the northern most part of the unit. My father will use his NULA 30-06 and I plan to carry my 375 H&H.
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Great area. I will be self guided south of you that week near Alagash lake. Last year we shot a 650# dressed 3 year old at 8:00 opening morning zone 5, still hunting. I will probably use my 375 Ruger Alaskan in a McMillan again.
300 partitions with H4831 dropped in about a foot to fit.
Good luck. Be ready for bugs or rain or snow. With luck none of the above and perfect Indian Summer weather.
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My father drew a 2020 Maine Bull Moose tag yesterday. Needless to say he is one excited old man. I am his sub-permittee and look forward to sharing a once in a lifetime hunt with the man that introduced me to the outdoors. Now the planning and preparation begins. That's great news, esp with your father. Once in a lifetime is right! My daughter and I both apply. We are allowed two guns on a tag here. If either of us get drawn, she will be the shooter and then she gets passed the knife. 
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Congrats
Zone one is a great area. Shot a cow there last year, saw lots of moose.
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Lots of grouse there also, might want to get small game tag
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Congratulations to dad and you ! Back in 2013, my dad( 80 years old then) got drawn for an area 1 bull tag. We saw over 40 moose and he got his bull Thursday am. Ditto on the small game tag as the grouse were as thick as pigeons in a city park. Great hunt , great eating and great memories. I have been applying for 15 years and still waiting. This year only applied for points as we are heading to WY to hunt antelope. Take a lot of pictures.
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Congrats to your father! That'll be a great hunt
-Jake
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Congrats and good luck. Zones 1 and 4 are great zones with some very nice bulls. Don't shoot the first one you see unless he is a Beast!
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Great zone. Congratulations
Grouse season typically isn’t open during the September hunt.
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Nephew just did a float trip down the St John saw 36 moose in 3 days, several nice bulls.Grouse season opens up on the 26th. Hope you have a great time with your dad.
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