Northern Maine has been hit pretty hard the last 2 winters. We, 4 of us hunted up in the Northern part again, and this year 2010 was the worst we have seen. We hunted, walked and rode ATV's for a week and we never cut a track. We also talked to a forest worker and he told us that he covers 2000 miles of back roads thru the year and he only saw 6 deer all year. DO NOT hunt northern Maine for about 5 years if you want to harvest a deer.