I’m a resident Maine hunter (opening day for whitetail tomorrow, good luck!), trying to help out my state. Recently Maine assembled a task force to address an issue of a declining number of non-resident hunters. They’re looking for ways to combat the trend. I’ve contributed ideas, but I have a limited perspective. Does anyone have ideas? Has anyone hunted in Maine before? What obstacles were there? How about combating the national trend of declining hunters?

I’ve written a blog post that summarizes what the task force is and what they are up against http://www.youhuntandfish.com/blogs, and here is a link the material the task force has http://www.maine.gov/ifw/news_events...rTaskForce.htm