Mildest Maine Winter on Record
 

On the evening news the other day they said that this is the mildest Maine winter on record. I'm hoping, if that's the case, that it will have a great effect on the deer herd. May we all find 300 pound dressed weight whitetails in November 2002!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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RE: Mildest Maine Winter on Record
 

I've never seen a winter like this in the County. No snow for Christmas, little snow on the ground around Caribou right now. I can't ever remember drilling less than a foot of ice like this past weekend. And I've never seen it where the deer haven't yarded. Been a good winter for them.

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So Portage, do you think there may be a few more submissions than normal to the Biggest Bucks in Maine Club next season?

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Don't know about more entries but I can't see where this winter hurt the herd at all. We don't have a foot of snow on the ground now and they have had pretty easy going all season. There are still deer feeding in the fields outside of town, something I've never seen in February and early March. I don't know if we could get enough snow to really hurt them badly now. The next month will tell.

RE: Mildest Maine Winter on Record
 

Mainehunter,

How was the winter on the coast? My parents have a house in South Addision and I usually get down a couple of times to icefish Tunk Lake (skunk lake). Didn't get a chance this winter.

RE: Mildest Maine Winter on Record
 

I think on the news the other day they were saying Nj had the third warmest winter in history. Not much snow for us and I love snow. I miss it can you tell me what it looks like, I just don't remember lol

Brian

RE: Mildest Maine Winter on Record
 

Portage-Downeast usually gets less snow and has milder temps and this year has been no different. With all the warm temps any snow that did come down didn't stay. We had more problems from ice as the daily melt off tended to freeze during the overnight.

445-Snow.....Isn't that the white stuff that I usually have to shovel more times a year than I care to recall? I honestly don't think I've had to shovel out the driveway more than 3 or 4 times this year. Many years it's a once a week (sometimes several times a week) event. Whatever games Mother Nature is playing, my back sincerely appreciates the result. Hopefully my freezer will as well come November 2002!

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Good news,,,,Lets hope it stays this way..The herd needs to recover....
Keep your fingers crossed..

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WE WILL NEED A LOT OF RAIN IN MARCH &APRIL OR WE WILL BE FIGHTING FOREST FIRES ALL SPRING