Maine
48,900
Duck Statewide Harvest
17,400
Goose Statewide Harvest
8,600
No. Waterfowl Licenses Sold Annually
5.9
Ducks Per Hunter
4.3
Geese Per Hunter
$15
Cost of Resident Waterfowl Hunting License
$7.50
Cost of Resident State Stamps and Permits
$25
Federal Duck Stamp
Season $75; three-day small-game $50
Cost of Non-Resident Waterfowl Hunting License
$7.50
Cost of Non-Resident State Stamps and Permits
$25
Federal Duck Stamp
Photo by Roman Teteruk
Maine has much to offer. Eiders, scoters and long-tailed ducks on saltwater; black ducks, buffleheads and goldeneyes on the edges. Wood ducks on wandering, tree-lined freshwater creeks.
Is it Arkansas? No, but can you get fresh lobster in Arkansas? I don't think so. Have a taste for saltwater? Maine's eider hunting is an experience worth having. Sit on a rock — the New Englanders call them ledges — and shoot your drakes. September means early Canada geese, and October spells trouble for locally grown wood ducks and mallards. Buffleheads and goldeneyes come later.
Maine might not be a waterfowling mecca, but the people are wonderful, the food excellent and the scenery second to none.
