Conference vmsnet::hunting$note:hunting

    
    Bret,
    
            N.H. has already been picked a few weeks ago. If you received a 
    letter from the state within 1 week of the drawing date you were either
    a hunter or an alternate. I don't beleive in N.H. they publish the
    names due to the "ANTI'S" harassing the lottery winners. I have put in
    for both states and didn't get lucky in N.H., or know anyone who has.
    So I'll just have to wait to see what happens in the Maine drawing.
    
    
                                                    Guy
    

Maine's lottery was held last Thursday, June 13..

I did not get one.

None of my hunting buddies got one...

The F&G dept said letter will go out within a week..


Jim

    Jim, how do you know you didn't get one if the letters haven't gone
    out yet? You don't need a license to apply so I imagine it is not done
    by your license number but by the cards we filled out. Correct?
    
    I am curious because I haven't heard or received a letter yet. I will
    assume that if I don't get one within the next week or two that I
    wasn't drawn.
    
    
    Brian

              The winners both residents and non were posted in our local
    paper along with others.

    If someone has that newspaper could they possibly check to see if
    Anthony Popieniuck (my brother) was drawn in the non-resident section? 
    I wasn't eligible as I as lucky last year and bagged my moose.  With
    the odds as they are, it was probably my once in a lifetime chance. 
    Maybe my brother might get lucky too.  I wonder who he'd take as a
    subpermitee ;^)
    
    Pete
    

    
    If someone is going to check how about checking for the names in 
    RE .0,.1, and .3 also. 
    
                                                     Thanks,
    
                                                      Guy
    

      How about Jeff Amberson, Jim Wood, and Gerry Thorpe also.
    
    Please.
     Thanks
      Jeff

    	I was on the way out the door this morning when my wife read
    me from this mornings paper that in Maine, 94% of the lucky moose
    hunters scored (942 kills out of I quess 1000 permits)!?!?!  Can you
    believe that percentage?
    
    Andy *wondering*if*the*moose*are*dumb*or*hunters*smart?*
    

    Re. -1
    The percentage is about the same every year.  Some a bit more, some a
    bit less.  Last year, I think it might have been a little less.
    
    Speaking from experience, the moose in the legal hunting area in Maine
    are somewhat more wary than those further south.  The ones south of the
    hunting area are dumb as stumps when it comes to trying to avoid you. I
    take my kids out almost nightly to watch them and the moose mind us
    about as much as they do mosquitos.
    
    While moose hunting in the Northwestern zone last year, most other
    hunters I met stated that they were having some difficulty finding
    them, while hunters fruther south could more or less pick and choose
    which one they wanted.  The season is (was) two weeks later this year
    also which meant fewer leaves on the trees and less cover.  ('Course
    you need pretty big leaves to hide a moose!!)
    

    Does anyone know when the N.H. moose season is??

    
    Started today, goes for about 1 week I think, 100 permits
    
    --Bob
    

 Starts today, 10 days long, 99 permits (according to an article I read on
sunday.)

     100 permits were issued, but one of the lottery winners died
     before the hunt began...
    
     In Thursday's Union Leader there was an article that said
     87 out of 100 (99) permits were filled with 2 or 3 days
     left to the season...

         I listened to the Maine moose lottery drawing last night on the
    radio and talk about luck! Two out of the five of us that applied in
    the SW zone got a permit. We havn't gotten one since 88'. I had planned
    on going to Rangeley this weekend to mow the lawn at camp so I guess I
    I'll start searching for the right one. The radio station stop
    broadcasting around permit # 750 due to coverage of the sox game and 
    and the only zones that still had openings were NW, SE, and NE. 

    If anyone draws a permit for the Northwest Zone, I'd be happy to
    provide some info relative to it and my brother's and my successful
    moose hunt there in 1990.  Still eatin' that beast.  One moose lasts a
    LOOOONNNNGGGG time!
    
    Pete
    

     Anyone have a list of lottery winners handy today?
    
    Bob

    if anyone has a list could you check the following?
    
    Jeff Amberson
    Jerry Thorpe
    Jim Wood
    Jamie Wood
    
    thanks
     Jeff

    And please check for the NON-RESIDENTS too please.  Name of 
    Anthony Popieniuck (my brother)
    
    Thanks.
    
    Pete
    

    Yea, I should of mentioned that the names I mentioned are all NON-RES.
    
    thanks
     Jeff

    Re. .17 & .18   Sorry no luck so far with the names given.

    Mike,
     Could you have a peek at ROBERT CABRAL (resident) and CLARK TOWLE
    (flatlander)?
    
    Thanks
    
    Bob

    
    
     Mike,
    
    
      could you also check the non-res list for Mike Brophy.
    
     Thanks
     Mike
    

    RE. .21 & .22
                
               Incase you havn't found out yet you also 
                    will have to wait another year.

    
    Thanks Mike. The local paper only listed those winners from York
    county.
    
    Try again next year. I heard that there were about 80,000 applications
    for the 1000 permits. Still, better odds than megabucks.
    
    Bob

               I know what you mean, I have been trying since 80', 82'-92'
    with no luck. I guess there was actually 83,000 applications in the
    bucket. I have all I can do to get a any-deer permit some years. Well
    I did get up to camp in Rangeley this past weekend and saw some nice
    looking animals, actually out of the ones I saw yesterday morning there
    were three decent bulls one of which would of made any lucky permit
    holder quite happy.

      I wasn't lucky enough again this year to get a permit but a close friend
    was so at least I'll get to go along again this year. Last year we had
    two permits for the SW zone and one for the C zone. The two in the SW
    zone was taken within the first 1/2 hour of hunting on opening day.
    The C zone permit was two days later and a good trophy. I would imagine
    the hunt will be over on opening morning again unless my friend holds
    out for a trophy.  

    Well my friend and I sent our moose permit application in for the first 
    time and he was fortunate enough to get picked! I was not. Oh well he's
    going with my other hunting partner so maybe next year I can get in on
    the action. Anyone else get lucky in N.H.?? He's going to Pittsburgh.
    
    Gus 

 Saw my name in the paper as a winner. Too bad I didn't enter... :-/

    In what  paper did you see the lucky winners? Man I am depressed. I
    have put in for it every year and haven't even come close..........
    							Bret

    My neighbor, and occasional hunting partner, won.  Unfortunately 
    I won't be his partner on this occasion. But I'm sure I'll have
    some moose meat this fall.
    
    -donmac
    

>In what  paper did you see the lucky winners?

 Union Leader. I think it was this past Sunday's edition.

    
    
      We will be heading up to Rangeley next Thursday night to be there for
    opening day of bird season with the intent of scouting out the moose
    situation for Monday's hunt.  Last year our group took two first thing
    on Monday morning and then left camp for the Central Zone which was the
    area for our third permit. I don't know if it is going to be a short
    season this year as we are going ot look for a decent one for the first
    couple of days as the permit holders have shot one about 5 years ago.