Deer Hunting

Northern Maine has some of the most extraordinary trophy whitetail deer hunting in the United States. There are very few areas in the world that contain more 200+ pound bucks per square mile than the North Woods of Maine. There is a natural selection reason for this! Maine doesn’t have a large population of whitetail deer per square mile. Hunters shouldn’t come up here with expectations of seeing lots of deer during the course of their hunt. The main reason the deer get so big in our area has to do with natural selection, otherwise known as survival of the fittest. First, Maine lies at the northernmost edge of the whitetail deer’s range, and the winters are so severe that only the biggest can survive. The larger body size allows the deer to accumulate greater amounts of fat reserves, thus enabling them to live through the lean times of winter when nutritious food sources are not available. Small bodied deer simply do not have the body mass to survive in extreme cold weather, and only the big bodied deer get to pass on the genes. The second reason whitetail deer are so large is the fact that the area is so immense and under-hunted. There are many bucks in the woods, and in order to breed, all bucks must fight for the does. Only the biggest get to breed, and this strengthens the gene pool. The harsh winters and breeding conditions consistent with Northern Maine have created a very large genetic strain of whitetail deer. This puts Northern Outdoors hunting lodge in prime position for hunting Maine’s biggest whitetail deer!