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Moose Hunt 2017

BDN Outdoors Editor John Holyoke and his hunting party scour the area northwest of Moosehead Lake in search of a bull moose.
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BDN Outdoors Editor and moose hunter John Holyoke smiles while chatting with members of his hunting party during last week's hunt in Somerset County. (Pete Warner | BDN)
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BDN Outdoors Editor and moose hunter John Holyoke smiles while chatting with members of his hunting party during last week's hunt in Somerset County. (Pete Warner | BDN)

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  • BDN Outdoors Editor and moose hunter John Holyoke smiles while chatting with members of his hunting party during last week's hunt in Somerset County. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • Two whitetail does pause to check out the hunting party during last week's moose hunt in Somerset County. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • Chris Lander of Orrrington raises a finger for quiet, indicating he may have heard a response from a moose during a recent hunt near Brassua Lake in Taunton and Raynham Academy Grant in Somerset County, Maine. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • This view from the back seat of Chris Lander's pickup truck was a common one as he and BDN Outdoors Editor John Holyoke participate last week in the Maine moose hunt. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • Chris Lander (left) of Orrington and BDN Outdoors Editor John Holyoke survey a clearcut in search of a bull moose while participating in last week's hunt in Somerset County. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • There are many angles visible as a shooting stick waits against the background of a ground blind overlooking a moosey-looking cut during the 2017 moose hunt in Somerset County. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • The BDN's John Holyoke scours the woods from the edge of a gravel road after he and his hunting party saw a bull moose during last week's moose hunt in Somerset County. The moose retreated and did not return. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • BDN Outdoors Editor John Holyoke (right) checks out the surroundings while sub-permittee Chris Lander of Orrington fires off a few calls using a coffee can during last week's moose hunt. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • A bald eagle that had been surveying the remains of a harvested moose takes flight from a tree last week in Somerset County. BDN Outdoors Editor John Holyoke and his party had a successful 2017 moose hunt. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • A bull moose peers out of a cut from amidst some trees toward the hunting part of BDN Outdoors Editor John Holyoke during the 2017 moose hunt in Somerset County last week. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • There was no shortage of scenic vistas, including this view of Brassua Lake down a line of colorful fall foliage, as the BDN's John Holyoke and his friends scoured the area for a bull moose during last week's hunt. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • Chris Lander of Orrington surveys the terrain to find the most convenient path by which to get the moose harvested by the BDN's John Holyoke back to the trailer at the side of a gravel road in Somerset County last week.
  • Bill Lander of Dedham uses an all-terrain vehicle to help extract a 559-pound bull moose harvested by the BDN's John Holyoke from a clearcut during last week's hunt near Brassua Lake in Somerset County. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • A view from high on a ridge shows some of the gorgeous views of the October foliage against a backdrop of a mountain range during last week's moose hunt in Somerset County. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • John Holyoke of the BDN (left) discusses some of the details of his 2017 hunt with Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologist Scott McLellan at the Greenville tagging station after harvesting a bull moose in Somerset County. (Pete Warner | BDN)
  • Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologist Scott McLellan extracts a tooth for study from the mouth of a bull moose harvested last week by the BDN's John Holyoke. (Pete Warner | BDN)
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