Maine 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-plus bucks per square mile than the North Woods of Maine.

Deer are among the most familiar animals of Maine, and in many places they are the largest wildlife that people encounter. Their aesthetic beauty is appreciated and admired, although their fondness for crops, garden and landscape plants tries some peoples’ patience.

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus borealis, Fig. 1) occur throughout Maine in mixed woodlands, forest edges, swamps, open brushy meadows, farmland, in low-elevation stream and river corridors, and near populated areas.
They derive their name from their broad, 10 to 11 inch long tail. When alarmed, white-tailed deer raise their flag like tail, displaying the white underside. White-tailed deer are usually reddish tan in summer and brownish gray in winter.
Bucks may attain live weights of up to 300 pounds and adult does tip the scales at up to 150 pounds. White-tails have incredibly keen ears, allowing them to hear humans from a distance. They are also strong swimmers; they have been clocked at 13 miles per hour for a distance of three miles.

Maine Deer Hunting Guides

5 Maine Guides/Outfitters Found

Lento Sporting Camps

Mars Hill, ME - bear and moose hunts.

Loon Lodge

Millinocket, ME - Loon Lodge is situated in the heart of the Allagash Lake Region, Maine. Professionally guided hunting, fishing, hiking trips and more. Guaranteed photo safaris.

Hawkeye Hunting

Lee, ME - We specialize in affordable Guided Trophy Black Bear hunts over bait in the wilderness of Northern Maine. We are a Full-Service guide, located in Lee Maine and have baits in three hunting zones 11,18 and 19, which is some of the best black bear habitat.

Maineiac Outfitter

Clinton, ME - We offer a wide range of fishing and hunting trips in different areas of Maine. Fishing trips from drift boat floats, wade trips, backwoods streams, remote ponds, multi-day camping, trolling in a pontoon boat, and Allagash Wilderness Waterway canoe trips.