Maine Outdoor Enthusiast

Maine's New Deer Survival Model? | MOE Podcast #100

For Episode 100 of the MOE Podcast, we’re talking about Maine deer survival, winter severity and the state’s apparent move toward a newer model for estimating winter impact and deer survival.The big question is simple: how is Maine measuring the real impact of winter on the deer herd, and how clearly is that information being explained to the public?This episode is not a personal attack on anyone at Maine IFW or within state government. It is constructive criticism. When people are in paid public positions and making decisions that affect wildlife management, hunting opportunity, and Maine’s outdoor traditions, the public deserves clear explanations, timely communication, and transparency about the data and models being used.From the outside looking in, the state often seems slow or scant in providing information on these issues. If new statistical models, including Bayesian-style approaches, are being used to estimate deer survival or winter impact, then hunters, landowners, and the public should be able to understand the basic assumptions, uncertainty, and management implications.We also use this conversation to connect the topic to broader lessons from 100 episodes: learning from incomplete information, staying humble, updating what we believe, and asking better questions about the Maine outdoors.Here's to #100!#MaineOutdoorEnthusiast #MaineOutdoors #MaineDeer #DeerHunting #WhitetailDeer #MaineHunting #WildlifeManagement #DeerWinteringAreas #BayesianStatistics #WinterSeverity #MaineIFW #outdoorpodcast Check us out on the web at:https://www.maineoutdoorenthusiast.comContact:maineoutdoorenthusiast@gmail.com

On the Boat with Joe Osgood | Fishing, Hunting, and Camp | MOE Podcast #99

Joe Osgood from FBM Maine Outdoor Journal came north to spend a couple nights at camp, so we decided to record this episode right from the boat. In this on-location conversation, we talk fishing, hunting, camp life, Maine outdoor traditions, and the stories that come from spending time in places like this. This is just a real conversation from the water, surrounded by the kind of setting that shaped the topics we were talking about. Enjoy!

From Lures To Streamers: Keep It Simple | MOE Podcast #98

In this episode, we’re talking lures and streamer flies.Fish don’t hit artificial presentations by accident. Whether it’s a spoon, plug, spinner, or traditional streamer fly, something about that presentation triggers a response. Sometimes it looks like food. Sometimes it looks injured. Sometimes it flashes, vibrates, moves through the right depth, or simply forces a reaction.Often, it's the simple things that matter most...depth, speed, profile, action, flash, color, and confidence. It's easy to overcomplicate lure and fly selection but the old-school approach still holds up in many Maine fishing situations.Often, the answer isn’t more stuff...it's why they strike and learning how to fish the simple stuff better.Enjoy!#MaineOutdoorEnthusiast #MaineFishing #StreamerFlies #FishingLures #WhyFishStrike #KeepItSimple #FlyFishing #TroutFishing #SalmonFishing #BrookTrout #LandlockedSalmon #SpringFishing #MaineOutdoors #FishingPodcast #OutdoorPodcastCheck us out on the web at:https://www.maineoutdoorenthusiast.comContact:maineoutdoorenthusiast@gmail.com

The End? | MOE Podcast #97

What keeps a tradition alive? This week we talk about cultural resonance: The idea that traditions only survive when they become part of a people’s identity, memory, and way of life. Hunting, fishing, camp life, and time in the outdoors do not endure simply because they are a hobby or something we do...they endure because they mean something. In this episode, we discuss why it is so important to get kids into the outdoors, why some ways of life fade while others survive, and what happens when traditions stop being passed down. If we want the outdoors to remain more than just a hobby, it has to keep resonating with the next generation, it needs to be part of their story. Enjoy! #maineoutdoors #moepodcast #outdoortraditions #huntingandfishing #mainewoods #deercamp #fishinglife #mainetradition #outdoorculture #rurallife #familyoutdoors #gettingkidsoutside #youthoutdoors #woodsmanship #maineoutdoorenthusiast Check us out on the web at:https://www.maineoutdoorenthusiast.com Contact:maineoutdoorenthusiast@gmail.com

The Maine Outdoors: Then, Now and What's Changing | MOE Podcast #96

In this episode we look at the Maine outdoors through two very different lenses, then and now.After being sent an old Maine Fish and Game magazine from decades past, I started thinking about how much has changed in our hunting and fishing culture…and how much has stayed the same. From old sporting traditions and camp culture to policy shifts, changing attitudes, and the way people experience the outdoors today, this episode is a reflection on where we’ve been, where we are, and what may be changing in the Maine outdoors right in front of us.Enjoy!#maineoutdoors #mainehunting #mainefishing #outdoorpodcast #huntingculture #fishingculture #maineCheck us out on the web at:https://www.maineoutdoorenthusiast.comContact:maineoutdoorenthusiast@gmail.com