General Info
County history coming soon!
CITIES
Cities In County
Not including unincorporated communities
Municipalities
Abbot
Atkinson
Beaver Cove
Bowerbank
Brownville
Dover-Foxcroft
Greenville
Guilford
Kingsbury Plantation
Lake View Plantation
Medford
Milo
Monson
Parkman
Sangerville
Sebec
Shirley
Wellington
Willimantic
RESIDENTIAL SERVICES
County Residential Services
A little bit of contact information for all purpose residential needs.
Coming Soon
County Website
*For more information visit: http://piscataquis.us/
HUNTING
Hunting Seasons
For more information visit:
2017 Maine Hunting Seasons
| First Day | Last Day | Basic Limits | |||||
| Deer | Firearms Season | Oct 30 | Nov 25 | 1 Deer Per Year
Only deer with antlers at least three inches long may be taken from Oct 28-Dec 9, except that any deer may be taken in designated wildlife management districts by hunters with any-deer permits. Exceptions: additional deer may be taken by participating in the Expanded Archery Season, or by anyone possessing a bonus antlerless deer permit or superpack antlerless deer permit. Note: In WMD’s where no any-deer permits are issued, it is bucks only for youth hunters on youth deer day and also bucks only for archers during the archery season on deer. |
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| Maine Resident Only Day | Oct 28 | ||||||
| Youth Deer Day | Oct 21 | ||||||
| Archery | Sep 28 | Oct 27 | |||||
| Muzzleloader statewide | Nov 27 | Dec 2 | |||||
| Muzzleloader WMD’s 12, 13, 15-18, 20-26, 29 | Dec 4 | Dec 9 | |||||
| Expanded Archery | Sep 9 | Dec 9 | |||||
| Bear | General Hunting Seasons | Aug 28 | Nov 25 | 2 Bear Per Year 1 by hunting, 1 by trapping | |||
| Youth Bear Day | Aug 26 | ||||||
| Hunting with dogs | Sep 11 | Oct 27 | |||||
| Hunting with bait | Aug 28 | Sep 23 | |||||
| Moose | WMD’s 1-6, 11, 19 | Sep 25 | Sep 30 | Permit application period: Jan-Apr 1. 1 Moose Per Year, by either permittee or sub-permittee. | |||
| WMD’s 1-14, 17-19, 27, 28 | Oct 9 | Oct 14 | |||||
| WMD’s 15, 16, 23, 25, 26 | Oct 30 | Nov 25 | |||||
| Maine Resident Only Day | Oct 28 | ||||||
| WMD’s 1-4 & 19 | Oct 23 | Oct 28 | |||||
| Ruffed Grouse & Bobwhite Quail | Oct 1 | Dec 31 | 4 Grouse & Quail 8 | ||||
| Pheasant | Oct 1 | Dec 31 | 2 Pheasant 4 | ||||
| Spring Wild Turkey (bow & arrow, crossbow or shotgun) | |||||||
| WMD’s 7, 9-29 | May 1 | Jun 3 | 2 bearded | ||||
| WMD 8 | May 1 | Jun 3 | 1 bearded | ||||
| WMD’s 1-6 Wk 1 | May 1 | May 6 | 1 bearded | ||||
| WMD’s 1-6 Wk 2 | May 15 | May 20 | |||||
| WMD’s 1-6 Wk 3 | May 8 | May 13 | |||||
| WMD’s 1-6 Wk 4 | May 22 | May 27 | |||||
| WMD’s 1-6 All | May 29 | Jun 3 | |||||
| Youth Day | Apr 29 | ||||||
| Fall Wild Turkey | |||||||
| WMD’s 15-17, 20-25, & 28 | Oct 1 | Nov 7 | 2 | ||||
| WMD’s 10-13, 18, 19, 26, & 29 | Oct 1 | Nov 7 | 1 | ||||
| WMD’s: 1-9, 14, & 27 | Closed to Fall Turkey hunting. | ||||||
| Woodcock | Seasons set in late Aug/ early Sep. Regulations available mid Sep from license agents, game wardens, Inland Fisheries and Wildlike Dept. offices, and on the web at www.maine.gov/ifw | ||||||
| Common Snipe | |||||||
| Ducks, Geese, Sea Ducks | |||||||
| Sora & Virginia Rails | |||||||
| Crow | WMD’s 1-6 | Feb 4 | Apr 15 | – | |||
| Aug 1 | Sep 22 | ||||||
| WMD’s 7-29 | Jan 20 | Mar 31 | |||||
| Aug 1 | Sep 22 | ||||||
| Gray Squirrel | Oct 1 | Dec 31 | 4 | ||||
| Gary Squirrel | Falconry | Oct 1 | Feb 28 | 4 | |||
| Snowshoe Hare | Oct 1 | Mar 31 | 4 | ||||
| Bobcat | Dec 1 | Feb 21 | – | ||||
| Fox | Oct 16 | Feb 28 | – | ||||
| Raccoon | Oct 1 | Dec 31 | – | ||||
| Skunk, Opossum | Oct 16 | Dec 31 | – | ||||
| Coyote Night | Dec 16 | Aug 31 | – | ||||
| Coyote, Woodchuck, Porcupine, Red Squirrel | No closed Season for Hunting | ||||||
| Spruce Goose, Lynx, Cottontail Rabbit | No open season for hunting | ||||||
FISHING
Fishing Seasons
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2017 Maine Fishing
| Daily Bag & Possession Limits | Minimum Length Limit | |
| Lakes & Ponds | Rivers, Streams & Brooks | |
| 5 Brook Trout | 6” | 6” |
| 2 Landlocked Salmon | 14” | 14” |
| 2 Togue | 18” | 18” |
| 2 Brown Trout | 14” | 6” |
| 2 Rainbow Trout | 12” | 6” |
| Other Species | ||
| Species | Daily Bag & Possession Limits | Minimum Length Limit |
| Bass | 2 fish | 10”, only one longer than 14” |
| Whitefish | 3 fish | None |
| Smelts | 2 quarts | None |
| Pickerel | 10 fish | None |
| Northern Pike | Unlimited | None |
| Muskellunge | Unlimited | None |
| American eel | 25 fish | 9” |
| Shad | 2 fish | None |
| Striped Bass | 1 fish | 28” |
| Atlantic Salmon | Federally Endangered Species – No Fishing Permitted | |
| Alewives | 25 fish | None |
| Species not listed above | Unlimited | None |
