The Skowhegan Moose Festival is June 8-10, featuring the Maine Moose Permit Lottery on Saturday, June 9!
The drawing for Maine’s moose permit
lottery will be held on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. hosted by Main
Street Skowhegan at the historic Skowhegan Fairgrounds in Skowhegan, Maine as
part of their weekend-long Skowhegan Moose Festival.
The Skowhegan Moose Festival kicks off on
Friday, June 8 with an exciting schedule of events for the entire weekend,
including a moose calling contest, a wild game and craft brew pairing and a
country music concert featuring Phil Vassar and Bryan White (ticket required).
Additionally, there will be several vendors, food trucks and fun activities for
the whole family throughout the entire weekend. A full schedule can be viewed
by visiting skowheganmoosefest.com/schedule/
In addition to the many events planned for the
weekend-long event, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries
and Wildlife Commissioner’s Advisory Board for the Licensing of Guides will
host a roundtable discussion on June 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the
Lyndall Smith Building at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds. The public, particularly
registered Maine guides and industry stakeholders, are invited to attend.
Join us Friday evening at the fairgrounds for a meet and greet with Maine Game Wardens from 4:30-6:00pm!
At 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 9,
the moose permit lottery drawing will commence. There is no charge to attend the lottery event at the
Skowhegan Moose Festival and the reading of names is expected to last 3 hours.
This year, 2,500 names will be
drawn in the random chance lottery from a pool of over 54,000 applicants.
Maine’s moose hunt is designed to manage the moose population. By
modifying the number and type of moose permits available to hunters, the
department can manage the moose population in order to provide for hunting and
viewing opportunities, maintain a healthy moose population, and limit the
number of moose/vehicle accidents.
For those prospective moose hunters who can’t make it to the
lottery drawing, the names of permit winners will be posted on the Department’s
web site starting at 6:00 p.m. on the day of the event. Visit mefishwildlife.com to access the list
once it has been posted.
For more information on moose hunting in Maine, visit mefishwildlife.com
For more information about the Skowhegan Moose Festival and
to see a full schedule of events, visit skowheganmoosefest.com
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