The Penobscot Valley Conference’s Penquis-region pod championship soccer matchups have been set and will be held this week at Penobscot Valley High School in Howland.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor On Saturday, thousands of Maine youngsters will wake early and head into the woods with a parent or adult mentor for a day of deer hunting that’s set aside for them.

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine has long been a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts who in winter have gone downhill skiing, snowmobiling, and ice fishing.

CORINTH — The Foxcroft  Academy girls and boys cross country teams each finished in first place during an Oct.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor For the past 18 years, since Maine instituted its Youth Deer Day in 2002, a generation of young hunters have enjoyed heading afield for one day a week before the residents-only opening day of deer season.

Penobscot Valley of Howland has earned the top seed for the Penobscot Valley Conference’s Penquis-area COVID Cup boys soccer playoffs that begin Friday.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff When you think about the qualities of a superfan, Jeff Harris checked all the boxes for the University of Maine.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot Valley of Howland has earned the top seed for the Penobscot Valley Conference’s Penquis-area COVID Cup girls soccer playoffs that begin Thursday.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor On Saturday, thousands of Maine youngsters will wake early and head into the woods with a parent or adult mentor for a day of deer hunting that’s set aside for them.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff With the days getting shorter and temperatures cooling, the scheduled start of the high school winter sports season is less than a month away.

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By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Years ago, when I first heard about trail cameras, digital photographic technology was still new, and my brother-in-law — a handy sort of guy who can build nearly anything out of nearly nothing — was explaining how he was cobbling together his own cameras, building weatherproof boxes, and strapping to trees in order to keep tabs on his local deer herd.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Foxcroft Academy girls and boys cross country teams each finished in first place during a home meet on Oct.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Principals’ Association on Friday, Oct.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor In September, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife announced the winners of more than 109,000 “any-deer” and “bonus” permits, which allow hunters to shoot deer that do not have antlers.

OLD TOWN — High school football players around the state are trying to make the most of the limited opportunities afforded to them during this year of COVID-19.

On my Sunday night radio program, Maine Outdoors, my guest, Paul Fuller, minced no words.

This year’s moose seasons are bucking traditional wisdom, according to the state’s moose biologist, who said he was a bit surprised that 81 percent of hunters in the first six-day season, which was staged two weeks ago, filled their tags during a hot week of hunting.