General Info
County history coming soon!
CITIES
Cities In County
Not including unincorporated communities
Cities, towns, and plantations
Allagash
Amity
Ashland
Bancroft
Benedicta Township
Blaine
Bridgewater
Caribou
Cary Plantation
Castle Hill
Caswell
Chapman
Crystal
Dickey[4]
Cyr Plantation
Dyer Brook
Eagle Lake
Easton
Fort Fairfield
Fort Kent
Frenchville
Garfield Plantation
Glenwood Plantation
Grand Isle
Hamlin
Hammond
Haynesville
Hersey
Hodgdon
Houlton
Island Falls
Limestone
Linneus
Littleton
Ludlow
Macwahoc Plantation
Madawaska
Mapleton
Mars Hill
Masardis
Merrill
Monticello
Moro Plantation
Nashville Plantation
New Canada
New Limerick
New Sweden
Oakfield
Orient
Oxbow (plantation)
Perham
Portage Lake
Presque Isle
Reed Plantation
Saint Agatha
Saint Francis
Saint John Plantation
Sherman
Silver Ridge Township
Smyrna
Stockholm
Van Buren
Wade
Wallagrass
Washburn
Weeksboro
Westfield
Westmanland
Weston
Winterville Plantation
Woodland
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://www.aroostook.me.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 |
