AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - This year’s annual drawing for a moose hunting permit will take place exclusively online.
The lottery typically draws thousands of attendees as part of an annual festival, but this year the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife is moving it online to help prevent the spread of coronavirus. The department said the event will take place on June 13 at 1 p.m.
The moose lottery had originally been scheduled to take place in Jackman at Unity College Sky Lodge. The deadline to apply for a permit is May 14. The drawing usually attracts tens of thousands of applicants for a couple thousand permits.
The hunt itself takes place form late September to late November.
Please read our comment policy before commenting.