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https://wgme.com/news/local/new-bill-would-allow-hunters-to-take-does-without-permits-in-parts-of-maine

by WGMEMonday, February 22nd 2021AAhttps://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.443.0_en.html#goog_1826362061Volume 90% The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says right now, there are too many deer in certain parts of the state. (WGME)

KENNEBUNK (WGME) — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says right now, there are too many deer in certain parts of the state.

As a result, the department introduced a controversial bill Monday.

Right now, a limited number of any deer permits are given out by lottery to Maine hunters to control the doe population.

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If passed, this new bill would allow hunters to take does without a permit in certain areas of the state.

“This would be another tool that we would have the option of using,” Nate Webb of Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said. “The bill doesn’t prescribe that we must use it.”

Webb is the Wildlife Division…