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AUGUSTA — Applications for the 2019 moose permit lottery are being accepted online only.
To apply online, visit mefishwildlife.com and fill out the online moose permit application. The deadline to apply for the lottery is 11:59 p.m. on May 15.
Applicants will be able to indicate several preferences, including which wildlife management districts they are are willing to accept a permit in, and if they would accept a permit in another WMD if their name is drawn and all top choices are filled.
Applicants will also be able to select preferred hunting season, whether or not they’d accept an antlerless permit and choice of a sub-permittee.
Applicants are awarded bonus points for each consecutive year that they have applied for the lottery since 1998 without being selected and each bonus point gives the applicant an additional chance in the drawing. Bonus points are earned at the rate of one per year for years one to five, two per year for years six to 10, three per year for years 11 to 15 and 10 per year for years 16 and beyond. Since 2011, applicants can skip a year and not lose their bonus points. So if you applied in 2017 but not in 2018, you will still have your points available if you apply in 2019.
The 2019 moose lottery permit drawing will take place at Cabela’s in Scarborough on June 8.
For more information about moose hunting in Maine and the moose permit lottery, visit mefishwildlife.com
