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AUGUSTA – A Winthrop resident is among the winners of the 2020 Disabled Veterans Controlled Moose Hunt lottery, the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services announced.
Five Mainers were selected for the opportunity to participate in the hunt, and five alternates were selected in the event a primary hunter cannot attend. The primary winners are Steven Mullett, of Winthrop; Randy Grady, of Jefferson; Mark Darrigo, of Hermon; Ryan Pote, of Old Orchard Beach; and Bernice Bartlett DeBlois, of Brooklin.
Since the program’s inception in 2010, MBVS has partnered with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and Smoldering Lake Outfitters to issue hunting permits and essential equipment to participating veterans. The hunt, which is entirely free for selected veterans, includes guiding services, essential adaptive equipment, meat processing and travel and lodging.
MBVS Director David Richmond said, “While it’s been a difficult period for many Mainers, we’re happy to once again be part of such a beneficial program for Maine veterans. Recreational activity is a source of freedom and independence for many of us, and we’re excited for those veterans who will be able to take part in the program this year.”
Unlike the regular IF&W moose lottery, the Disabled Veterans Controlled Moose Lottery is limited to only those veterans with a disability rating of at least 50%. Each hunter is required to team up with a registered Maine Guide who has specific training for the hunt, and if a veteran has ever tagged a moose through the program, that veteran is ineligible to hunt again.
For more information on the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services and the Disabled Veterans Controlled Moose Hunt, visit maine.gov/veterans/”>maine.gov/veterans or call 207-430-6035.
