During my time at Libby Camps both Matt Libby and I had a meeting of the task force on the deer herd in northern and eastern Maine to attend. We were able to schedule the meeting on a day when we were both off from guiding and were could travel together. Matt needed to take one of his floatplanes to the sea plan base near Bangor where the meeting was being held and was kind enough to offer to fly us down. A return ride to northern Maine was arranged.
We left Millinocket Lake taking off into a15 knot breeze. Matt needed to stop at one of the small ponds on our route down to pick up a few small items that had been left for use by fisherman during the summer so we made a short stop. By the time we took off again the wind had almost completely died down. With no wind the flight past Mount Katahdin was perfectly smooth with excellent visibility to see the dusting of snow on the summit. With the brilliant fall colors in the foreground it was truly a sight to behold.
One of the topics under discussion at our meeting was the quality of habitat left after cutting operations and a view from the air certainly provided an excellent overview of the landscape and the current habitat situation for deer. We flew smoothly into Pushaw pond in just over an hour. Of course the return trip took four hours by the time we were all finished. Putting the luxury of the morning’s trip into pretty stark comparison
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