I posted this picture and caption on my Facebook page the Sunday after I got back from our 2025 Maine moose hunt. The post has reached more than 170,000 people and garnered 400 comments. I am currently talking with the Maine Warden Service and the Maine Professional Guides about what next steps I can take. I will name the guide and his guide service in order to make sure no other hunter has the experience that we had. A Maine moose hunt should be a celebrated event and for some, a once in a lifetime hunt.
This is me after 3.5 days of moose hunting. It was one of the worst hunts that I have experienced. The guide we hired showed up hung over/still drunk from the night before. He admitted he didn’t scout. He slept in the backseat while I had to guide another professional guide who had never hunted the zone we were in. It was a waste of our money and our time.
I have two publications waiting for stories on the hunt that I will share when they are published.
For now, just know that we didn’t come home with a moose. We left early knowing we would never go back.
That is awful!
You must be so frustrated. So sorry you had to endure that useless guide. I’m glad I am not in his shoes and have you facing his incompetence. Best of luck in your deer hunt.