— 1830: First restrictions on deer hunting; season set at Sept. 1 through Dec. 31, no bag limit. — 1873: First bag limit, three deer per hunter per year. — 1895: Bag limit reduced to two deer per hunter per year. — 1906: Nonresidents required, for the first time, to purchase licenses for deer hunting annually. — 1916: Taking of deer for provisioning logging camps outlawed. — 1919: Mandatory deer registration began; residents required to purchase “good for life” license; nonresidents still required to purchase annual license. — 1925: Bag limit set at one deer of either sex, statewide. — 1967: Deer hunters required to wear fluorescent orange clothing during regular firearms season in southern and central Maine.

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