| I'm not sure if this is near the area you're going to or not. I just
got a letter back from a place called McNally's. It's about a mile off
the Allagash on the shore of some very long indian name stream. I
stopped there while moose hunting in Sept. Really nice place. Cost is
$65/day per person. Includes three meals. Hot water cabin/bunk house.
The stream comes into the Allagash at the north end of Long Lake (which
is really just a wide part of the Allagash). I can't vouch for the
place other than what I saw during a 1/2 hour stop over. Before we
left, the owner gave us a small loaf of fresh baked bread and homemade
jelly, "just for stopping in." There was a guide avalable. He was "on
in years" a bit, maybe 60+ so I don't think he'd be leading you into
the wilderness, but he's been doing this for about 40 or so years so he
ought to know the area. The camp has been in the same family for 100
years. I'd have no qualms staying there based on what I saw.
Address is McNally's, Portage, ME. 04768 Phone is 207-435-4001
They rent canoes if you need one, but not small outboards. It's near
Clayton Lake if that helps spot it on a map. Hope this helps. DTN is
297-2420 if there's other questions I can answer.
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I've hunted the Allagash, rented a cabin on Spider Lake. The entire
area was pretty much logged. Looked like the artic-tundra, you could
see pretty far. There were isolated spots maybe 50 or so acres that
were wooded. The deer were far and few between, but if you get a buck,
your gonna have a Buck! The one taken that year dressed at 290lbs, a
doe was taken that dressed at 180+,by a women no less!
Anyway, I learned that the deer were bedding close to where logging
operations were being conducted. The downfall of this was your not
allowed to hunt close to operations for safty reasons. At the time I
was there the loggers schedule was to quit work on a thursday afternoon
and return Sunday afternoon, so it gives you Friday and Saturday to
hunt it(No hunting on a Sunday in Maine).
The later in November up there the better...If your in a major log-out
area hunt the skidder trails...the bucks love walking up and down them.
If you should connect with a Buck...It'll most likely have a rack like
a rocking-chair for sure. One thing to keep in mind while hunting the
Allagash....Don't get depressed! Hunt harder than you ever hunted
before, Because it's very-hard hunting...But remember your not hunting
deer.. YOUR HUNTING TROPHY WHITETAIL BUCKS in an area where folks come
from around the world to hunt-them.. There crafty, but there Humungus!
I'll go back some year and it will be the last two weeks of the season.
Good-Luck!!! Bring your shotgun also..You'll be eating partridge for
sure!!!!
Rick
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