Waldo County, Maine · 5,241 acres
Gene Letourneau (Frye Mountain) Wildlife Management Area Hunting 2026: Species & Access
Gene Letourneau (Frye Mountain) Wildlife Management Area covers 5,241 acres near Belfast (about 12 miles east) in Waldo County. Second-growth spruce and white pine mixed with reverting farm fields and old apple orchards across the towns of Montville, Knox, and Morrill — the kind of edge habitat deer and grouse favor.
01 — What you can hunt here
| Species | Notes |
|---|---|
| White-tailed deer | MDIFW actively manages cover and forage here specifically for deer. |
| Ruffed grouse | One of MDIFW's own grouse study sites — habitat work here is aimed partly at keeping grouse numbers up. |
| Woodcock | Benefits from the same reverting-field habitat work done for grouse. |
| Wild turkey | Present across the mixed oak, orchard, and softwood habitat. |
02 — Access rules specific to this WMA
- A standard Maine hunting license covers hunting here the same as any other MDIFW-owned WMA — no separate WMA permit.
- A removable stand or blind left up for more than one day requires a permit and must be labeled with the hunter's name and address; permanent structures are prohibited.
- Hunting or trapping over bait, and all trapping, requires a permit from the Regional Wildlife Biologist — statewide MDIFW rule, not specific to this WMA.
04 — Facilities
Camping: Not permitted — camping and fires are prohibited on Maine's WMAs except at Swan Island. No shooting range on-site.
Primarily a walk-in hunting and hiking area; established over former farmland, it carries an extensive network of old woods roads.
05 — Where to go next
Frye Mountain is Maine's clearest example of a WMA built and actively managed around deer and grouse habitat rather than left to grow in on its own — MDIFW runs grouse population studies here specifically, and the mix of reverting farm fields, old apple orchards, and second-growth softwood is the direct product of habitat work for those species. Like every Maine WMA except Swan Island, access is plain license-only: no lottery, no quota, no separate area permit — the only paperwork most hunters here will ever need is the stand-labeling rule if they leave a blind up overnight.
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Verified · Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife · Last verified 2026-08-13
Publisher's note. Read from MDIFW, retrieved 2026-08-13. Review due 2027-08-01. WMA-specific rules and closures can change between seasons — confirm before you hunt.