Bill Lander News Today

"The number and size of the fish caught wound up being only an afterthought and the experience left us all yearning for the chance to do it again soon."

While there’s no denying that luck can play an important part in a successful moose hunt, there’s no substitute for preparation.

"As always, we had shared lots of stories and more laughs than we could count. Nowadays, we have more to catch up on," Pete Warner writes.

A group of four fishing buddies, including Outdoors writer Pete Warner, loaded up the trucks and a couple of boats and headed to remote area recently.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Beginning a new year is a time of reflection. The older I get, the more I realize we aren’t guaranteed anything in this life.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Our group of hunting and fishing buddies has committed to getting together more often in the woods and on the water. Toward that end, I joined brothers Chris Lander of Orrington and Bill Lander of Dedham recently for a three-day camping and bird hunting expedition to the North Maine Woods.