in Danforth, Maine, texted me a photo (below, left) of deep-set buck tracks cutting through a snow-covered cedar swamp. “Guiding a guy from PA,” the text read. “He’s getting a lesson in tracking.” ...

The wind was blowing the afternoon of Nov. 4, when 29-year-old Robbie Flint and his 18-year-old brother, Gage Boyington, headed toward a low-lying swamp in Maine. The spot is only about 30 miles from ...