November is deer hunting season in New England, so it may be fitting to hike Deer Hill and Little Deer Hill in Western Maine. Maine is one of those States still holding on to at least one of the "blue laws": hunting is prohibited on Sunday. That makes it a good time for non-hunters to get out in the woods and for hunters get an afternoon on the couch. Deer Hill is known around the world for its amethyst, and, we were looking for any mines. Unfortunately the location of the mines is not as obvious as you may think, so another trip is in order with information from the Forest Service in hand.

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Old Man of Deer Hill

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Twin oaks

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Looking east over the Deer Hill Bog. Pine Hill is on the left and Harndon Hill on the right.

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At the top of Little Deer Hill.

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South (r.) and North Baldface from Little Deer Hill.

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A white birch boneyard.