What's foliage like in North Maine during that time frame? Hunting mostly along roads or has it thinned out enough to get into the woods? I have only driven through Maine once, no hunting experience there.
If you aren't deep in the cover in early season, getting the crap scared out of you by wild flushes at your feet and never seeing a bird while the ticks form a battalion and cover your body, what's the point of hunting?