Michigan Conservation Commission Beaver Island Sharp-Tailed Grouse Closure Order (1941)

Summary

The Charlevoix County Herald reprinted a State of Michigan Conservation Commission order signed and ordered published on July 14, 1941. It prohibited hunting, taking, or killing sharp-tailed grouse or prairie chicken on Beaver Island for two years beginning October 1, 1941.¹

The document names Joseph P. Rahilly as chairman, Wayland Osgood as secretary, and P. J. Hoffmaster as the countersigning Director.¹ This is the formal regulatory record behind a later report’s references to introduced sharp-tail grouse and changing bird seasons; it does not itself report a stocking count or a later population result.

Evidence and limits

The issuance date is the order’s signed-and-published date; October 1, 1941 is the stated effective date. The source does not give the commission’s full institutional history, the underlying investigation file, or the precise expiration-day convention for the two-year period.

Open questions

• What game-division investigation supported the 1941 order?
• Did the closure expire without renewal, and how did it relate to the 1950 bird season?
• Can state conservation records identify the four-bird or stocking history behind the regulation?

See also

• Beaver Island
• Perch Fishing and Bird Hunting on Beaver Island in 1950
• Beaver Island Wildlife-Stocking Program from 1922
• Michigan Conservation Commission (Beaver Island game orders)
• Joseph P. Rahilly (1941 Beaver Island conservation order)
• Wayland Osgood (1941 Beaver Island conservation order)
• P. J. Hoffmaster (1938–1941 Beaver Island conservation orders)