- Date
- 1957-11
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Michigan Conservation Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationwildlifehuntingcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Christmas 1957 Beaver Beacon reported that more than 200 big-game hunters visited Beaver Island during the last two weeks of November, including 30 Islanders. The Conservation Department’s reported tally was 107 legally killed deer, including 64 antlered bucks, plus one coyote and one fox. The notice thanked Game Biologist Jerry Dunderdeck for conducting the deer survey and assisting hunters, with Dick McNeil taking over during the final week. The February 1958 issue separately reports 262 hunters and 107 deer taken, giving a reported 40.8 percent kill rate and calling it the best percentage in the state.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper-reported hunting and survey figures, not a held kill register or agency dataset. The source does not provide survey methods, licenses, a biological dataset, or independent agency documentation.
Sources
- Reports that more than 200 big-game hunters visited during the last two weeks of November, including 30 Islanders; the Conservation Department reported 107 legally killed deer, one coyote, and one fox, with 64 antlered bucks. It thanks Game Biologist Jerry Dunderdeck for conducting the deer survey and assisting hunters, and Dick McNeil for taking over the final week. It does not provide a survey method, kill register, licenses, biological dataset, or independent agency report. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1957-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported hunter, harvest, antlered-buck, and survey figures; it does not expand the wildlife or agency record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1957-12_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports the Conservation Department’s 40.8 percent kill rate, described as the best percentage in the state, from 262 hunters and 107 deer taken. It does not provide the season’s kill register, licenses, survey method, biological dataset, or independent agency report. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1958-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported hunter, harvest, and percentage figures; it does not expand the wildlife or agency record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Conservation Department reports 107 deer legally killed during the 1957 Beaver Island season, 1957”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-1957-deer-season-survey-results/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, Christmas 1957, “ISLAND INVADED” and “THANK YOU AND COMPLIMENTS.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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