- Date
- 2004-10-21
- Kind
- Sports
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- huntingwildlifeconservationfamilycommunityrecreation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Thirteen-year-old Alex Eicher took his first Beaver Island buck with a bow and arrow on October 21, 2004. The report describes his preparation, the five-point deer, and the tracking help provided by his father, Mike.
Evidence limits
The newspaper account documents this individual hunt and does not establish broader harvest conditions beyond the issue’s general camp report.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "A Grandson's Buck."Reports thirteen-year-old Alex Eicher taking a five-point buck with bow and arrow on October 21 after tracking it with his father. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the hunting report and photograph.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Alex Eicher takes his first Beaver Island buck, October 21, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-alex-eicher-first-buck-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "A Grandson's Buck." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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