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Event

Beaver Island trappers report a spring beaver harvest (1961)

Also May 1961 Beaver trapping totals

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The May 1961 trapping report says Rogers Carlisle and Walter Wogan trapped forty beaver, Karl Kuebler eight, and Tony McDonough seven. It also reports two large beaver weights, 57 and 54 pounds.

Evidence and limits

These are informal newspaper totals, not a wildlife harvest register or survey.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, May 1961, “Beaver Trapping.”
    Reports Rogers Carlisle and Walter Wogan trapping forty beaver plus the previously reported otter, Karl Kuebler taking eight pelts, and Tony McDonough seven; Wogan’s largest beaver weighed 57 pounds and Carlisle’s second largest 54 pounds. The report does not provide species records beyond the named totals, trap locations, or an official harvest ledger.