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Mike Kiefer wins Beaver Island Civic Association big-rack contest, 1982

Also Beaver Island 1982 big rack buck contest · Mike Kiefer Beaver Island buck contest 1982

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TypeEvent
Dates1982-11-15 – 1982-11-30
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1982-11-15 – 1982-11-30
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Summary

The Beaver Island Civic Association reported that 23 people entered its 1982 big-rack contest. Mike Kiefer of Sutton’s Bay won with an eight-point rack measuring 17 inches wide.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper contest report, not a score sheet or hunting-license record.

Sources

  1. Reports that 23 people entered the contest and that Mike Kiefer of Sutton's Bay won with an eight-point rack measuring 17 inches wide. This is a newspaper contest report, not a score sheet or hunting-license record. 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 · 1982-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held fifteen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the contest result.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1982-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Mike Kiefer wins Beaver Island Civic Association big-rack contest, 1982”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-big-rack-contest-1982/, accessed [date], citing Big Rack Contest results, Beaver Beacon, December 1982. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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