- Date
- 2004-11
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- huntingwildlifecommunitystewardshipcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The column “Blaze Orange Cowboys” criticizes careless deer hunting and urges readers to identify targets, practice marksmanship, understand deer anatomy, use suitable equipment, and recover wounded animals.
Evidence limits
This is an editorial or advice column; it does not document a particular hunting incident or establish island-wide hunting behavior.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 2004, "Blaze Orange Cowboys."The column contrasts unsafe, indiscriminate shooting with patient, accurate, and humane whitetail hunting. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the hunting-ethics column.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon calls for ethical and disciplined deer hunting”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-blaze-orange-cowboys-hunting-ethics-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 2004, "Blaze Orange Cowboys." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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