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Beaver Island and Garden Island report 1970 deer-season results

Also Beaver Island 1970 deer season final results

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TypeEvent
Date1970-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
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Event
Date
1970-12
Kind
Conservation
Where
Beaver Island · Garden Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Game Club
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
wildlifeconservationrecreation
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The December 1970 Beaver Beacon reported 125 deer taken by 535 rifle hunters on Beaver Island, 10 deer by an estimated 125 archery hunters, and 12 deer by approximately 150 Garden Island hunters.

Evidence and limits

These are newspaper-reported season figures and estimates. They are retained as the December results and not silently merged with the November interim count.

Sources

  1. Reports 535 rifle hunters taking 125 deer on Beaver Island, an estimated 125 archery hunters taking 10 deer, and approximately 150 Garden Island hunters taking 12 deer, with age and sex breakdowns.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published deer-season results.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island and Garden Island report 1970 deer-season results”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-season-final-results-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1970, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-06. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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