Summary
The December 1960 Beaver Beacon reported an unofficial Beaver Island deer-season count of 112 animals: 61 bucks and 51 antlerless deer. It said Jerry Duvendeck and Dick Moran checked deer during the first week, Winship checked animals at Charlevoix during the final week, and Vern Fitzpatrick supplied a retrospective deer history.
Evidence and limits
This is an unofficial newspaper count, not a state harvest return or complete wildlife census. The report also says four coyotes were bountied and two more were killed by hunters, but supplies no bounty ledger. Its account of a possible wild-turkey planting is a plan under investigation, not a completed release.
Open questions
- What official harvest return establishes the final 1960 deer total?
- Which state or Game Club records document the coyote bounty and proposed turkey planting?
See also
- Beaver Island Game Club (1951 conservation award)
- Beaver Island gun deer season opens (1960)
- Michigan Conservation Department (Beaver Island wildlife work, 1961)
- Beaver Island
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 1960, “Conservation News.”Reports an unofficial count of 112 deer killed in the 1960 season, including 61 bucks and 51 antlerless deer; names biologists Jerry Duvendeck, Dick Moran, and Winship as checking deer; attributes a retrospective deer-history check to Vern Fitzpatrick; reports four coyotes bountied and two more killed by hunters; says plans were being investigated for a wild-turkey planting. The final official count, legal season return, coyote records, and turkey plan are not held.