Beaver Island ArchiveA primary-source archive & encyclopedia45°40′N 85°33′W · Lake Michigan
Colour scheme
Search

Event

Beaver Island’s 1994 deer-season report records 77 deer across three licensing periods

Also 1994 Beaver Island deer season report

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Date1994-12
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1994-12
Kind
Conservation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
wildlifeconservationenvironmentrecreationtourismeconomycommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Jacque LaFreniere’s 1994 Beaver Island deer-season tally recorded 77 deer: 59 rifle, 16 bow, and 2 muzzleloading. The report also described ongoing data collection for deer-herd management.

Evidence limits

The tally includes only deer reported to or checked by named local stations and is not a complete harvest census.

Sources

  1. Reports 59 rifle deer, 16 bow deer, and 2 muzzleloading deer; 44% of rifle-season deer were spikes, two were 10-pointers, and the project collected weight, rack-size, and age data for herd management. 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 · 1995-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the deer-season report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1995-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s 1994 deer-season report records 77 deer across three licensing periods”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-season-report-1994/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1995, “Deer Season Report — Beaver Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-05. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “Beaver Island’s 1994 deer-season report records 77 deer across three licensing periods”RIS for “Beaver Island’s 1994 deer-season report records 77 deer across three licensing periods”