- Date
- 1963-11
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmenttourism
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1963 Beaver Beacon reported 149 deer taken by 345 hunters on Beaver Island: 65 adult bucks, 41 adult does, 23 buck fawns, and 20 doe fawns. It gave a reported hunter-success rate of 43 percent.
Evidence and limits
These are newspaper totals attributed to Conservation Officer Vernon Fitzpatrick, not a surviving harvest ledger or permit dataset. The article does not state the exact season dates or define how success was calculated.
Open questions
- Can Conservation Department records confirm the species, totals, and success calculation?
Sources
- Reports 65 adult bucks, 41 adult does, 23 buck fawns, and 20 doe fawns, for 149 deer among 345 hunters and a reported 43% hunter success; it does not provide permit or carcass records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island 1963 deer-season results”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-season-results-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1963, “Red Coat Invasion Over.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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