Name: Beaver Island Wildlife Club organizes 2013 deer checks and camp surveys
Start: 2013-11-10
End: 2013-12-05
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 2013-11-10 – 2013-12-05
Kind: Wildlife_management
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: wildlifehuntingconservationrecreation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

During the 2013 firearm season, the Beaver Island Wildlife Club organized deer checks for both bucks and does and solicited camp-survey observations. The program distributed state patches, used the boat dock and alternate local checkers, and accepted survey forms through December 5. An interim notice said the checked sample was skewed toward bucks. A December Chamber post described the season as good and credited landowner Quality Deer Management efforts and the Wildlife Club, but supplied no harvest total.

Evidence limits

The notices document the collection process and an interim observation, not a final harvest count, complete biological dataset, or later management decision. The positive season assessment is an attributed Chamber statement, not an independent wildlife assessment.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Jacquel, “Deer season wrap up,” Beaver Island Forum, December 3, 2013.
The end-of-season reminder said deer could still be checked through the remaining process and that camp surveys were due December 5, with collection boxes at both island airports, the boat, and the hardware store. It documents the closing logistics, not final harvest or survey results.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007020
Chamber of Commerce, “Island Hunters Featured In Boyne City Gazette,” Beaver Island Forum, December 5, 2013.
The Chamber linked a Boyne City Gazette feature with photographs of Liam Hodgson and Bob Turner and attributed a good whitetail season to landowner QDM efforts and the Beaver Island Wildlife Club. This is promotional community commentary and an external-media pointer, not a harvest total or independent wildlife assessment.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007028
Beaver Island Wildlife Club, “Bow season deer checks,” “Youth Deer Hunt this weekend,” and “Turkey Hunters get a patch for a successful hunt,” Beaver Island Forum, September 29–October 1, 2013.
The Wildlife Club announced bow-season checking, reminded youth hunters about Beaver Island antler-point restrictions, and offered 2013 patches and biological measurements for successful fall-turkey hunters. These notices document monitoring and outreach, not final harvest counts or official regulatory records.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006826
Beaver Island Wildlife Club, “Bow season deer checks,” “Youth Deer Hunt this weekend,” and “Turkey Hunters get a patch for a successful hunt,” Beaver Island Forum, September 29–October 1, 2013.
The Wildlife Club announced bow-season checking, reminded youth hunters about Beaver Island antler-point restrictions, and offered 2013 patches and biological measurements for successful fall-turkey hunters. These notices document monitoring and outreach, not final harvest counts or official regulatory records.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006793
Beaver Island Wildlife Club, “Bow season deer checks,” “Youth Deer Hunt this weekend,” and “Turkey Hunters get a patch for a successful hunt,” Beaver Island Forum, September 29–October 1, 2013.
The Wildlife Club announced bow-season checking, reminded youth hunters about Beaver Island antler-point restrictions, and offered 2013 patches and biological measurements for successful fall-turkey hunters. These notices document monitoring and outreach, not final harvest counts or official regulatory records.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006775
Beaver Island Forum, "Firearm Deer Checks" and "Deer Camp Surveys," November 10–21, 2013.
Wildlife Club notices describe checking both bucks and does, state patches, changing boat-dock hours, a hardware-store backup, and camp-survey collection through December 5. A November 20 update reports that checked animals were skewed toward bucks so far, but no final count is supplied.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006947
Beaver Island Forum, "Firearm Deer Checks" and "Deer Camp Surveys," November 10–21, 2013.
Wildlife Club notices describe checking both bucks and does, state patches, changing boat-dock hours, a hardware-store backup, and camp-survey collection through December 5. A November 20 update reports that checked animals were skewed toward bucks so far, but no final count is supplied.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 06 · t006948

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Wildlife Club organizes 2013 deer checks and camp surveys”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-survey-and-check-2013/, accessed [date], citing Jacquel, “Deer season wrap up,” Beaver Island Forum, December 3, 2013. (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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