Name: Beaver Island hunters report a difficult warm-weather deer season, 2006
Start: 2006-11
End: 2006-11
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2006-11
Kind: Observation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: huntingwildlifeweatherenvironmentcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The December 2006 Beaver Beacon described a difficult Beaver Island deer hunt, with unusually warm weather and poor results for some hunters, including eleven who camped on Garden Island. The article records competing local views about coyotes, deer abundance, and fawn numbers.

Evidence limits

This is an anecdotal newspaper account, not a wildlife survey, harvest ledger, or weather analysis.

Sources

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Sources

"A Difficult Hunt," Beaver Beacon, December 2006.
Reports warm weather, low apparent deer success, an especially difficult Garden Island camp, and competing resident explanations involving coyotes and fawn numbers. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the hunting report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hunters report a difficult warm-weather deer season, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-difficult-deer-hunt-2006/, accessed [date], citing "A Difficult Hunt," Beaver Beacon, December 2006. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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