- Dates
- 1968-09-15 – 1968-12-31
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island · Garden Island
- Carried out by
- Michigan Conservation Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifeconservationgovernance
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1968 Beaver Beacon reported a Conservation Department experiment allowing archery deer hunting from raised platforms or scaffolds on Beaver and Garden Islands. The announced periods were September 15–November 14 and December 1–31; free permits were required during the first period.
Evidence and limits
This is a source-bounded season announcement. It does not provide the research protocol, permit records, harvest results, or public-acceptance findings.
Sources
- Reports experimental bow hunting from raised platforms on Beaver and Garden Islands in two periods, September 15-November 14 and December 1-31, with free permits required for the first period; it does not provide the research protocol, permit records, or results.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published experimental-season notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Conservation Department announces experimental scaffold archery deer season, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-experimental-archery-deer-hunt-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1968, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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