- Dates
- 1968-09-15 – 1968-11-14
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Michigan Conservation Department
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifeconservationgovernance
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The August 1968 Beaver Beacon reported an experimental Beaver Island wild-turkey season from September 15 through November 14. The bag limit was one bird per hunter, with bow and arrow permitted throughout and shotguns permitted November 1–14, subject to a 50-bird quota and free permits.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper season announcement. It does not provide permit records, harvest results, or the official regulation text.
Sources
- Reports a September 15-November 14 wild-turkey season, one bird per hunter, bow and arrow throughout and shotguns November 1-14, subject to a 50-bird quota and free permits; it does not provide permit records, harvest results, or an official regulation text.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, “Experimental wild-turkey hunting season announced for Beaver Island, 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-experimental-wild-turkey-season-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1968, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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