Beaver Island fall game and whitefish-net report, 1967

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Event

Date: circa 1967-10
Kind: Observation
Where: Beaver Island · Hog Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: wildlifefishingrecreation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1967 Beaver Beacon reported that high winds and fall rains had limited hunting and fishing. The issue counted eleven deer taken by bow and arrow and described limited whitefish catches from Charlie Martin’s pound nets north of Hog Island.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper game and fishing report. It does not provide official harvest, effort, or commercial-fishing records.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1967, “Game News.”
Reports high winds and rain limiting activity, eleven deer taken by bow and arrow, and limited whitefish catches in Charlie Martin's pound nets north of Hog Island; it does not provide official harvest, effort, or commercial-fishing records.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1967, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published game and fishing report.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island fall game and whitefish-net report, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fall-game-and-fishing-report-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1967, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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