- Dates
- 1981-11-15 – 1981-11-30
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- huntingenvironmentcommunitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The newspaper’s 1981 firearm-season compilation reports 365 hunters and 79 deer: 325 hunters and 68 deer on Beaver Island, and 40 hunters and 11 deer on Garden Island. It also reports three coyotes shot and no hunting accidents.
Evidence limits
These are reported newspaper totals and observations, not license records, official harvest data, or a wildlife survey.
Sources
- Reports 40 Garden Island hunters taking 11 deer and 325 Beaver Island hunters taking 68, for a total of 365 hunters and 79 deer. It also reports three coyotes shot, no hunting accidents or lost hunters, two emergency messages, warm weather and bare-ground conditions, more deer sightings but fewer bucks, and two Beaver Island tent camps. The figures are a newspaper compilation, not a license or wildlife-agency harvest register. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1981-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eighteen-page PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the seasonal report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island firearm deer season report, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-firearm-deer-season-report-1981/, accessed [date], citing FireArm Deer Season, Beaver Island, Beaver Beacon, November–December 1981 combined issue. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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