- Dates
- 1959-01 – 1959-03
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- huntingwildliferecreationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1959 Beaver Beacon describes fox hunting as Beaver Island’s main winter sport and reports that Milt Bennett, Karl Kuebler, and Archie LaFreniere had already taken one fox. The February issue reports additional fox and rabbit hunting and says four foxes were hanging in Archie LaFreniere’s yard. The March issue reports a Garden Island chase and says six foxes were then hanging in the yard.
Evidence limits
The short report does not provide dates, licenses, methods, a complete hunter list, kill records, or wildlife-management findings.
Sources
- Reports that fox hunting was to be the islanders’ main winter sport and says Milt Bennett, Karl Kuebler, and Archie LaFreniere had already taken one fox. It does not provide dates, licenses, a complete participant list, hunting methods, kill records, or wildlife-management findings. 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 · 1959-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the early-season hunting report; it does not expand the wildlife or hunting record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-01_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports Captain Edwin McCann hunting fox and rabbits, taking a fox, four foxes hanging in Archie LaFreniere’s yard, annual January visits by Fathers Malewitz and Majchrowski, and an ice-fishing visit by Jack Thurston and friends. It does not provide licenses, dates, a complete hunter list, kill records, or wildlife-management findings. 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 · 1959-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the later winter hunting report; it does not expand the wildlife or hunting record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-02_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports Karl and Archie hunting when dogs chased a fox to Garden Island, about one and a half miles away, in three minutes, and says the hunters returned with the fox; it says six foxes then hung in Archie’s front-yard tree. It does not provide licenses, exact dates, methods, a complete hunter list, kill records, or wildlife-management findings. 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 · 1959-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported fox-hunting account; it does not expand the wildlife or hunting record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-03_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Islanders begin the 1959 winter fox-hunting season, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fox-hunting-season-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1959, “MAIN WINTER SPORT.” (and 5 further sources listed on the page).
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