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Beaver Island game and hunting season report (1973)

Also 1973 Beaver Island game news · 1973 fall hunting report

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The fall 1973 game report says hunters were finding plentiful partridge and woodcock, while the rabbit population had returned to a high range. Deer numbers remained unimpressive; the report hoped that more bucks-only seasons would rebuild the herd. Southbound geese were becoming a daily sight.

Evidence and limits

This is a seasonal newspaper observation, not a harvest register, wildlife census, or regulation. It does not establish that the Game Club authored every observation.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, September–October 1973, “Game News.”
    Reports plentiful partridge and woodcock shooting, a rabbit population returning to a high range, unimpressive deer numbers, hopes for several more bucks-only seasons, and daily southbound goose flights. It provides no harvest count or wildlife survey.