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Beaver Island game and hunting season report (November 1973)

Also November 1973 game news

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

Summary

The November 1973 game report described rabbits, partridge, and squirrels as fairly abundant and noted fall visits by ducks and geese. Island observers still considered the deer herd small, though some large bucks had been sighted.

Evidence and limits

This is a seasonal newspaper observation, not a harvest register, wildlife census, or regulation.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, November 1973, “Game News.”
    Reports rabbits, partridge, and squirrels in fair abundance, fall visits by ducks and geese, and observers’ continuing uncertainty about the size of the deer herd; it gives no harvest count or wildlife survey.