Summary
The Beaver Island Game Club held its annual Hunters’ Banquet on November 17, 1971, serving more than 140 people. The November Beaver Beacon reports that President Alvin LaFreniere urged extensive timber cutting to provide food for an increasing deer herd, and that approximately 90 percent of those present wanted the bucks-only season continued.
Conservation proposals
The report also describes proposals to re-establish turkeys and plant Reaves pheasants. It says earlier tree pruning and seeding had increased the annual membership fee from $1 to $2. These are preserved as the newspaper’s account of club policy and proposals, not as proof that every proposal was enacted.
Evidence and limits
The source supplies the banquet date, attendance estimate, policy discussion, and fee change. It does not provide minutes, a formal vote, a timber plan, a wildlife census, or the legal text of the bucks-only regulation.
See also
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, November 1971, “Game News.”Reports a Hunters’ Banquet with more than 140 attendees, Alvin LaFreniere’s call for timber cutting to provide deer food, approximately 90 percent support for continuing bucks-only hunting, proposals to re-establish turkeys and plant Reaves pheasants, and a $2 annual membership fee; it does not provide minutes, vote records, or formal wildlife orders.