- Date
- circa 1975-02
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Font Lake · Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationrecreationcommunityfoodways
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The February 1975 game column reports winter fishing by Perry Gatliff in the harbor and Ed Ladd in Font Lake, along with a 33-rabbit hunt involving Bing McCafferty, John Zinella, John McCafferty, “Big Jim” McDonough, and Ronn Gregg.
Evidence and limits
This is a local recreation and foodways report. The figures and names are not a game-check record, creel survey, or complete participant list.
Sources
- Reports Perry Gatliff moving a harbor shanty while catching a few pike but no perch, Ed Ladd catching perch in Font Lake, and Bing McCafferty, John Zinella, John McCafferty, Big Jim McDonough, and Ronn Gregg returning with 33 rabbits. It is a community report, not a creel, game-check, or wildlife census. 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 · 1975-02_Beaver-Beacon
- The scan confirms the fishing and rabbit-hunting notices and the reported names and counts.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1975-02_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island February game and fishing news, 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-news-february-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1975, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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