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Trapper Jerry Jones reports catching six coyotes, 1959

Also September 1959 coyote catch · Jerry Jones Beaver Island trapping

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TypeEvent
Date1959-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1959-09
Kind
Conservation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
wildlifehuntingconservationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1959 Beaver Beacon reports that professional trapper Jerry Jones had caught six coyotes on Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

The notice does not provide trap locations, dates, licenses, carcass records, or an independent wildlife count.

Sources

  1. Reports that trapper Jerry Jones had caught six coyotes a few days before publication. It does not provide trap locations, dates, licenses, carcass records, or an independent wildlife count. 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 · 1959-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported coyote catch; it does not expand the wildlife or enforcement record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-09_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Reports Jerry Jones’s larger seasonal catch of 42 foxes and 14 coyotes, described as helping the small-game population. It does not provide trap locations, licenses, carcass records, or an independent wildlife assessment. 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 · 1959-10_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held four-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported trapping totals; it does not expand the wildlife or enforcement record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Trapper Jerry Jones reports catching six coyotes, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-jerry-jones-coyote-catch-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1959, "SCHOOL OPENS." (and 3 further sources listed on the page).

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