- Date
- 1958-11
- Kind
- Observation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifehuntingcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 1958 Beaver Beacon says deer and buck numbers were higher than in the previous six years and humorously recounts Matt Melville seeing a large buck while painting Rogers Carlisle’s gate. Melville said balsam boughs were caught in the buck’s antlers.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper anecdote and editorial joke, not a harvest count, observation log, or biological survey.
Sources
- Reports more deer and bucks than in the previous six years and says Matt Melville encountered a large buck while painting a gate belonging to Rogers Carlisle. Melville joked that balsam boughs had decorated the buck's antlers. It does not provide a harvest count, observation log, or biological survey. 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 · 1958-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held four-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported deer anecdote and editorial humor.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-11_Beaver-Beacon
Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Matt Melville reports a remarkably large decorated buck, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-matt-melville-decorated-buck-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1958, "MORE GAME." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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