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Mississippi hunters visit Beaver Island for snowshoe hare hunting, 1989

Also Fred Gray Beaver Island hunting visit · Ghost of the North hunt

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TypeEvent
Date1988-09
WithinBeaver Island
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1988-09
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Beaver Island

Summary

The March issue summarized a Hounds and Hunting article about Fred Gray of Mississippi and companions visiting Beaver Island for a week of snowshoe-hare hunting in September.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper summary of a magazine article and a reported visit, not a complete hunting log or wildlife survey.

Sources

  1. Summarizes Fred Gray’s September visit with hunting companions and the resulting magazine coverage. 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 · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon
  2. Paired held sixteen-page issue PDF.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1989-03_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Mississippi hunters visit Beaver Island for snowshoe hare hunting, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mississippi-snowshoe-hare-visit-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Mississippian Visits Beaver Island in Pursuit of Snow Shoe ‘Ghost of the North’,” Beaver Beacon, March 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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