Beaver Island rabbit hunting and Lake Geneserath bluegill fishing reported, 1965

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Event

Date: circa 1965-01
Kind: Sports
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationenvironmenttourism
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1965 Beaver Beacon reports active rabbit hunting on Beaver Island, including a newspaper figure of 76 rabbits taken by one group of nine hunters in two days. It also reports good bluegill fishing through the ice on Lake Geneserath.

Evidence and limits

The figures and observations are community news, not a wildlife census, licensing record, catch ledger, or independent harvest verification. Archie LaFreniere’s organized coyote hunt is recorded only as a plan.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1965, “Game News.”
Reports one group of nine hunters taking 76 rabbits in two days, Milt Bennett hunting with beagles, visitors from Detroit, Boyne Falls, and Harbor Springs, and Don Cole and Perry Gatliff catching bluegills through holes in Lake Geneserath ice. It describes Archie LaFreniere’s planned organized coyote hunt as an intention, not a completed hunt, and gives no wildlife register or catch verification.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1965, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island rabbit hunting and Lake Geneserath bluegill fishing reported, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rabbit-hunting-and-lake-geneserath-fishing-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1965, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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