Summary
The January 1962 Beaver Beacon reported a Game Division plan to resume turkey trapping in Allegan State Forest in hopes of supplying more turkeys to Beaver Island.
Evidence and limits
This is an announced plan, not evidence that trapping or a later island release was completed.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Sporting News.”Reports Vernon Fitzpatrick saying the Game Division planned to resume turkey trapping in Allegan State Forest, with the intended result that Beaver Island would receive more turkeys. It does not establish that trapping occurred, that birds were caught, or that any later release took place.