Name: Beaver Island Wildlife Club reports walleye, deer, habitat, and turkey work in 2004
Start: 2004
End: 2004
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004
Kind: Conservation
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: wildlifefishfishingconservationhuntingsciencecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Wildlife Club’s 2004 report describes walleye-fingerling work at the pond and Lake Geneserath, deer and habitat data collected with DNR assistance, a successful-hunter contest that recorded 116 deer, a hunters’ dinner, and winter support for wild turkeys. The club also began work on a fisheries pamphlet and habitat plantings.

Evidence limits

The report provides club-collected figures and observations but does not constitute a population estimate or independent biological survey.

Sources

PowersACE, “Bow hunting cabin for 2005,” Beaver Island Forum, December 10, 2004.
A Wildlife Club participant said the club was analyzing recent deer-harvest statistics and considering work with the DNR and Quality Deer Management to improve hunting opportunities. This is a participant account and planning statement, not club minutes or an independent biological survey.
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Beaver Beacon, February 2005, "Beaver Island Wildlife Club—A Look at 2004."
Reports walleye fingerling transfers, DNR data collection, habitat work, a 116-deer hunter contest, hunters'' dinner, Big Buck Contest, and winter turkey feeding. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, February 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the Wildlife Club report and photographs.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Wildlife Club reports walleye, deer, habitat, and turkey work in 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wildlife-club-2004-report/, accessed [date], citing PowersACE, “Bow hunting cabin for 2005,” Beaver Island Forum, December 10, 2004. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

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