- Date
- 1996-11-14
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Wildlife Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationrecreationtourismcommunitycommunicationhuntingwildlife
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Beaver Island Wildlife Club’s November 14, 1996 Hunters’ Dinner at the Shamrock drew almost 90 hunters and featured wild-game dishes including rabbit, elk, venison, raccoon, turkey, and whitefish. The December follow-up also reported that Bill and Tim McDonough had processed 80 deer by the end of opening day, while describing opening-day success by several long-time and older island hunters. The January 1997 follow-up calls the overall bow, rifle, and muzzle-loader season successful and reports continued Wildlife Club turkey restoration and winter feeding.
Evidence limits
The two issues provide a newspaper account of the dinner and harvest, not a complete attendance list, weigh-in ledger, biological survey, or official harvest dataset.
Sources
See the sources block above.
Sources
- Announces the annual all-wild-game, all-you-can-eat dinner at the Shamrock on Thursday, November 14, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.; asks Islanders to donate game and offers Wildlife Club memberships and mineral blocks. 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 · 1996-11_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Hunters’ Dinner announcement.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-11_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports 80 deer processed by Bill and Tim McDonough by the end of opening day, hunters including Tony Majrkowski, Gordy Hays, Bea Parker, and Joe West, and an almost-90-person November 14 wild-game dinner at the Shamrock. 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 · 1996-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the opening-day hunting report and Hunters’ Dinner follow-up.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1996-12_Beaver-Beacon
- Reports a successful 1996 bow, rifle, and muzzle-loader season, credits the “Hunters, Don’t take a Spike!” program, thanks participants in the Hunters’ Dinner, and asks Islanders to report overwintering wild turkeys while the Wildlife Club provides 3,000 pounds of whole corn. 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 · 1997-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the deer-season and turkey-feeding follow-up.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-01_Beaver-Beacon
Added 6 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Wildlife Club holds its 1996 Hunters’ Dinner after a record opening day”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wildlife-club-hunters-dinner-1996/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1996, “Beaver Island Hunter’s Dinner.” (and 5 further sources listed on the page).
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