Name: Beaver Island Game Club responds to winter deer and fishing conditions, 1971
Start: 1971-01
End: 1971-01
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island Game Club responds to winter deer and fishing conditions, 1971

Also Beaver Island winter game and deer-feeding report, 1971

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TypeEvent

Date1971-01

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1971-01
Kind: Conservation
Where: Beaver Island
Carried out by: Beaver Island Game Club
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: wildlifeconservationfishing
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The January 1971 Beaver Beacon reported poor early ice fishing and the Game Club’s efforts to support a declining deer herd through mineral blocks and planned cutting for winter food.

Evidence and limits

The article is a contemporaneous status report and does not provide a fish survey, deer census, or completed browse-cutting record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1971, “Game News.”
Reports no productive harbor, Barney’s Lake, Fox Lake, or Lake Geneserath ice fishing at publication time, and says the Game Club distributed mineral blocks while planning cutting to provide more deer food.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1971, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published game report.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club responds to winter deer and fishing conditions, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-winter-game-and-deer-feeding-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1971, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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