Summary
After Beaver Island trapping opened on April 1, 1961, Rogers Carlisle was reported to have caught a 20.5-pound otter. The notice describes it as the first otter in years after earlier signs had been observed.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, April 1961, “Game Club News.”Reports that trapping opened April 1 and that Rogers Carlisle caught a 20.5-pound otter. It says otter signs had been seen about five years earlier and that this was the first in years; it does not provide a specimen record, exact trap location, or biological measurement method.