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Beaver Island DNR report lists 1980 deer-hunting totals, 1980

Also 1980 Beaver Island deer harvest report

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TypeEvent
Date1980-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1980-11
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The December Beacon reports 425 hunters and 72 “legal” deer on Beaver Island, and 30 hunters and 7 deer on Carden Island, attributed to DNR officer Bill Wagner.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper tally, not a license dataset, biological survey, or enforcement record.

Sources

  1. Reports DNR officer Bill Wagner’s figures of 425 hunters and 72 “legal” deer taken on Beaver Island, and 30 hunters and 7 deer taken on Carden Island. It is a newspaper tally, not a license dataset, biological survey, or enforcement record. 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 · 1980-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eighteen-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the reported hunting totals.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1980-12_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island DNR report lists 1980 deer-hunting totals, 1980”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-1980-deer-hunting-totals/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1980, “Beaver Island Weather.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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