Emmet and Ernie Martin report a close encounter with a coyote near the airport, 1962

Event

Date: circa 1962-01
Kind: Conservation
Where: Beaver Island Airport
Participants: Daniel Emmett "Emmet" Martin (participant) · Francis Ernest "Ernie" Martin (participant) · Donald Raymond Cole (participant)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationenvironmentcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The February 1962 Beaver Beacon recounts a coyote encounter near the airport in which fourteen-year-old twins Emmet and Ernie Martin saw a female coyote with an ice-covered tail from Don Cole’s truck. The brothers returned to St. James for a gun after their first attempt to restrain the animal failed, and the article says they then shot it.

Evidence and limits

This is a colorful community hunting account, not an official wildlife or harvest record. The source itself says the described method of handling the animal is not recommended.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1962, “Cold Coyote.”
Reports twin brothers Emmet and Ernie Martin seeing a coyote with an ice-covered tail near the airport from Don Cole’s truck, attempting to restrain it without a gun, returning to St. James, and later shooting it. The account explicitly says the described method is not recommended and does not supply a wildlife or hunting record.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Emmet and Ernie Martin report a close encounter with a coyote near the airport, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cold-coyote-incident-1962/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1962, “Cold Coyote.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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