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Karl Kuebler reports shooting two coyotes, 1961

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TypeEvent
Date1961-02
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1961-02
Kind
Crime
Participants
Karl Kuebler (participant)
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationenvironmentcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The February issue reports that Karl Kuebler shot two coyotes during the preceding week. It also prints a humorous account of Archie LaFreniere’s hound Duke tracking a coyote.

Evidence and limits

The report is a qualitative community notice. It does not establish an exact date, location, bounty payment, population estimate, or official wildlife record.

Sources

  1. Reports that the island’s coyote population had been reduced by two and credits Karl Kuebler with shooting them. The adjoining humorous story concerns Archie LaFreniere’s hound Duke; it does not provide carcass, bounty, location, or wildlife-management records.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Karl Kuebler reports shooting two coyotes, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coyote-hunt-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1961, “Island news.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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