A three-day Beaver Island coyote hunt takes five coyotes, 1961

Also December 1961 Beaver Island coyote hunt · coyote hound safari

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TypeEvent

Datecirca 1961-12

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: circa 1961-12
Kind: Conservation
Where: Beaver Island
Participants: Roy Chambers (participant) · Roy Vincent (participant) · Roy Vincent Jr. (participant) · Mr. Foxe (participant) · Rogers W. Carlisle (participant) · Archie Lafreniere (participant) · Alvin H. LaFreniere (participant) · Don Welke (participant) + 4 more
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationenvironmentcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

A January 1962 report describes a three-day Beaver Island coyote hunt using eleven hounds. It says five coyotes were killed and one hound was killed by a coyote, and it connects the episode to John Ozaga’s earlier tagging of nine coyotes.

Evidence and limits

The article is a detailed community hunting account, not an official harvest return or wildlife survey. It does not establish exact dates, licenses, a complete participant list, or the identity of the unidentified Mr. Foxe.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Big Game Hunt or Safari into the Wilds.”
Reports Roy Chambers, Roy Vincent and Roy Jr., and an unidentified Mr. Foxe bringing eleven coyote hounds for three days; names Rogers Carlisle, Archie Minor, Alvin and Archie LaFreniere, Don Welke, and Karl Kuebler as participants; says Frances LaFreniere kept radio contact; records five coyotes killed and one hound killed; and mentions John Ozaga’s nine tagged coyotes. The source does not provide exact hunt dates, licenses, a complete roster, or an official harvest record.
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Beaver Beacon, January 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
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Beaver Island Archive, “A three-day Beaver Island coyote hunt takes five coyotes, 1961”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coyote-hunt-december-1961/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1962, “Big Game Hunt or Safari into the Wilds.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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