- Date
- 2009-01
- Kind
- Observation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifeenvironmentrecreationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Pinky Harmon described nearly three decades of informal deer counting from a pickup truck on Beaver Island, noting the effects of winter, forage, coyotes, and hunting on the annual tally.
Evidence limits
The essay explicitly says the count is not a precise scientific survey and does not provide a reproducible population estimate.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2009, "Numbering the Deer."Describes Pinky Harmon's nearly 30-year practice of tallying deer from a pickup truck around the Island, while discussing winter conditions, forage, coyotes, and hunting. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the deer-counting essay.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Pinky Harmon describes Beaver Island’s informal annual deer count, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-count-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2009, "Numbering the Deer." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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