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Pinky Harmon describes Beaver Island’s informal annual deer count, 2009

Also Beaver Island deer count Pinky Harmon January 2009

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TypeEvent
Date2009-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
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

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. 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
  2. The held issue scan confirms the deer-counting essay.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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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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