- Date
- 1970-11
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Game Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationcommunityeducation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The November 1970 Beaver Beacon gave an interim Beaver Island deer count as of November 23: 41 adult bucks, 30 adult does, and 34 fawns. It also reported a 218-pound buck and said the annual Hunters’ Banquet served 185 people.
Evidence and limits
The count is explicitly incomplete, and the article says the final statistics were not yet available. The banquet report supplies a newspaper attendance figure and menu but no roster, receipts, or independent Game Club record. The same article says Dr. Herbert Lenon would describe Central Michigan University’s summer facility; it does not provide a transcript or attendance record for that program.
Open questions
- What were the final 1970 deer-season totals and official effort figures?
- Did the banquet program with Dr. Lenon take place as described, and what did it cover?
- Are Game Club minutes or financial records available for the banquet?
Sources
- Visually checked page 2 and remote OCR. The report gives an interim count as of November 23 of 41 adult bucks, 30 adult does, and 34 fawns; says the hunter count appeared slightly below the prior year, all accommodations were filled, and a 218-pound buck had been taken. It also says the annual Hunters’ Banquet served 185 people with a roast-beef dinner and apple pie, and that Dr. Herbert Lenon would describe Central Michigan University’s island summer facility. It does not give final season totals, an attendance register, or a banquet ledger. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1970-11_Beaver-Beacon
- Held scan used to verify the printed “Game News” figures and the distinction between the interim count and final season statistics. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and does not expand source-specific claimsdata1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1970-11_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports an interim 1970 deer count and Hunters’ Banquet”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-report-and-hunters-banquet-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1970, “Game News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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