- Dates
- 1959-11-15 – 1959-11-16
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Game Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationhuntingfishingeconomycommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1959 Beaver Beacon reports that gun deer season opened November 15 and that the official count stood at 157 deer with four days remaining. It also reports the November 16 Game Club dinner: nearly 700 pounds of perch were prepared, 140 hunters were fed, and $161.01 net proceeds went to the club.
Evidence limits
These are newspaper totals and a post-event account, not licenses, a complete kill ledger, receipts, an attendance register, or independent weather data.
Sources
- Reports the November 15 gun-season opening, approximately five inches of snow on November 14, an official kill count of 157 deer with four days remaining, and the November 16 Game Club dinner. It says nearly 700 pounds of perch were prepared, 140 hunters were fed, and $161.01 net proceeds went to the Game Club. It does not provide licenses, a complete kill ledger, receipts, attendance register, or independent weather data. 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 · 1959-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the deer-season and dinner outcome; it does not expand the wildlife, financial, meal, or weather records.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports 157 deer and a Game Club hunters’ dinner, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-season-and-game-club-dinner-outcome-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1959, "DEER SEASON" and hunters-dinner report. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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