- Dates
- 1983-11 – 1983-12
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Game Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- huntingwildlifeconservationgovernmentcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1983 Beaver Beacon reported a poor Beaver Island deer season, few hunters and deer taken, and community concern that poaching was the main cause of the herd’s reduced size.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper and Game Club report, not a harvest census, enforcement case file, or court record.
Sources
- Reports fewer hunters and much lower deer-season success, says doe permits produced a few kills, and attributes the small herd principally to suspected poaching; the Game Club, citizens, DNR, and Charlevoix prosecutor's office were pursuing maximum penalties and the hotline was publicized. It reports DNR officers receiving reports of deer illegally shot or abandoned, but is not a case file, harvest census, enforcement log, or court record. 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 · 1983-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the deer-season report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Game Club reports poor deer season and poaching concerns, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-season-poaching-follow-up-1983/, accessed [date], citing Hunting News, Beaver Beacon, December 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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