- Date
- 1966
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The January 1967 Beaver Beacon reported that 531 hunters took 147 deer on Beaver Island during the 1966 season, for a reported 27.7 percent success rate. It linked the season’s difficult weather and road closures with limited access to the south half of the island and described the winter deer range as badly overbrowsed.
Evidence and limits
The article also reports declining average weights and antler development in biological data collected during the season and the preceding season. These are the newspaper’s account of reported observations, not a complete wildlife dataset or an independently verified harvest total. The source gives the year but not exact season dates.
Open questions
- Which Michigan wildlife records preserve the 1966 permit, effort, and harvest data?
- What biological measurements supported the reported changes in weights and antler development?
- How were the reported road closures and south-half access limits documented?
Sources
- Visually checked page 1 and remote OCR. The report says 531 hunters took 147 deer in the 1966 season, a 27.7 percent success rate; it describes poor weather, road drifting, stopped access to the south half, overbrowsed winter range, and declining average weights and antler development. It does not provide exact season dates, a state harvest register, a complete biological dataset, or a causal population study. 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 · 1967-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-01_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports 531 hunters and 147 deer in the 1966 season”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-season-report-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1967, “Deer Report.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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