- Dates
- 1968-11 – 1968-12
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Game Club
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationenvironmentcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The December 1968 Beaver Beacon reported 144 deer taken by gun hunters and eight by archers, for 152 deer at the time of publication, with archery season continuing through December. Approximately 400 hunters participated and three deer were taken on Garden Island. The report compared the harvest with the previous decade, described several large bucks, and said that herd condition was better than in the previous two years.
The article also connected the herd’s condition to winter food and reported that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources hoped to cut state land in the deer-yarding area, with possible matching funds from the Beaver Island Game Club.
Evidence and limits
These are figures and observations printed by the newspaper, not a state harvest register. The article does not provide a complete permit, hunter, or island-by- island record.
Sources
- Reports 144 deer taken by gun hunters and eight by archers, with bow season continuing through December; approximately 400 hunters participated, three deer were taken on Garden Island, and the report discusses large bucks, herd condition, and planned DNR and Game Club habitat cutting. It is a newspaper harvest summary rather than an official harvest register.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published deer-season report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports a successful 1968 deer season”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-deer-season-results-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 1968, “The Beaver Island Deer Season 1968.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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