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Six-week drive-by deer survey records 897 deer, July–October 2004

Also Drive-by Deer Count 2004

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TypeEvent
Dates2004-07 – 2004-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
2004-07 – 2004-10
Kind
Observation
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
wildlifehuntingconservationscience
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

A six-week drive-by survey conducted between July and October 2004 recorded 116 bucks, 472 does, 178 fawns, and 131 deer of unknown sex or age, for 897 observed deer. The results were sent to DNR biologist Brian Mastenbrook.

Evidence limits

The newspaper gives counts and the survey window but not the route, sampling design, observer protocol, or an estimate of the Island’s total deer population.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "Drive-by Deer Count."
    Reports a six-week driving survey between July and October 2004 that counted 116 bucks, 472 does, 178 fawns, and 131 unknown deer and sent the results to DNR biologist Brian Mastenbrook. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the survey report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Six-week drive-by deer survey records 897 deer, July–October 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-drive-by-deer-count-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2005, "Drive-by Deer Count." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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