- Date
- 1958-10-01
- Kind
- Sports
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- huntingwildlifetourismrecreation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The October 1958 Beaver Beacon reports J. Kinder of Indianapolis taking a 110-pound buck with a bow on October 1 while staying at Beaver Lodge.
Evidence limits
The notice does not provide a license, kill record, full name, hunting-effort data, or independent wildlife record.
Sources
- Reports J. Kinder of Indianapolis as the first bow-and-arrow hunter to get a buck, weighing 110 pounds, on October 1 while a guest at Beaver Lodge. It does not provide a license, kill record, full name, hunting effort, or independent wildlife 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 · 1958-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held five-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the hunting notice; it does not expand the license, harvest, or wildlife record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1958-10_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “J. Kinder takes a buck with a bow on Beaver Island, 1958”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-first-bow-and-arrow-hunter-1958/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1958, “FIRST BOW AND ARROW HUNTER.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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