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Game Club awards its 1965 largest-buck prize, 1965

Also 1965 Beaver Island Game Club buck prize

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TypeEvent
Date1965-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1965-11
Kind
Award
Where
Beaver Island
Carried out by
Beaver Island Game Club
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
conservationhuntingcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Game Club’s annual largest-buck prize went to Bill F. Roberts for a reported 160-pound, eight-point deer taken on his first island hunting trip. The January 1966 Beaver Beacon says the prize was $25 and that two larger deer were ineligible because their hunters were not members.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper report of a club prize and reported measurements. It does not provide the club’s full contest records or independent harvest data.

Open questions

  • Are the Game Club’s 1965 contest records or photographs preserved?
  • Can wildlife records verify the reported weights and membership rule?

Sources

  1. Reports that Bill F. Roberts of Elgin, Illinois, won the Game Club’s $25 prize with a 160-pound eight-point buck on his first island hunting trip; two larger deer were ineligible because their hunters were not members. It does not provide a complete hunt ledger or independent harvest verification.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held six-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 · 1966-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 2 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Game Club awards its 1965 largest-buck prize, 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-game-club-buck-prize-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 1966, “Game Club Member Wins Prize.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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