Name: Beaver Beacon reports mixed deer-hunting results and camp traditions, 2004
Start: 2004-11
End: 2004-11
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2004-11
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: huntingwildlifecommunityheritagestewardship
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The “News from the Camps” column describes a warm November deer season with mixed results. It emphasizes hunting-camp fellowship and the value hunters placed on preparation and effort even when the harvest was small.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper feature based on reported camp conversation, not a harvest census or wildlife survey.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "News from the Camps."
Describes warm weather, uneven harvests, memories of earlier deer seasons, and the fellowship and satisfaction hunters found even when they did not take a deer. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, December 2004, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the hunting-camp report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon reports mixed deer-hunting results and camp traditions, 2004”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hunting-camps-2004/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2004, "News from the Camps." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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