- Date
- 2005
- Kind
- Rescue
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- emergency-managementwildliferecreationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
During the 2005 deer hunt, a Coast Guard helicopter located Tennessee hunter Keith Howard near West Side Road after he failed to return to camp. He was treated by Island EMS and released.
Evidence limits
The account gives no exact date, coordinates, or independent incident report; it preserves the newspaper’s narrative of the search and outcome.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 2005, "Lost and Found in the Woods."Reports Keith Howard's disappearance during deer season, the local and DNR search, a Coast Guard helicopter's nighttime sighting near West Side Road, EMS treatment, and his return to camp. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2005-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the rescue report and photograph.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2005-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard helicopter locates a lost deer hunter, 2005”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lost-hunter-coast-guard-rescue-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2005, "Lost and Found in the Woods." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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