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Coast Guard helicopter locates a lost deer hunter, 2005

Also Keith Howard Beaver Island Hunting Rescue 2005

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TypeEvent
Date2005
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
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

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. 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
  2. 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

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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).

Last revised 2026-08-05. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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