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Beaver Beacon announces the 1983 small-game season, 1983

Also 1983 rabbit grouse squirrel season

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TypeEvent
Date1983-09-15
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1983-09-15
Kind
Announcement
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
huntingwildliferecreationcommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1983 Beaver Beacon announced a September 15 small-game season opening and predicted favorable rabbit, grouse, and squirrel hunting.

Evidence limits

The notice does not establish the governing regulation, population counts, or season results.

Sources

  1. Announces that small-game season opens September 15 and predicts good hunting for rabbit, grouse, and squirrel because the populations were higher than in recent years. It is a newspaper notice and local assessment, not a regulation, population survey, or harvest report. 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 · 1983-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nine-page September issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the season notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon announces the 1983 small-game season, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-small-game-season-opens-1983/, accessed [date], citing Small game season notice, Beaver Beacon, September 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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