Name: Beaver Beacon compares Beaver Island turkey behavior with Menominee's problem birds
Start: 2005-05
End: 2005-05
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 2005-05
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: wildlifehuntingconservationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beacon contrasts Beaver Island’s apparently well-behaved turkey population with Menominee’s reported aggressive turkeys, using the comparison to reflect on decades of local turkey-establishment work.

Evidence limits

The article is a humorous newspaper report, not a population survey or official wildlife-management record.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "Turkeys go Wild."
Compares Beaver Island's long effort to establish turkeys with Menominee's reported problem of aggressive birds and a DNR-sanctioned special hunt. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, May 2005, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the wildlife report.
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Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon compares Beaver Island turkey behavior with Menominee's problem birds”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-turkeys-wildlife-report-2005/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2005, "Turkeys go Wild." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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