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Beaver Island Wildlife Club serves nearly 100 meals at the 2000 Hunters’ Dinner

Also 2000 Beaver Island Hunters Dinner · Wildlife Club Annual Hunter’s Dinner 2000

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TypeEvent
Date2000-11-17
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2000-11-17
Kind
Celebration
Where
Holy Cross Parish Hall
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
huntingfoodwayscommunitysportscommunication
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Wildlife Club’s November 17, 2000 Hunters’ Dinner was held at Holy Cross Hall and served almost 100 meals. The report thanks volunteers and food donors and records Don Welke’s first-place Big Buck Contest score and Jim Wojan’s second-place result.

Evidence limits

This is the club secretary’s newspaper report, not a guest ledger, complete recipe list, or official wildlife-scoring record.

Sources

  1. The Wildlife Club report says the November 17 dinner moved to Holy Cross Hall for a larger crowd, served almost 100 meals, and included a Big Buck Contest won by Don Welke with a 263-pound buck scoring 119; Jim Wojan placed second with 112.2. 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 · 2001-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the dinner report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2001-02_Beaver-Beacon

Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Wildlife Club serves nearly 100 meals at the 2000 Hunters’ Dinner”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wildlife-club-hunters-dinner-november-17-2000/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2001, “Annual Hunter’s Dinner a Great Success.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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