Name: Mort Neff visits Beaver Island to film a Michigan Outdoors hunt, 1966
Start: 1966-02
End: 1966-02
Location: Garden Island

Locator map: Garden Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago — Took place at Garden IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

Event

Date: 1966-02
Kind: Performance
Where: Garden Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: conservationhuntingrecreation
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

Mort Neff, Howard Shelly, and Dick Black visited Beaver Island to gather material for Michigan Outdoors. Archie LaFreniere and Erwin Martin guided a party across the ice to Garden Island, where the report says some rabbits were taken and filming occurred.

Evidence and limits

The article documents a reported filming visit and hunt. It does not establish the broadcast date, surviving footage, or a complete hunt result.

Open questions

Was this segment broadcast, and is a recording or program listing preserved?
Which participants and equipment appear in the surviving footage?

Sources

Beaver Beacon, February 1966, “Mort Neff Visits Island.”
Reports Mort Neff, Howard Shelly, and Dick Black visiting to gather material for the Michigan Outdoors television show, with Archie LaFreniere and Erwin Martin guiding a Garden Island rabbit hunt; it says some rabbits were taken and pictures were shot. It does not provide a broadcast date, recording, or complete hunting account.
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Beaver Beacon, February 1966, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Mort Neff visits Beaver Island to film a Michigan Outdoors hunt, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/mort-neff-beaver-island-hunt-and-filming-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 1966, “Mort Neff Visits Island.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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