- Date
- 1971-08
- Kind
- Conservation
- Where
- South Fox Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- environmentheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
The Beaver Beacon reproduced the 1971 state hunting-season notice that named South Fox with Beaver, Garden, High and Hog islands for snowshoe-hare hunting rules.
Evidence and limits
Everything here comes from a Beaver Beacon issue, August 1971. Nothing in it has been checked against an agency or a vessel record.
ly“ season for firearms this coming season.Fishing is slowly fading into the background as these other activities step to the fore. BEAVER AND GARDEN ISLANDS - DEER HUNTING: Bow and Arrow - Sept. 15 to Nov. 14, 1971 and Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, 1971. One deer of either sex, no special permit needed. Fire Arms - Nov. 15 to Nov. 30, 1971 - Bucks only (one male with antlers at least 3 inches) no special permit required. BEAVER, GARDEN, HIGH, HOG AND SOUTH FOX ISLANDS: Snow Shoe Hare Hunting - Oct. 1, 1971. Then no closed season, no bag limits, no special permits required. Ruffed Grouse (Partridge) - Zone 2 - Sept. 15 to Nov. 14 and Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, 1971. Bag limit - 5 per day, 10 in possession, 25 per season. CARD OF THANKS: We wish to extend our deepest appreciation and sincere thanks to all our relatives, friends and neighbors for their many expressions of sympathy, flowers, food, cards and many other
Open questions
- Does a second source from 1971 report the same thing?
- Do the people or the vessel named here leave records of their own?
See also
Sources
- Fox corpus context SHA-256 8cb106db6157a02dc31b04a88d508638a78da2ef9e1e16443c34bb4c76b2af45. The Beaver Beacon reproduced the 1971 state hunting-season notice that named South Fox with Beaver, Garden, High and Hog islands for snowshoe-hare hunting rules. This record preserves reported or retrospective status and does not add unnamed participants, coordinates, or outcomes.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1971-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-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.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1971-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “South Fox inclusion in Michigan snowshoe-hare regulation, 1971”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/south-fox-hunting-regulation-1971/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, 1971-08. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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