Two Days in The San Juans

[huntnphool]

Love the Beaver pic

[Wea300mag]

so that's a private island with the exotics i take it, does anybody know what he put them there for? hunting or is he just one of those eccentric rich guys that like to have weird stuff

The story I heard is that it was going to be used for private hunts but then the owner ran into some trouble. I'm not 100% sure of the details of the trouble so I'll leave it at that. The island is not that big so it wouldn't be fun to hunt in my mind anyway.

[Bearhunter]

I believe it was back in the 50's that they brought a variety of different animals in, and were going to conduct safari style hunts.  The island terrain is similiar to terrain found in Africa I quess.  I know of a couple guys that have gotten to kill sheep out there, not on spiden though.

[Bearhunter]

Spieden Island was named by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838-1842, to honor William Spieden, the purser of the expedition's Peacock.[2]

In the 1970's the island was used for big game hunting; game animals were imported and a hotel, airport, and small hangar built to accommodate visitors. This no longer occurs due to the risk of shots carrying across to highly populated San Juan Island.

The Island Institute, an environmental education camp run by Jane Howard, was located on the island. It is no longer in operation.[3]

The resident animal population still includes exotic animals such as Mouflon sheep from Corsica and Sika deer from Asia.[4]