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2016-2017 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Wildlife Sightings

Miller, Craig A.; Williams, Brent D.; Campbell, Linda K.

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Title
2016-2017 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Wildlife Sightings
Author(s)
  • Miller, Craig A.
  • Williams, Brent D.
  • Campbell, Linda K.
Issue Date
2017-10-20
Keyword(s)
  • Trappers
  • Trapping Effort
  • Harvest
  • Motivations
  • Fur Hunting
Geographic Coverage
Illinois
Abstract
We sampled 1,200 purchasers of 2016resident Illinois trapping licenses from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database. Licensees were mailed a 4-page questionnaire, and we received 802(68%) questionnaires. Trapping license sales decreased 17%from 2015 (6,468licenses) to 2016 (5,352). Trappers set an average of 16.1traps for an average of 23.7 days or nights during the 2016-2017 season, and harvested an estimated125,605furbearers (up2% from the 125,314harvested in 2015-2016). An estimated 57,324raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped during the 2016-2017 Illinois trapping season, an increase of 3.5% from the estimated 55,390trapped during the 2015-2016 season. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) harvest was the next highest at 24,217 muskrats(24% decrease from the previous year).
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
  • Technical Report INHS 2017 (38)
  • Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration W-112-R-26
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/98984
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration W-112-R-26
  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Copyright and License Information
This document is a product of the Illinois Natural History Survey, and has been selected and made available by the Illinois Natural History Survey and the University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is intended solely for noncommercial research and educational use, and proper attribution is requested.

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