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2018-2019 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Marketing Practices

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

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Title
2018-2019 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Marketing Practices
Author(s)
  • Williams, Brent D.
  • Campbell, Linda K.
  • Miller, Craig A.
Issue Date
2019-11-23
Keyword(s)
  • Trappers
  • harvest
  • trapper effort
  • marketing practices
Geographic Coverage
Illinois
Abstract
We sampled 1,200 of 2018 resident Illinois trapping license purchasers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database. Licensees were mailed an 8-page questionnaire, and we received 739 (63%) questionnaires. Trapping license sales increased 7.6% from 2017-18 (5,964 licenses) to 2018-19 (6,416). Trappers set an average of 15.8 traps for an average of 26.4 days or nights during the 2018-19 season and harvested an estimated 127,990 furbearers (down 4.8% from the 134,560 harvested in 2017-18). An estimated 63,179 raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped during the 2018-19 Illinois trapping season, a decrease of 1.3% from the estimated 64,025 trapped during the 2017-18 season. Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) harvest was the next highest at 17,815 opossum (6.3% increase from the previous year). OBJECTIVE
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
  • Technical Report INHS 2019 (37)
  • Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration W-112-R-28
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/106521
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Federal Aid Project Number W-112-R-28
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. Copyright University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

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