2020-2021 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Trapper Opinions
Williams, Brent D.; Miller, Craig A.; Stephens, Lauren J.; Walberg, Eric M.
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Title
2020-2021 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Trapper Opinions
Author(s)
Williams, Brent D.
Miller, Craig A.
Stephens, Lauren J.
Walberg, Eric M.
Issue Date
2021-12-22
Keyword(s)
trappers
trapper harvest
trapper effort
trapper opinions
Geographic Coverage
Illinois
Abstract
We sampled 1,200 of 2020-21 resident Illinois trapping license purchasers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database. Licensees were mailed an 8-page questionnaire, and we received 639 (54%) questionnaires. Trapping license sales increased 7.8% from 2019-20 (6,698) to 2020-21 (7,217). Trappers set an average of 14.7 traps for an average of 26.9 days or nights during the 2020-21 season and harvested an estimated 163,292 furbearers (up 25.9% from the 129,689 harvested in 2019-20). An estimated 72,838 raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped during the 2020-21 Illinois trapping season, an increase of 7.2% from the estimated 67,915 trapped during the 2019-20 season. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) harvest was the next highest at 31,703 muskrats (96.8% increase from the previous year).
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
Technical Report INHS 2022 (05)
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration W-112-R-30
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Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife
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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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