2021-2022 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Trapper Opinions

Miller, Craig A. ; Williams, Brent D. ; Stephens, Lauren J. ; Walberg , Eric M.

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Title

2021-2022 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Trapper Opinions

Author(s)

• Miller, Craig A.
• Williams, Brent D.
• Stephens, Lauren J.
• Walberg , Eric M.

Issue Date

2022-11-29

Keyword(s)

Key words: Trappers, harvest, effort, and trapper opinions.

Geographic Coverage

Illinois

Abstract

We sampled 1,200 of 2021-22 resident Illinois trapping license purchasers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database. Licensees were mailed an 8-page questionnaire, and we received 545 (45%) questionnaires. Trapping license sales decreased 2.8% from 2020-21 (7,217) to 2021-22 (7,016). Trappers set an average of 12.7 traps for an average of 23.3 days or nights during the 2021-22 season and harvested an estimated 136,294 furbearers (down 16.5% from the 163,292 harvested in 2020-21). An estimated 67,288 raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped during the 2021-22 Illinois trapping season, a decrease of 7.6% from the estimated 72,836 trapped during the 2020-21 season. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) harvest was the next highest at 22,386 muskrats (29.4% decrease from the previous year).

Publisher

Illnois Natural History Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

INHS Technical Report 2023 (35)

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration W-112-R-31

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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