2022-23 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

2022-23 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Trapper Opinions

Author(s)

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

Issue Date

2023-11-23

Keyword(s)

• Trapper Report
• Opinions
• Harvest

Geographic Coverage

Illinois

Abstract

We sampled 1,200 of 2022-23 resident Illinois trapping license purchasers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database. Licensees were mailed an 8-page questionnaire, and we received 497 (42%) questionnaires. Trapping license sales decreased 2.1 from 2021-22 (7,016) to 2022-23 (6,868). Trappers set an average of 15.7 traps for an average of 29.5 days or nights during the 2022-23 season and harvested an estimated 127,756 furbearers (down 6.7% from the 136,294 harvested in 2021-22). An estimated 67,892 raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped during the 2022-23 Illinois trapping season, an increase of 0.9% from the estimated 67,288 trapped during the 2021-22 season. Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) harvest was the next highest at 16,334 opossums (8.9% increase from the previous year)

Publisher

Illinois Natural History Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

INHS Technical Report 2024 (10)

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

W-112-R-32

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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