Results of the 2006-2007 Illinois trapper survey

Lischka, Stacy A.; Anderson, William L.; Campbell, Linda K.

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Title

Results of the 2006-2007 Illinois trapper survey

Author(s)

• Lischka, Stacy A.
• Anderson, William L.
• Campbell, Linda K.

Issue Date

2008-03-12

Keyword(s)

• furbearer
• trapping
• traps
• fur harvest
• average
• fur sold
• INHS Division of Ecology and Conservation Science
• INHS Section for Wildlife and Plant Ecology
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources
• Illinois Natural History Survey
• Science in support of state fish, wildlife and outdoor recreational programs

Abstract

A random sample of 1,200 purchasers of the Illinois resident trapping license (2006-2007 series) were mailed a 5-page questionnaire between March and May 2007. We received 859 usable responses (73% response rate). Trapping license sales increased 52% from 2005-2006 (2,414 licenses) to 2006-2007 (3,660 licenses). Trappers set an average of 24.6 traps for an average of 28.3 days/nights during the 2006-2007 season, and they harvested an estimated 210,395 furbearers (127% increase from 92,835 furbearers harvested in 2005-2006). An estimated 93,819 raccoon (Procyon lotor, Wilson and Reeder 2005) were taken by trappers in 2006-2007, more than any other furbearer species. Estimated harvest of other species included 66,297 common muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), 3,784 American mink (Neovison vison), 22,617 Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), 1,219 red fox (Vulpes vulpes), 102 gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), 11,124 American beaver (Castor canadensis), 4,768 striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis), 47 least/long-tailed weasel (Mustela nivalis/M. frenata), 6,553 coyote (Canis latrans), and 85 American badger (Taxidea taxus). Sightings of gray fox, North American river otter (Lontra canadensis), and bobcat (Lynx rufus) by trappers, and harvest of furbearers by hunting trappers, were also documented.

Publisher

Division of Ecology and Conservation Science, Section for Wildlife and Plant Ecology

Series/Report Name or Number

• Human Dimensions Research Program Report HR-07-02
• Technical Report INHS 2008 (09)
• Illinois Trapper Survey
• Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration W-112-R-1

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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INHS Technical Report Prepared for Illinois Department of Natural Resources; Illinois Natural History Survey

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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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