2014-2015 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Marketing Practices

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

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Title

2014-2015 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Marketing Practices

Author(s)

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

Issue Date

2015-08-12

Keyword(s)

• Trapper
• Furbearer
• Harvest
• Effort
• Marketing Practices
• IDNR Division of Wildlife U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service INHS

Geographic Coverage

Illinois

Abstract

Wesampled1,200 purchasersof2014resident Illinois trapping licensesfrom the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database.Licensees were mailed a 4-page questionnaire, and we received 710 (58%) questionnaires.Trapping license sales increased 7%from 2013 (7,782licenses)to 2014 (8,303).Trappers set an average of 16.1traps for an average of 23.1days or nights during the 2014-2015season,and harvested an estimated179,978furbearers (down28% from the 251,178harvested in 2013-2014).An estimated 101,035raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped during the 2014-2015Illinois trapping season, adecreaseof33%from the estimated 151,367trapped during the 2013-2014 season.Muskrat(Ondatra zibethicus) harvest was the next highest at33,860muskrats(4% increasefrom the previous year).

Publisher

Illinois Natural History Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

Technical Report INHS 2015 (19)

Type of Resource

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Language

en

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

• IDNR
• Division of Wildlife U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
• Federal Aid Project Number W-112-R-24

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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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