2015-2016 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Motivations

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

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Title

2015-2016 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Motivations

Author(s)

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

Issue Date

2016-07-12

Keyword(s)

• Trapper
• Furbearer
• Harvest
• Effort
• Motivations

Geographic Coverage

Illinois

Abstract

We sampled 1,200 purchasers of 2015 resident Illinois trapping licenses from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database. Licensees were mailed a 4-page questionnaire, and we received 788 (65%) questionnaires. Trapping license sales decreased 22% from 2014 (8,303 licenses) to 2015 (6,468). Trappers set an average of 15.5 traps for an average of 24.1 days or nights during the 2015-2016 season, and harvested an estimated 125,314 furbearers (down 30% from the 179,978 harvested in 2014-2015). An estimated 55,390 raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped during the 2015-2016 Illinois trapping season, a decrease of 45% from the estimated 101,035 trapped during the 2014-2015 season. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) harvest was the next highest at 32,038 muskrats (5% decrease from the previous year).

Publisher

Illinois Natural History Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

Technical Report INHS 2016 (27)

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Aid Project Number W-112-R-25 Job Number 101.2 Wildlife Restoration

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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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