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2017-2018 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Marketing Practices

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

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Title
2017-2018 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Marketing Practices
Author(s)
  • Williams, Brent D.
  • Campbell, Linda K.
  • Miller, Craig A.
Issue Date
2018-08-23
Keyword(s)
  • Trappers
  • Effort
  • Harvest
  • Fur hunting
Date of Ingest
2020-04-28T18:43:51Z
Geographic Coverage
Illinois
Abstract
We sampled 1,200 purchasers of 2017 resident Illinois trapping licenses from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database. Licensees were mailed a 4-page questionnaire, and we received 733 (62%) questionnaires. Trapping license sales increased 11% from 2016 (5,352 licenses) to 2017 (5,964). Trappers set an average of 15.8 traps for an average of 26.4 days or nights during the 2017-18 season and harvested an estimated 134,560 furbearers (up 7% from the 125,605 harvested in 2016-17). An estimated 64,025 raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped during the 2017-18 Illinois trapping season, an increase of 11.7% from the estimated 57,324 trapped during the 2016-17 season. Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus) harvest was the next highest at 18,795 muskrats (22.4% decrease from the previous year).
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
  • Technical Report INHS 2018 (39)
  • Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration W-112-R-27
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
technical report
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/106955
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service W-112-R-27
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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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Technical Reports - Illinois Natural History Survey PRIMARY
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