TY - BOOK
T1 - 2013-2014 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Trapper Education Courses
AU - Stephenson, Andrew L.
AU - Schweizer, Laura A.
AU - Campbell, Linda K.
AU - Miller, Craig A.
PY - 2014/11/3
Y1 - 2014/11/3
N2 - A random sample of 1,200 persons who purchased a 2013resident Illinois trapping license was generated from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database.Licensees were mailed a 4-page questionnaire, and we received 748(64%) questionnaires.Trapping license sales increased 23%from 2012(6,320licenses)to 2013(7,782).Trappers set an average of 18.5traps for an average of 27.8days or nights during the 2013-2014season,and they harvested an estimated251,178furbearers (up29% from the 195,360harvested in 2012-2013).An estimated 151,367raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped by trappers during the 2013-2014Illinois trapping season, an increase of 44%from the estimated 104,947trapped during the 2012-2013season.Opossum(Didelphis virginiana) harvest was the next highest at34,208opossumstrapped (47% increasefrom previous year).Sightings of bobcat (Lynx rufus) by trappers, and harvest of furbearers by hunting,were also documented.
AB - A random sample of 1,200 persons who purchased a 2013resident Illinois trapping license was generated from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database.Licensees were mailed a 4-page questionnaire, and we received 748(64%) questionnaires.Trapping license sales increased 23%from 2012(6,320licenses)to 2013(7,782).Trappers set an average of 18.5traps for an average of 27.8days or nights during the 2013-2014season,and they harvested an estimated251,178furbearers (up29% from the 195,360harvested in 2012-2013).An estimated 151,367raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped by trappers during the 2013-2014Illinois trapping season, an increase of 44%from the estimated 104,947trapped during the 2012-2013season.Opossum(Didelphis virginiana) harvest was the next highest at34,208opossumstrapped (47% increasefrom previous year).Sightings of bobcat (Lynx rufus) by trappers, and harvest of furbearers by hunting,were also documented.
KW - INHS
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2142/73264
M3 - Technical report
T3 - INHS Technical Report 2014 (38)
BT - 2013-2014 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Trapper Education Courses
PB - Illinois Natural History Survey
ER -