TY - BOOK
T1 - 2015-2016 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Motivations
AU - Conat, Ryan J.
AU - Williams, Brent D.
AU - Campbell, Linda K.
AU - Miller, Craig A.
N1 - 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.
PY - 2016/7/12
Y1 - 2016/7/12
N2 - 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).
AB - 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).
KW - INHS
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2142/94992
M3 - Technical report
T3 - INHS Technical Report 2016 (27)
BT - 2015-2016 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Motivations
PB - Illinois Natural History Survey
ER -