TY - BOOK
T1 - 2016-2017 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Wildlife Sightings
AU - Miller, Craig A.
AU - Williams, Brent D.
AU - Campbell, Linda K.
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 - 2017/10/20
Y1 - 2017/10/20
N2 - We sampled 1,200 purchasers of 2016resident Illinois trapping licenses from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database. Licensees were mailed a 4-page questionnaire, and we received 802(68%) questionnaires. Trapping license sales decreased 17%from 2015 (6,468licenses) to 2016 (5,352). Trappers set an average of 16.1traps for an average of 23.7 days or nights during the 2016-2017 season, and harvested an estimated125,605furbearers (up2% from the 125,314harvested in 2015-2016). An estimated 57,324raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped during the 2016-2017 Illinois trapping season, an increase of 3.5% from the estimated 55,390trapped during the 2015-2016 season. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) harvest was the next highest at 24,217 muskrats(24% decrease from the previous year).
AB - We sampled 1,200 purchasers of 2016resident Illinois trapping licenses from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database. Licensees were mailed a 4-page questionnaire, and we received 802(68%) questionnaires. Trapping license sales decreased 17%from 2015 (6,468licenses) to 2016 (5,352). Trappers set an average of 16.1traps for an average of 23.7 days or nights during the 2016-2017 season, and harvested an estimated125,605furbearers (up2% from the 125,314harvested in 2015-2016). An estimated 57,324raccoons (Procyon lotor) were trapped during the 2016-2017 Illinois trapping season, an increase of 3.5% from the estimated 55,390trapped during the 2015-2016 season. Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) harvest was the next highest at 24,217 muskrats(24% decrease from the previous year).
KW - INHS
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2142/98984
M3 - Technical report
T3 - INHS Technical Report 2017 (38)
BT - 2016-2017 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Wildlife Sightings
PB - Illinois Natural History Survey
ER -