TY - BOOK
T1 - 2017-2018 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Marketing Practices
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 - 2018/8/23
Y1 - 2018/8/23
N2 - 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).
AB - 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).
KW - INHS
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2142/106955
M3 - Technical report
T3 - INHS Technical Report 2018 (39)
BT - 2017-2018 Illinois Trapper Report: Harvest, Effort, and Marketing Practices
PB - Illinois Natural History Survey
ER -