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  • Results of the 2005-2006 Illinois Trapper Survey

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  • Annual survey of Illinois furbearer trappers to determine their activities, harvests, characteristics, and opinions. Abstract: Nine-hundred persons who purchased a 2005 resident Illinois trapping license were surveyed after the 2005-2006 furbearer trapping seasons. A self-administered questionnaire was successfully mailed to 852 of the 900 licensees, and 630 (74%) returned useable questionnaires. Trapping license sales decreased 25% from 2004 (3,194) to 2005 (2,414). Trappers set an average of 24 traps for an average of 30 days during the 2005-2006 season, and they harvested an estimated 92,835 furbearers (a 45% decrease from the 168,367 furbearers harvested in 2004-2005). Sightings of uncommon furbearers (river otter, gray fox and bobcat) by trappers and fur harvest by hunting effort and harvest were also documented.

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Language(s): EN-English

Volume or Year: 2006
Number or Issue: November 21

Date Created: 01 04 2007
Date Last Modified: 01 04 2007

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