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inhs-250	Mohr, Carl O. 	Illinois Furbearer Distribution and Income	1943	39	.pdf	application/pdf	15267	843	73	Bulletin STATE OF ILLINOIS DwiGHT H. Green, Governor DEPARTMENT OF REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION Frank G. Thompson, Director NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY DIVISION Theodore H. Prison, Chief Volume 22 BULLETIN Article 7 Illinois Furbearer Distribution and Income CARL O. MOHR Printed by Authority of the State of Illinois URBANA, ILLINOIS September 1943 CONTENTS Page Acknowledgments 506 Numbers of Fur-Takers 507 Comparison of Data 511 Trends in Furbearer Catch 511 Distribution Patterns of Furbearers 512 MUSKRAT 513 Distribution 513 Trappers, Catch and Income 513 Mink 514 Distribution 514 Trappers, Catch and Income 515 Raccoon 516 Distribution 516 Trappers, Catch and Income 516 Skunk 517 Distribution 517 Trappers, Catch and Income 518 Opossum 518 Distribution 518 Trappers, Catch and Income 519 Foxes 520 Distribution 520 Trappers, Catch and Income 521 Numbers of Red Foxes Caught 522 Income from Red Foxes 523 Numbers of Gray Foxes Caught 523 Income from Gray Foxes 523 Long-Tailed Weasel 523 Distribution 523 Trappers, Catch and Income 524 Least Weasel 524 Badger 525 Distribution 525 Catch 526 Bobcat 526 Domestic Cat 527 Otter 527 Coyote 528 Marten 532 Spotted Skunk 532 Beaver 533 Total Annual Catch 534 Total Annual Income 535 Future Possibilities 536 Literature Cited 536 Representative pelts of Illinois fur animals. Dr. Frison (1931) stated that for the 1929-30 season the total income of licensed Illinois trappers from the seven most important furbearers was estimated at $957,651 ; almost half of this amount from the sale of muskrat pelts and almost a third from the sale of mink pelts.	cache/inhs-250.pdf	txt/inhs-250.txt