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Adult and youth trappers set a body trap.

Adult and youth use a canoe to check on their traps.

Adult and youth collect an American Beaver (Castor canadensis) from a trap. The DNR has established specific trapping seasons when furbearers may be taken. Wildlife biologists recognize trapping as an important wildlife management tool and regulate and scientifically monitor trapping to ensure that the most humane methods are used and that the population is never endangered.

Report on an investigation into the use of small wooden boxes as muskrat trapping aids.

Results of survey to determine the number of otter harvest tag holders that set traps for otter and beaver, the number of animals caught, the types of traps used, and the number of days they trapped in 2011.

Report on the results of the 2002 American Marten Survey. The American marten (Martes americana) historically was found throughout Michigan. Extensive logging and uncontrolled trapping pressure eliminated them from much of their native range. Restoration of martens to suitable habitat began in the mid-1950's with wild animals obtained from Ontario. The restoration efforts were successful, and in March 1999, the marten was removed from the state's threatened species list. In 2000, it was determined that the marten population had become sufficiently abundant to allow a limited trapping season. In 2002 the regulations were unchanged.

Report of estimates of the harvest of furbearers by trappers as determined by mail surveys for 1957-1960.

Report on the results of the 1996-1997 River Otter Survey. In order to allow export of river otter (Lutra canadensis) under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service compiles data on the harvest and status of river otter.

A surves was completed to determine the number of otter harvest tag holders that set traps for otter and beaver, the number of animals caught, the types of traps used, and the number of days trapped.

Results of the 1997-1998 otter survey in Michigan. In order to allow export of river otter (Lutra canadensis) under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service compiles this data on the harvest and status of river otter.

Extensive logging in the 1800's, subsequent fires, and heavy trapping through the 1920's led to the extirpation of the fisher (Martes pennanti) from its former range in the Upper Peninsula (U.P.). Fisher were first reintroduced in the 1960's on the U.P.'s Ottawa National Forest. By 1989, they had become sufficiently abundant in all or parts of Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Marquette and Ontonagon counties to allow a limited harvest by trapping. In 1994, additional areas in Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Houghton, Keweenaw, Marquette and Menominee counties were opened to fisher trapping. Trappers were limited to 1 fisher from Unit B as part of their bag limit. Regulations remained the same in 1995. In 1996, the remainder of the Upper Peninsula, with the exception of Drummond Island, was added to Unit B. Since the first trapping season, trappers have been required to submit to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) the skulls of fisher for examination and pelts for sealing. This year, 348 of the 471 (73.9%) legally trapped and registered fisher were submitted for examination at the Rose lake Wildlife Disease laboratory. Nearly equal numbers of males, 187 (53.7%) and females, 161 (46.3%) were examined. Of the legally trapped fisher submitted for examination, 71.3% (248 of 348) were 1.5 years old or younger. By comparison, last year's fisher harvest consisted of 81.4% (118 of 145) juveniles.

Report on the results of the state fox bounty, October 1949 - September 1950.

Report on the results of the 1992-1993 River Otter Survey. In order to allow export of river otter (Lutra canadensis) under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the Fish and Wildlife Service compiles data on the harvest and status of river otter.

This report presents estimates of trapper catch and estimates of pelt values of some of Michigan's important furbearers for the 1983-84 trapping seasons. Presented is the number of animals trapped. average pelt price, and estimated total harvest values.

Report on sex, age, size and breeding data acquired from the pelts and carcasses during the otter trapping season in the spring of 1940.

Results of the 2003 survey completed to determine the number of furtakers who set traps for martens, the number of martens caught, the types of traps used, and the number of days trapped.

Pressure by concerned organizations and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has caused the Fish and Wildlife Service to compile comprehensive data on some furbearers. This is the sixth consecutive year of the otter survey in Michigan. During the winter of 1985-86, the Wildlife Division collected river otter (Lutra canadensis) from trappers to increase our knowledge of this species by estimating age and physical condition. The sex ratio of the otters examined from Region I was 230:100 (23:10) males to females. This was the second time in 6 years of surveys that males have outnumbered females in the sample. The sex ratio of Region II otter submitted for examination favored the males slightly 113:100 (17:15). This data was comparable to the collections in 1981-82, 1982-83, and 1984-85.

Report of a survey of a sample of furtakers contacted after the 2010 hunting and trapping seasons to estimate the number of participants, days afield (effort), and furbearer harvests.

At the end of the 1988-89 fur harvester season 1,980 license buyers were mailed a questionnaire asking for the results of their hunting and trapping efforts. In 1988-89, the numbers of both hunters and trappers were down from the previous season. The number of individual trappers (6,700) declined 41 percent compared to last year, while the number of hunters (7,650) pursuing furbearers dropped 30 percent. This was the first time since the issuance of furharvester licenses (1986) that hunters outnumbered trappers. Three years of trapping/hunting responses from past fur harvest questionnaires indicate that the majority of raccoon, coyote. and bobcat are taken by hunters, while trappers consistently take a greater number of mink, opossum, skunk, weasel, and fox. The only legal means of take for muskrat, beaver and otter is trapping. In general, fewer trappers took fewer numbers of furbearers during the 1988-89 seasons compared to the previous year: only increased numbers of beaver, weasels, and coyotes were trapped. Decreased harvest was also reported by hunters. The only significant increase in harvest was recorded for gray fox: although hunter rates of weasels and bobcat were up slightly.

Results of the 2000-2001 otter survey in Michigan. In order to allow export of river otter (Lutra canadensis) under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service compiles this data on the harvest and status of river otter.

This report catalogs and reviews some basic statistics resulting from data collected on deer tagged and observed in the UP from 1989 to 2006.