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Harvest of light geese (Anser caerulescens, Anser rossii) during the 2022 Illinois Light Goose Conservation Order was estimated at 60,768. An estimated 1,620 hunters participated in the 2022 Illinois Light Goose Conservation Order. Hunters spent an estimated 20,109 days afield during 2022, and the majority (55.2%) of the snow (light) goose harvest...
Illinois is approaching the end of the twentieth year of CWD in the state. First discovered in 2002, the number of counties with CWD cases has expanded to 17. The dynamic nature of CWD in Illinois necessitates periodic surveys of deer hunters to monitor hunter perceptions and attitudes toward management actions.
A random sample of 5,000 Illinois resident hunters was selected from adult 2021 Illinois resident Habitat Stamp and hunting license holders. Selected individuals were mailed an 8-page self-administered questionnaire designed to query hunters about their hunting activities and harvest in Illinois. We received 2,182 questionnaires, 1,974 of which wer...
We sampled 1,200 of 2021-22 resident Illinois trapping license purchasers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database. Licensees were mailed an 8-page questionnaire, and we received 545 (45%) questionnaires. Trapping license sales decreased 2.8% from 2020-21 (7,217) to 2021-22 (7,016). Trappers set an average of 12.7 traps...
A total of 1,880 (38% response rate) Illinois waterfowl hunters returned usable questionnaires to the 2021-22 Illinois Waterfowl Hunter Survey. An estimated 42,839 adult waterfowl hunters spent ≥1 day afield during 2021-22, an increase of 8.4% from 39,525 hunters during the 2020-21 seasons. Waterfowl hunters spent 1,000,494 days afield, an increase...
The intent of this study was to (a) evaluate both recreation and landowner participants in the Illinois Recreation Access Program (IRAP), and b) investigate the attitudes and needs of Illinois recreationists and landowners as a whole toward access and enrollment of private lands for recreation use in Illinois.
A random sample was drawn of 3,000 Illinois residents with a 2018 Illinois deer hunting permit and/or were drawn for a 2019 deer lottery permit on public land. Selected individuals were mailed an 8-page self-administered questionnaire designed to understand attitudes, constraints, and related behaviors regarding deer hunting in Illinois. We receive...
We sampled 1,200 of 2020-21 resident Illinois trapping license purchasers from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources licensing database. Licensees were mailed an 8-page questionnaire, and we received 639 (54%) questionnaires. Trapping license sales increased 7.8% from 2019-20 (6,698) to 2020-21 (7,217). Trappers set an average of 14.7 traps...
A total of 1,805 (37% response rate) Illinois waterfowl hunters returned usable questionnaires to the 2020-21 Illinois Waterfowl Hunter Survey. An estimated 39,525 adult waterfowl hunters spent 1 day or more afield during 2020-21, an increase of 12.3% from 35,185 hunters during the 2019-20 seasons. Waterfowl hunters spent 837,609 days afield, a dec...
A random sample of 5,000 Illinois resident hunters was selected from adult 2020 Illinois resident Habitat Stamp and hunting license holders. Selected individuals were mailed an 8-page self-administered questionnaire designed to query hunters about their hunting activities and harvest in Illinois. We received 2,240 questionnaires, 2,052 of which wer...
Harvest of light geese (Anser caerulescens, Anser rossii) during the 2021 Illinois Light Goose Conservation Order was estimated at 90,392. An estimated 2,732 hunters participated in the 2021 Illinois Light Goose Conservation Order. Hunters spent an estimated 32,369 days afield during 2021, and the majority (55.7%) of the snow (light) goose harvest...
A total of 2,125 (44% response rate) Illinois waterfowl hunters returned usable questionnaires to the 2019-20 Illinois Waterfowl Hunter Survey. An estimated 35,185 adult waterfowl hunters spent 1 day or more afield during 2019-20, a decrease of 12.1% from the 40,047 hunters in 2018-19. Waterfowl hunters spent 841,828 days afield, an increase of 1.3...
A random sample of 5,000 hunters was selected from adult 2019 Illinois resident Habitat Stamp and hunting license holders. Selected individuals were mailed an 8-page self-administered questionnaire designed to query hunters about their hunting activities and harvest in Illinois. We received 2,406 questionnaires, 2,198 of which were usable, for a 45...
A random sample was drawn of 5,000 Illinois residents with a 2019 Illinois spring turkey hunting permit. The sample included 3,000 turkey hunters with a spring turkey shotgun/archery permit (general hunters) and 2,000 hunters with a landowner spring turkey shotgun/archery permit (landowner hunters). Selected individuals were mailed an 8-page self-a...
Harvest of light geese (Chen caerulescens, Chen rossii) during the 2019 Illinois Light Goose Conservation Order was estimated at 86,683. An estimated 2,694 hunters participated in the 2019 Illinois Light Goose Conservation Order. Hunters spent an estimated 30,206 days afield during 2019, and the majority (64%) of the snow goose harvest occurred dur...
A random sample of 5,000 hunters was selected from adult 2018 Illinois resident Habitat Stamp and hunting license holders. Selected individuals were mailed an 8-page self-administered questionnaire designed to query hunters about their hunting activities and harvest in Illinois. We received 2,631 questionnaires, 2,284 of which were usable, for a 47...
