Wildlife Management chapter 10 Hunting and trapping

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Wildlife Management chapter 10Hunting and
trapping
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Hunting Ethics attitudes
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Female hunters

• 13 of 15 million hunters are women
• Women hunters increased almost 50 between 89
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• Womens Shooting Sports Foundation
• Why the increase?
• Women hunting with men for recreation
• More women using guns for self defense
• Guns made for women

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The effects of hunting on population size?
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Additive vs compensatory mortality affect pop w/
hunting
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Sample management plans - Mallards

• Life history
• Breed 1 year
• 9-12 eggs
• Regulations
• Impact on population
• Minimal now that market hunting predators dont
  impact compensatory!

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Sample management plans Woodcock

• Life history
• 4 eggs/ female
• More males than females
• Regulations
• Up to 5 per day
• 60 days hunting
• Impact
• Reduce to 3 birds per day 45 days only
• Declining for unknown reasons

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Trapping issues

• Trapper profile
• 35 yrs, blue collar, less than 20,000 per year
  income
• About 2000 from trapping
• About 100 animals per season

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Fur-Bearer defenders