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Post by yihunt on Jan 25, 2009 9:09:02 GMT -4
Hunters and trappers did fairly well last year, according to Game Commission statistics. The harvest of some species increased slightly, but declined a bit for others.
Sportsmen took 52,000 red foxes in 2007, for example. That was up from 45,512 in 2006. The coyote harvest climbed, too, from 11,879 to 13,360, and the muskrat take went from 121,161 to 121,446.
Sportsmen took 121,446 raccoons in 2007, though. That was down from 138,640 in 2006. The number of gray foxes harvested fell, too, from 20,754 to 18,613, while the number of mink taken fell from 12,680 to 10,004.
Pelt prices, meanwhile, varied. The average paid for a coyote rose from $20.02 to $21.59, and for raccoons from $12.88 to $16.90. But red fox pelt prices dropped from $20.84 on average to $15.65, while gray fox dropped from $43.84 to $37.89.
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