If these cruel traps were judged by the agony they inflict, they would never be justified.

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TRAPPING

                    2004-      2005-      2006-      2007-

Species           2005       2006       2007       2008

 

Beaver            2691     2889       3212        2484

Bobcat            2066     1960       2487        1731

Gray Fox           178       157         316         345

Red Fox            229       179         183           91

Marten               34         31          58          100

Mink                 247       369         402         273

Muskrat           5633     6668       5469        2621

Otter                451       539         339         265      

Raccoon          2174     1145        1359        1496

Badger             374       314         576          395

Coyote            3141     3082       4326         3397

Nutria             4001     1959        2234        1926

Opossum          721       488         517          466

Spotted Skunk   437       485         682          266

Striped Skunk   1244       634         600         539

Weasel              32         46          40            19

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Totals             23653    20945     22800       16414

 

HUNTING

 

Beaver            127          23          46           38

Bobcat           1460       1272      2013        1413

Gray Fox          109          80        117          163

Red Fox             30          43         15            47

Marten                0            0           0             0

Mink                   7            3           9             4

Muskrat             85            7         37            45

Otter                15           14         18            11

Raccoon         1105         819      1027        1128

Badger              31           56       148            87

Coyote           2310       2387      3082        2678

Nutria              265        166        197          138

Opossum           50          30         55            53

Spotted Skunk     6            6           0              0

Striped Skunk     49          29         30             15

Weasel               0            1           2              3

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 Totals             5649       4936       6796        5823

 

All figures obtained from the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife.

Heavy snowfall during the 2007-08 season resulted in lower numbers trapped.

Numbers of furbearers trapped and hunted in Oregon by species during the 2004-08 seasons.

Selected annual average fur prices in Oregon, 1988 to present

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Fur sales by Oregon trappers for the 2007-08 season: $605,549.

               (Source: Oregon Territorial Council on Furs, Inc.)

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