Table 17-6. Annual Harvest (Number of Pelts Tagged) and Average Price per 

 Pelt (1976 to 1977 average) of 7 Species of Furbearers in 

 Coastal Maine a . 



Species 



Region 



Total 



Aver- 

 age 

 price 

 ($) 



Raccoon (1 yr.) 200 1331 596 878 448 303 3816 19 



Beaver (6 yr . avg.) 19 123 83 162 333 350 1070 28 



Fox (1 yr.) 62 236 36 229 255 68 886 55 



Fisher (5 yr. avg.) CI 105 48 98 2 <1 253 89 



Bobcat (4 yr. avg.) 1 1 7 37 41 87 82 



Otter (2 yr. avg.) 1 11 6 9 18 19 64 55 



Coyote (1 yr.) 1 3 3 12 19 34 



a Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, MIDAS Files, Augusta, ME. 



Other forms of direct mortality caused by man include illegal harvest 

 (poaching), crippling losses during the hunting season, traffic and train 

 accidents, intentional nuisance removals, predation by dogs, and environmental 

 contaminants. Unfortunately, information on some of these losses is only 

 available for deer and moose. 



A 9-year summary of death due to factors other than hunting is presented in 

 table 17-7 for deer and table 17-8 for moose. An average of 1917 deer were 

 reported killed per year during this time (Lavigne 1978b). Most (64%) losses 

 were due to accidents with cars and trucks, followed by dog kills (10%), 

 illegal kills (9%), and unknown (4%) and miscellaneous (3%) causes. On a WMU 

 basis total losses were correlated with the density of deer populations, and 

 losses due to roadkills were correlated with the amount of rural roads/100 sq 

 mi of deer habitat. For moose, total losses due to illegal hunting were most 

 important (42%), followed by cars and trucks (34%), miscellaneous causes (9%) , 

 unknown losses (8%), and trains (6%) (Lavigne 1978a). 



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