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Spotlight line #1 
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197981 82 83 84 85 87 88 89 90 91 96 
Years survey was conducted 
Fig. 12. Number of raccoons documented for each year 
spotlight surveys were conducted on line #1. No surveys 
were conducted in 1980, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 
1995. 
Spotlight line #2 
1978 79 82 83 84 87 88 89 90 91 92 96 
Years survey conducted 
Fig. 13. Number of raccoons documented for each year 
spotlight surveys were conducted on line #2. No surveys 
were conducted in 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1994, 
and 1995. 
Spotlight line #3 
197981 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 96 
Years survey conducted 
Fig. 14. Number of raccoons documented for each year 
spotlight surveys were conducted on line #3. No surveys 
were conducted in 1980, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995. 
Spotlight fine #4 
1987 88 89 90 92 93 96 
Years survey conducted 
Fig. 15. Number of raccoons documented for each year 
spotlight surveys were conducted on line #4. No surveys 
were conducted in 1991, 1994, and 1995. 
Of 30 medium-sized mammal species whose range 
is known to include Fort Hood (Davis and Schmidly, 
1994), nine were detected using live traps as well as nine 
detected via spotlight surveys. No coyotes, gray foxes, 
bobcats (Lynx rufus ), or mountain lions {Puma 
concolor) were captured using live traps, but these spe¬ 
cies were recorded on spotlight surveys. Although spot¬ 
light surveys proved more effective in detecting larger 
medium-sized mammal species, they are limited when 
used for detecting diurnal species or for smaller species 
during seasons when vegetation is obstructive. Spotlight 
surveys have primarily been used in gathering data for 
white-tailed deer studies (Progulske and Duerre, 1964; 
McCullough, 1982; Farfarman and DeYoung, 1986), but 
