September, 1943 Brown & YEAGER: 
cording certain pertinent data. The num- 
ber of strips per county was governed by 
its north-south dimension and the number 
of crossings required to give at least a 10 
per cent sample. Except in Jo Daviess and 
Hancock counties, in which data for both 
years were obtained simultaneously in the 
spring of 1940, each strip was covered 
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twice, once for the 1938-39 and once for 
the 1939-40 season. 
As stated, every household covered by 
the strips was contacted, and with very 
few exceptions every resident admitting 
the taking of furs, or suspected of taking 
furs, was interviewed, and a record of his 
catch taken for both years of the survey. 
ILLINOIS FUR ANIMAL RESOURCE SURVEY 
PA-Illinois, Project 35-D 
Individual Report 
Season of 
Name Age 
Main occupation 
Ferm or landowner | enan 
Type of area hunted or pasoeed 
rappers as 
County No. 
Location 
Urban Rural 
Address 
unter Da yee Le 
Approximate length of trapline miles. Average no. traps used 
License: Fur_ Hunting 
form Trapper ‘er monthly form 
Furs sold out of state 
Object in taking fur: Warine 
: Reported 1928-39 catch on trapper annual 
Hunter annual form 
In state 
Didn't report 
eeruocally = =To 
iimetrappings Total Income 
Record of Catch for 1938-39 
esire 
Furs taken b 
General notes: 
y No. taken by week No. 
Total! X##x) 
no. | HXM¥EX 
Since 
when 
Fig. 13.—Field form used in the Illinois fur resource survey for recording data. 
