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Offline UrbanTrapper

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"Be an Otter Spotter"
« on: August 05, 2016, 02:31:32 PM »
Saw this posted at a hatchery a couple days ago.  Woodland Park Zoo is apparently sponsoring a State-wide study on River Otters that has, "... a special focus on river otters as sentinels of ecosystem health along the Green-Duwamish River."  I wonder if it occurred to the authors of the study to ask WDFW for trapper catch data?  Anyway, if trappers reported I bet the people conducting the study would be shocked at how many otters are out there.

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Re: "Be an Otter Spotter"
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2016, 03:06:44 PM »
You know the old saw about "assume?"

It is dangerous to assume the people at Woodland Zoo even know there are trappers in Washington.  But I agree with you, if they really wanted some good intel, they should ask the trappers of Washington.
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Re: "Be an Otter Spotter"
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2016, 04:10:57 PM »
If I'm not mistaken, doesnt the trappers yearly report exist so that the state can get an accurate number for small game populations and trends? Seems that info would be far more valuable than just "I think I saw an otter in _____ river"!  :dunno:

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Re: "Be an Otter Spotter"
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2016, 02:14:39 PM »
I find this funny.  Most people probably don't even know how much use the catch data they can get from trappers can be.


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Re: "Be an Otter Spotter"
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2016, 06:54:17 PM »
Does anyone know or have a link to where the catch data is online


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Re: "Be an Otter Spotter"
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2016, 11:15:20 PM »
Here is the link for 2015  http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/2015/trapper.php

You can back up to this page  http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/

Click on a year then click on trapping, Goes back to about 98 I think. Farther then that you would have to talk to someone in the Department.
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Re: "Be an Otter Spotter"
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2016, 07:50:07 PM »
Thanks Bruce


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Re: "Be an Otter Spotter"
« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2016, 05:26:16 PM »
Here is the link for 2015  http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/2015/trapper.php

You can back up to this page  http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/harvest/

Click on a year then click on trapping, Goes back to about 98 I think. Farther then that you would have to talk to someone in the Department.
hmmm someone/'s trapped 14 coyotes in Lewis county?!?!?
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Re: "Be an Otter Spotter"
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2016, 03:25:28 PM »
I was just looking at that Jason? Did someone beat you to the punch or were they taken with a foothold on a permit hey Bruce do animals trapped during season with a permit using some form of a body grip trap still get reported on your catch report?

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Re: "Be an Otter Spotter"
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2016, 03:52:09 PM »
I was just looking at that Jason? Did someone beat you to the punch or were they taken with a foothold on a permit hey Bruce do animals trapped during season with a permit using some form of a body grip trap still get reported on your catch report?

Nuisance trapped wildlife is suppose to be kept separate from wildlife trapped for it's pelt (regular season).  They went over that in the NWCO class as it was not happening.
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Re: "Be an Otter Spotter"
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2016, 05:54:04 PM »
I was just looking at that Jason? Did someone beat you to the punch or were they taken with a foothold on a permit hey Bruce do animals trapped during season with a permit using some form of a body grip trap still get reported on your catch report?
ive got to figure out who this person is and pick their brain. Unless it was a mistake. :dunno: 
Sorry for the thread jack
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Re: "Be an Otter Spotter"
« Reply #11 on: August 15, 2016, 04:37:24 PM »
It is supposed to be kept separate when reporting but I am pretty sure it is included in the totals.
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