Trapper Report
of Catch
All trappers of fur-bearing animals are required to complete and return
a trapper report of catch. Harvest is calculated directly from the reports
and not expanded to include trappers that did not return a completed
report.
CITES Pelt Sealing
Reports
Bobcat and river otter pelts must be sealed within ten days of the close
of the trapping or hunting season. This is done to gather harvest information
and to comply with the requirements of the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The harvest figures are drawn directly
from the pelt sealing records.
Cougar Pelt Sealing
Records
Each successful cougar hunter is required to have his/her cougar inspected
by an agent of the Department of Fish and Wildlife, have it’s
pelt sealed, and submit a cougar tooth sample. Hunters with cougar transport
tags are not required to report cougar hunting activity if a cougar
was not taken. Other cougar are taken due to livestock depredation or
other dangerous situations and reported internally. In the 2000 hunting
season, cougar public safety removals were begun. All of these records
are used to compile cougar harvest.
GoHunt
Internet users can obtain harvest reports statistics by using an interactive
tool. This tool is a component of the GoHunt mapping tool at http://wdfw.wa.gov/mapping/gohunt.
Using the "queries" tab on the toolbar over the map of Washington
user can search the harvest reports by reporting unit or by the values
of harvest statistics. Statistics for some big game species are available
at GMU, PMU, district, region, and state level. For deer, separates
harvest figures for black-tailed deer, mule deer, and white-tailed deer
are also provided.
