. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. September, 1943 MoHR: FuRBEARER Distribution and Income 527 counties, 7 of them bordering the Ohio or Mississippi rivers and 5 bordering the Illi- nois or Sangamon rivers, fig. 17. Two bobcats were killed in Union County in 1936, and one specimen is mounted in a restaurant at Ware, fig. 18. One large bobcat was shot in a swamp near Miller City, Alexander County, in apiece, the pelts add little to the fur in- come of the state. OTTER Otters have long been so scarce in Illi- nois that they have not figured largely in the state's fur trade for many ye
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. September, 1943 MoHR: FuRBEARER Distribution and Income 527 counties, 7 of them bordering the Ohio or Mississippi rivers and 5 bordering the Illi- nois or Sangamon rivers, fig. 17. Two bobcats were killed in Union County in 1936, and one specimen is mounted in a restaurant at Ware, fig. 18. One large bobcat was shot in a swamp near Miller City, Alexander County, in apiece, the pelts add little to the fur in- come of the state. OTTER Otters have long been so scarce in Illi- nois that they have not figured largely in the state's fur trade for many Fig. 18.—Bobcat or bay lynx, Lynx rufiis, caught at Ware, Union County, Illinois, 1936. Its weight was 21 pounds. November, 1942, one was killed near Murphysboro in December, 1942, and three additional bobcats were killed, pre- sumably near Murphysboro, late in 1942 or early in 1943 (Anonymous 1943). An unverified recent record for Randolph County is reported by Necker & Hatfield (1941). Earnest and excited hunters al- most regularly report bobcats from vari- ous parts of the state, usually from the heavily wooded southern counties. The U. S.'Forest Service (1937, 1938) fails to report bobcats within its Illinois hold- ings, the Shawnee National Forest, indi- cating that, if these animals are present, they are extremely rare. They are not now protected by law. DOMESTIC GAT In 5 recent years, 104 domestic cats were reported caught by the 8,862 fur- takers making reports in those years. It is probable that the 121,566 trappers esti- mated to have operated during those years caught about 1,300 or more cats, or about 260 annually. Worth only about 10 cents They were subject to an open season throughout Illinois until the end of the 1928-29 fur season. In the game code of 1929, they were given complete protec- tion until Nov. 15, 1933; before that date arrived, the period of complete pro- tection had been extended indefinitely. At one time distributed along all of the Il
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