. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. September, 1943 MoHR: Furbearer Distribution and Income 529 in the heavy timber along the Sangamon River and the ; Among about 1,600 fur-takers who re- ported during the 1939-40 season, only 2 stated that they had caught "wolves," which were probably coyotes. If the same ratio holds for the 25,000 or more trap- pers who did not report, we may assume that less than 40 coyotes were caught. Coyotes are not protected by law at any time of year, and a number of them are annually turned in for bounty at a time when their pelts ar
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. September, 1943 MoHR: Furbearer Distribution and Income 529 in the heavy timber along the Sangamon River and the ; Among about 1,600 fur-takers who re- ported during the 1939-40 season, only 2 stated that they had caught "wolves," which were probably coyotes. If the same ratio holds for the 25,000 or more trap- pers who did not report, we may assume that less than 40 coyotes were caught. Coyotes are not protected by law at any time of year, and a number of them are annually turned in for bounty at a time when their pelts are not salable. Most are turned in for bounty in the northern half of Illinois; very few are taken in the southern quarter, fig. 20. Two skulls, turned in for bounty as those of "wolves,". Fig. 20.—Recent specific records for Illinois of coyote and of dog misidentified as coyote or "; Dates show counties in which these animals were reported for the year indicated. The numerals following some of the dates in- dicate the number of animals reported for those years. one in Schuyler County, figs. 21 and 23, and one in Warren County, figs. 22 and 23, and now in the collection of E. J. Koestner, formerly of the University of Illinois, were submitted to Dr. George G. Goodwin of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, who deter- mined them as coyotes with possibly a faint trace of dog blood. The Illinois Natural History Survey collection contains two skulls from Mc- Lean County and one from Sangamon County, collected in 1942 and determined as coyotes by E. A. Goldman of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A third, from the Cook County Forest Preserve District in 1942, has been determined as a coyote by the writer. Fig. 24 pictures the head of this animal. A skull in the American Museum of Natural History, collected in Macoupin County in 1940, was determined as a coyote by Dr. Goodwin. A rough idea of the distribution of coyotes in Illinois may be gai
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