One of the most important things about #2 I believe is timing…..If we are only gonna trap say 40K coons annually then ideally we would want to have all 40K taken out in Feb/March to get the most bang for our buck……If you look back on the amount of coons we were trapping during the 80’s it shows us that the sustainable yield for coons is at least 150K or more……Another way of looking at this is that the more we trap the more they will spit back out…..Reproductive rates for coons are likely lower when there is less trapping. All we are ever really doing with our trapping efforts these days is a temporary thinning. If this low level amount of trapping is not done at the proper time then there isn’t gonna be much benefit.

Here’s an idea about #2 I’ll throw out there that I haven’t heard yet…..If we were going to incentivize trapping in some form or fashion……Just have a certain time period to take advantage of the incentive from Feb 11 – May 8…….