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THE NEW TRAPPER’S NOTEBOOK
Notebook completion guide
The notebook : an important tool!
• The notebooks provide essential information that complementsinformation from fur transactions
• and facilitate the production of provincial wildlife harvest statusreports mffp.gouv.qc.ca/the-wildlife/hunting-fishing-trapping/provincial-fur-bearing-animal-
harvest-status-reports-2014-2015/
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The notebook : an important tool!
• It is also the ideal way for trappers, who are thoroughly familiarwith the territory, to actively contribute to the management ofspecies.
• It is essential that the information submitted be ACCURATE.
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Accurateinformation
Accuratesituation reports
Propermanagement
decisions
Why change the notebook?
• To facilitate information input (it is easier to fill out and clearer)
• To enhance the quality of data
• To bring it into line with the key broad lines of the new 2018-2025 management plan
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mffp.gouv.qc.ca/documents/faune/plan-gestion-animaux-fourrure-2018-2025-ang.pdf
• Second, the MFFP will also reviewhow the notebooks are distributedbetween regions and networks(unstructured territory andtraplines).
New features
• New species have been added with respect to dailymonitoring of the animals captured:
• Potentially more sensitive species: grey wolf, river otter,Canada lynx, bobcat, marten and fisher, which are usuallyspecies that can tolerate fairly low levels of harvesting. Suchspecies must be more closely monitored.
• Muskrat, coyote
• Grouping of species trapped with the same traps:
• Facilitate the link between the trapping devices used and thespecies caught;
• Acknowledge that traps are often not intended for only onebut several species.
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When you note the number of traps installed (= effort), you must do so for all of the traps that target the same group of species, regardless of the species targeted.
For example, indicate the number of traps installed that target beaver + the number of traps that target otter + the number of traps that target both species.
However, only note captures of the species requested.For example, only indicate the number of otters captured, whether or not the fur is subsequently sold.
It should be noted that this information will only be compared from year to year and not from one region to another or from one trapper to another.
Why is this information being requested?
• Effort = the number of traps installed and their duration of activity• Captures = the number of animals captured in the traps, whether
or not they are kept or sold• This information is used to calculate trapping success (the number of animals
captured per unit of effort).
• This is a better indicator of the state of populations than the number of furs sold since the trappers can alter their effort from one year to the next for various reasons such as an early winter, the price of furs, personal reasons, and so on.
• Sex of martens and fishers
• The proportion of female martens and fishers harvested is an acknowledged indicator of harvesting level.
• Age of lynx and bobcats
• The proportion of young animals in the lynx and bobcat harvest indicates thestate of the populations. Indeed, when lynx and bobcat populations aredeclining, the production of young is very limited or non-existent.
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How to fill out the effort section (= number of traps)9
Indicate the date on which youstarted your trapping seasonunder START and the date onwhich you no longer had anytraps set under END.
If you temporarily interruptedtrapping during this period, enter0 to indicate that your traps werenot in use (for example, the trapswere installed but you closedthem for several days).
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Indicate the number of traps installed for canids + lynx + bobcatsand specify:− the number of snares− the number of rotating jaw traps− the number of foot-hold traps.
For example, the trapper installed 50
snares for coyotes starting on
October 18. He installed 2 rotating
jaw traps for bobcats on October 20.
On October 23, he removed all of his
traps.
How to fill out the effort section (= number of traps)
Groups A and B (canids-lynx-bobcat)
How to fill out the captures section
Groups A and B (canids-lynx-bobcat)
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For wolves and coyotes, indicate thenumber of animals captured.For lynx and bobcats, also indicatethe age group of the animalscaptured by the letter A for adult orY for young animal.When several types of traps havebeen installed, itemize on thebottom of the page the number ofcaptures by trap for the entireweek.
The trapper captured 1 coyote on
October 19 and 2 on October 22. He
also caught 3 young bobcats on
October 21 and recorded the details
at the bottom of the page.
3 coyotes with snare
Captures of foxes do not have to
be recorded.
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Indicate the total number of trapsinstalled for martens + fishers +raccoons.
For example, the trapper installed
10 traps for martens on October 18.
On October 20, he added 5 traps
for fishers and raccoons until the
following day. On October 22, he
had no traps set.
How to fill out the effort section (= number of traps)
Groups C and D (mustelids-raccoon-skunk-squirrels)
How to fill out the captures section
Groups C and D (mustelids-raccoon-skunk-squirrels)
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For martens and fishers, indicatethe sex by the letter M for male orF for female.For example, the trapper captured
2 male martens on October 19 and
1 female marten on October 20.
He did not capture any fisher.
Captures of raccoons must not be
recorded.
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Indicate the total number of traps installed for beavers + otters.
For example, the trapper installed 5
beaver traps on October 18. On
October 22, he had no traps set.
How to fill out the effort section (= number of traps)
Group E (beaver-otter)
5 05 55
How to fill out the captures section
Group E (beaver-otter)
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Indicate the number of daily captures of otters.
The trapper caught 1 otter on
October 19.
Captures of beavers must not be
recorded. If beavers alone were
caught, only record the effort.
5 5 05 5
5 5 05 5
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Indicate the total number of trapsinstalled for muskrats + minks,including submersion traps.
For example, the trapper installed 4
submersion traps on October 18. He
added 20 rotation jaw traps on
October 19 and 2 submersion traps
on October 22. The traps remained
in use the following week, which
explains why END is not indicated.
How to fill out the effort section (= number of traps)
Group F (muskrat-mink)
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4 24 2624 24 26 26
12 16 9
How to fill out the captures section
Group F (muskrat-mink)
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Indicate the number of daily captures of muskrats.
For example, the trapper captured
12 muskrats on October 19, 16 on
October 21, and 9 on October 24.
Captures of minks must not be
recorded.
New features• The MFFP is aware that certain specific cases will still be difficult to
record, but in such situations it encourages trappers to explain their methods in the notes pages.
• A page has been provided to record intergroup captures (page 41).
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0
0
1
1
0
1
3
For example:
– 1 fisher captured in a snare
(for example, a coyote
snare)
– 3 muskrats and 1 mink
captured in beaver traps
– 1 mink captured in a
marten trap
although the species are in
different groups.
New features• All of the species trapped will now be recorded in the pages that
indicate the abundance and the trend (in the centre of the notebook). Accordingly, the MFFP will be aware of the trappers’ perceptions of changes in the abundance of all species trapped and their potential prey (pages 24 and 25).
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Trappers must
provide
information
based on their
observations.
For certain
species, they do
not know.
New features• The MFFP is taking advantage of the notebook to collect
additional information on trapping of black bears (page 40).
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The trapper installed 2 bear traps
for 10 days in the fall. He captured
1 bear.
He also installed 4 traps for 7 days
in the spring and captured another
bear.
This trapper traps in FAMU 39.
Remember to indicate the year for
the fall and spring.
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710
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New features• The MFFP will include hunting of fur-bearing animals midway
through the management plan to ensure that it incorporates all harvesting methods for fur-bearing animals.
• This additional information will reveal the proportion of trappers who also hunt fur-bearing animals (page 40).
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Yes
No
No
1 1 0
For example, the trapper spent 2
half-days (= 1 day) hunting
coyotes. He harvested 1 coyote
but did not sell the fur. He kept it
to tan it himself and make a fur
collar for his granddaughter.
He did not hunt other canids.
Attention: indicate the hunting
zone and not the FAMU here.
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New features• The MFFP also wishes to ascertain the use of live traps in Québec
(page 41).
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x
For example, the trapper used foot-
hold snares for bears and foot
encapsulating traps for raccoons.x
x
The notebook : an important tool!
• You must fill out 1 notebook per FAMU/UGAF. Trappers who trapin several FAMUs are asked to fill out a notebook for each FAMUvisited.
• Please provide your up-to-date contact information, includingyour email address.
• If you have other questions on the notebook, please contact thepresident of your regional trappers’ association, the Fédérationdes trappeurs gestionnaires du Québec (FTGQ) or the regionalMFFP office.
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24The notebook : an important tool!
• It is important to return the completed notebook to the regionaloffice of the MFFP (the address is indicated in the notebook). Thedeadline for returning the notebooks is July 8 for spring beartrappers, but you can send them at the end of your trappingseason. The information will be enter into the fur-bearing animalinformation system.
• The MFFP can return the notebook to trappers if they so desireonce the data entry has been completed. A check box has beenadded for this purpose to the notebook (page 1).
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• Do you want to participate in the management of fur-bearinganimals? Contact the regional MFFP office and ask to fill out atrapper’s notebook.
• The MFFP will hold a random drawing of Daniel Bonneau’slithographs among the trappers who have completed thenotebook.