Estimated Number of Hunters and Trappers of Furbearers

a Combines estimates from Game Take Survey and Furtaker Survey, but does not include mentored youth harvest.

b Cautionary note: Estimates are minimum estimates that do not account for combination licenses.

* - Last year of Limited Drawing for Permits.

^ - First Year of General Sale of Permit.

# - First Year for Season/Permit.

Year	Raccoon	Muskrat	Red Fox	Gray Fox	Opossum	Skunk	Mink	Coyote^a	Weasel	Beaver	Bobcat	Fisher	Otter
1990	9,676	4,147	7,941	6,542	3,653	1,914	2,560	7,782	508	-	Closed	Closed	Closed
1991	9,921	4,865	7,827	6,613	3,915	2,264	2,726	12,184	422	-	Closed	Closed	Closed
1992	9,525	4,419	7,019	6,263	3,793	2,208	2,539	13,643	452	-	Closed	Closed	Closed
1993	8,195	4,227	6,790	6,089	3,369	1,967	2,465	14,260	387	-	Closed	Closed	Closed
1994	7,066	5,570	8,319	7,515	4,267	3,071	3,212	20,597	784	-	Closed	Closed	Closed
1995	9,718	4,465	8,080	6,908	3,989	2,643	2,879	20,413	853	-	Closed	Closed	Closed
1996	12,951	6,478	10,007	8,361	6,140	3,443	3,703	21,937	942	-	Closed	Closed	Closed
1997	13,750	7,363	10,330	8,553	6,386	3,473	4,434	24,526	1,125	-	Closed	Closed	Closed
1998	12,794	5,900	9,982	8,594	5,558	2,948	3,512	30,016	733	-	Closed	Closed	Closed
1999^b	7,555	3,230	6,996	6,061	2,653	1,718	2,152	28,265	392	-	Closed	Closed	Closed
2000^b	6,996	3,121	7,280	6,353	2,870	1,750	2,026	28,270	509	-	290	Closed	Closed
2001^b	7,935	3,997	8,234	6,938	3,180	2,036	2,587	36,249	619	-	520	Closed	Closed
2002^b	7,295	3,287	8,022	6,494	3,434	2,116	2,433	28,535	676	-	545	Closed	Closed
2003^b	7,292	3,362	6,998	5,547	3,585	2,132	2,305	29,048	453	-	570	Closed	Closed
2004	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	615	Closed	Closed
2005^b	8,434	3,815	9,583	7,358	4,479	2,813	2,997	35,010	714	2,475	615	Closed	Closed
2006^b	10,606	5,630	11,331	8,264	5,669	3,603	4,194	36,175	1,325	3,445	720	Closed	Closed
2007	10,131	4272	10,628	7,811	5,307	3,484	3,674	37,792	1,447	3,112	1,010	Closed	Closed
2008	11,498	4,687	12,426	9,561	6,344	4,143	3,674	40,982	1,466	3,090	1,435	Closed	Closed
2009	8,702	3,261	6,651	3,953	4,482	2,587	2,147	40,648	203	1,810	1,781*	Closed	Closed
2010	11,609	4,539	13,635	9,455	6,012	3,891	4,093	43,162	1,655	2,943	15,820^	2,783#	Closed
2011	16,479	6,451	17,934	11,360	7,654	4,500	4,925	55,810	922	3,431	13,373	2,613	Closed
2012	18,522	6,200	21,612	13,087	6,828	3,230	4,768	72,863	515	2,757	15,245	3,729	Closed
2013	20,205	7,443	22,210	13,652	8,560	3,897	4,813	77,702	414	3,040	16,870	5,562	Closed
2014	22,743	8,739	21,743	13,730	8,772	4,675	6,704	52,822	2,121	4,618	17,136	6,638	Closed
2015	17,196	5,219	19,313	11,462	6,124	3,166	3,870	55,954	873	4,515	16,778	6,564	1,047
2016	14,191	3,648	19,012	10,809	4,267	2,770	3,962	50,777	547	2,638	16,247	6,791	995
2017	13,536	3,614	16,971	10,587	5,741	2,821	2,617	48,453	619	2,131	15,680	6,842	992
2018	12,949	3,205	17,967	10,279	4,840	1,589	2,097	41,954	516	3,174	15,975	7,506	956
2019	13,756	3,025	17,309	9,611	4,644	2,568	2,185	43,305	269	3,239	17,278	8,449	929
2020	12,046	2,497	17,810	8,615	4,100	2,081	2,496	37,631	274	3,612	19,350	9,929	1,861
2021	14,095	2,745	16,019	6,975	4,909	3,250	2,662	37,889	723	2,322	20,477	10,976	2,011
2022	13,348	2,418	15,345	8,374	4,089	2,257	1,487	47,388	510	3,856	20,921	11,530	2,089

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