Cannon-netting Deer
Hawkins RE, Martoglio LD, Montgomery GG. 1968. Cannon-netting Deer. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 32(1):191-195
A cannon-net was used to capture semitame and wild white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginia- nus) on four areas in southern Illinois and wild fallow deer (Dama dama) on one area in southwestern Kentucky. Cannon-nets were fired electrically over prebaited areas in the following ways: (1) waiting for deer to approach the bait site and firing the cannons from a blind or a tree stand; (2) setting an automatic trigger 12-15 inches over the bait; when the trigger was tripped by feeding deer, the cannons fired; and (3) firing the cannons from 200-300 yards away when deer were at the bait. Forty-nine attempts were made to capture deer with the cannon-net. These attempts proceeded on 18 occasions to firing the cannon; 11 of these firings were successful in trapping deer (26 whitetails and 7 fallows). Twelve of the deer were semitame and 21 were wild. No mortality resulted from use of the cannon-net itself.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Hawkins, R; Martoglio, L; Montgomery, G
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- Cannon netting, deer capturing methods, Illinois