Improved Technique in Goose Trapping with Cannon-Type Net Traps
Turner LB. 1956. Improved Technique in Goose Trapping with Cannon-Type Net Traps. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 20(2):201-203
It is generally conceded that the cannon type net trap provides the best method for live-trapping geese, wild turkeys, and other large, wary birds. However, this trap is a comparatively recent development and its construction and the technique of its use have undergone steady improvement. At the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge in coastal North Carolina traps of this type have been in constant use throughout the waterfowl banding season from the fall of 1949 through the late winter of 1954. With them, 2485 Canada geese and a number of ducks have been caught and banded. Methods have been developed at Pea Island that may be of interest or value to others.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Turner, Lewis
- Units
- CAHA
- Keywords
- Anatidae anserinae, Animal Studies, Canada goose (Branta canadensis), Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge NC, Trapping