Abstract
Recent interest in a summer hunting season for raccoon (Procyon lotor) in many southeastern states has prompted concern over effects of summer hunting on their populations. Because the effects of summer hunting on raccoon movement and home range are unknown, we radiomonitored 75 raccoons (57 male, 18 female) from 1 July to 23 August 1996-97 on 2 adjacent areas with or without a summer hunting season. We detected no differences in mean movement rate (P = 0.726) between males (764 ± 52 m/hr; x ± SE) and females (669 ± 89 m/hr). or in mean movement rate (P = 0.741) between the hunted (757 ± 62 m/ hr) and control areas (724 ± 66 m/hr). Similarly, we observed no differences (P = 0.307) in home range size between hunted (219 ± 25 ha. n = 42) and control raccoons (198 ± 14 ha, n = 51) during the summer huating season. Our study indicated that summer hunting of raccoons on this area had little impact on movement patterns and home range characteristics.
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