Record #:

5412

Author(s):

Wilson, Ken

Abstract:

After a 200-year absence, elk were reintroduced into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2001. The herd has increased by six calves, three of which survived. A second herd of thirty was released in the spring of 2002, as part of a five-year study to see if the elk will be able to survive over the long term.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 66 Issue 5, May 2002, p24-27, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Elk; Wildlife reintroduction--North Carolina, Western

Record #:

6799

Author(s):

Wilson, Ken

Abstract:

In a number of countries, nutria fur is an important article of merchandise. For this reason the animal was imported and released into the United States. The first North Carolina nutria release was in 1941 near Buxton Woods on the Outer Banks. This was followed by a 1951 release in Northampton County and by one in 1953 on Bray Island in Currituck Sound. Trapping eventually proved unprofitable, because the fur did not compare well with foreign nutria. However, the nutria, with the appetite of a hungry goat and a face that only a mother could love, has become a most unwanted pest.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 29 Issue 10, Oct 1965, p26-27, 31, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Coypu

Record #:

38320

Author(s):

Wilson, Ken

Abstract:

Surveying 22 dove hunters on opening day of hunting season, the average cost per dove is about $0.57. The ratings of shooters varied from ‘expert’ to ‘optimistic,’ with the latter being multiple shells fired with zero kills.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 16 Issue 2, February 1952, p15, 23 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dove hunting; Hunting

Record #:

38765

Author(s):

Wilson, Ken

Abstract:

Trapping small game, such as raccoons or muskrat, can be extremely successful if one is cognizant of the laws and takes into account the tips in this article.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 16 Issue 11, November 1952, p8-9, 22 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hunting; Trapping; Raccoons

Record #:

6599

Author(s):

Wilson, Ken

Abstract:

Eleven species of fur animals are trapped legally in North Carolina each year. The muskrat, raccoon, mink, and opossum are the animals taken in the largest numbers. Wilson describes the people who trap for a living, the best time for trapping, and areas of the state where trapping is done. Tabulations for the fur harvest in 1950-1951 are included.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 15 Issue 8, Aug 1951, p8-11, 17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Trapping

Record #:

38156

Author(s):

Wilson, Ken

Abstract:

Fur resources biologist Ken Wilson recounts some of the things he has witnessed while working in the field, such as animal behaviors and encounters with trappers.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 15 Issue 6, June 1951, p18 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Deer; Snakes; Fur trapping

Record #:

38163

Author(s):

Raver, Duane; Wilson, Ken; Edmisten, Walter F.; Dalrymple, Arnold R.

Abstract:

Short stories about what people have come across while working, such as spawning fish, the presence of kidney worms in mink, and a very large catfish.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 15 Issue 7, July 1951, p19, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish behavior; Catfishes; Quail; Mink farming

Record #:

37810

Author(s):

Wilson, Ken

Abstract:

When a man came across a pond full of ducks, he laid on the ground watching them so they didn’t startle, and then when he began to more and yell, he found that the ducks became curious and still stayed in the pond.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 14 Issue 7, July 1950, p18, 20 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Ducks