Comments: Harvested for fur. In the early to mid-1970s, U.S. harvest was about 11,000-19,000, Canadian harvest was about 15,000-18,000 (Toweill and Tabor 1982). U.S. harvest recently has been largest in Louisiana (about 7500 pelts annually in the 1970s and early 1980s) (Shirley et al. 1988).