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Predator Hunting => Fur Handling => Topic started by: Hern on January 15, 2017, 06:08:27 AM
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Dist. 11's sale. 1-14-17
Sale Results: 34 Trapper Lots / 7 Buyers
Species #Sold $ High $ Low $ Average
Red Fox 483 17.00 1.00 7.72
Gray Fox 4 16.00 10.50 14.63
Opossum 56 2.50 0.25 1.96
Raccoon 209 7.25 0.10 4.09
Muskrat 135 5.50 1.00 4.00
Skunks 15 5.50 2.50 4.62
Male Mink 20 10.25 5.00 8.65
Female Mink 17 6.00 4.50 5.91
Coyote 10 31.00 5.00 18.03
Deer Hides 40 5.50 2.50 4.24
Badger 1 19.00 19.00 19.00
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Thanks Hern
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;) ;) I think that's the highest I've seen for coyote and beaver..
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Goose, I sold Greys at Dist. 7 sale yesterday. Was happy with the high price.
The high for Coyote yesterday were from one lot of 5 Coyotes. I talked with the guy. Early caught, Centre County. Good fur, long guard hairs & put up right.
I saw 2 Beaver (put up) sell for the high price. First day caught, nice put up, but early caught. I don't know why the buyer wanted them at that price.
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After seeing what fur was selling for in WVa...and the variations in prices...I'm not sure what the true market prices are here on the east coast.. ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
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I forgot to bring Squirrel tails to the sale.
I'll have to take a trip to Dutch this week.
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I hate selling fur...lol Worst part of this business for me.
I sell some at local fur auction, some at local buyers and ship some to NAFA.
I try to study the market plus talk to buyers before & during the season. Then decide where and what to sell. I try not to take a big hit.
I try to turn a profit and think of fur as a part-time business. Don't get me wrong, I love taking fur, putting up fur and being outdoors, that's what I do. But, profit is just part of fur taking for me.
The past few seasons I'm not turning a profit, but can't stay away...lol.
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I can't believe just how low the fur prices dropped. The "poor" man can't afford to hunt or trap for fur any more. With gas prices going up, a person afford to hunt any trap. He'll go broke.
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jake, agree a man can't make a living just by trapping or hunting. But a poor man can go hunting or trapping. The poor man just can not depend on fur as his single income.
The professional trappers I know have side jobs. Others are in it full time by selling/making lure, supplies, writing books and nowadays, making how-to videos. Others are fishing guides or big game guides or do ADC work, on the side.
Some pro trappers I know do very little trapping because of their successful lure/supply business. Just before the season and during the seasons in different parts of the county, lure makers don't have time to run a line, they have to tend to business and ship orders on daily basis.
Professional predator callers have other side jobs too. Some are have sponsors. Some sell how-to videos.
Just can't make ends meet nowadays depending on a fur check. Fur pro's depend on other revenue.
Having said that, These same pro's run their lines like a business, maximizing the profit where they can.
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Hern
I like chasing critters, I will continue to pay to do it!! LOL
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Buckwheat,
I know two guys that love to Deer hunt; Bow, rifle or muzzleloader. Love it. But they give their Deer away. Meat, hide & antlers.
Some guys love to Fish. But give fish away or catch & release.
Good for those guys.
We all have personal agendas and goals.
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Hern
That was my point. If you're in the outdoor sports for money you're at the wrong spot.
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Buckwheat,
I guess when it comes down to it, we all pay to enjoy the love of the sport. Hunting license, clothing, gear, guns, transportation, etc. and I agree with you, I do it for the love of the sport. I don't have to kill something every night to consider the night a success!
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I don't have to kill something every night to consider the night a success!
That's been proven over and over again. Lol ;D ;D ;D
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;D ;D ;D And Lookn4afisher is still lookn.. :o :o :o :o :o shows to go ya ??? ??? ??? ??? he ain't in it for the money :P :P :P :P :P
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Amen!
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If I measured success only by putting fur down, I'd be the most unsuccessful hunter out there. For me, success is getting Lil Timmy back to the truck without having him shoot himself in the foot.....
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Why bother trying, he shoots himself in the foot everyday. That's why he wears steel toe shoes.
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I am glad your retired and MRDucks is almost retired because because comedy is not your thing. :o :o :o
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??? ??? ??? ??? Must be an echo here "because because"...sonny started studdering again maybe?? ::) ::) ::)
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Lookn4fur
I was not trying to be funny.
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;D ;D ;D ;D Yea but we all laughed!! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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District 3 fur sale
January 29, 2017
Species #sold high average
Raccoon 676 6.00 3.82
Red Fox 29 15.00 12.79
Grey Fox 7 12.00 10.28
Muskrat 293 4.50 3.16
Mink 11 6.00 6.00
Beaver 13 15.00 7.23
Otter 9 30.00 30.00
Coyote 48 20.00 13.87
Opossum 83 2.00 1.78
Deer hides 1 3.00 3.00
36 lots of fur, 2 buyers present
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Hern
Not bad for two buyers.
But very few redfox sold?
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:( :( :( :( 83 Possum ??? ??? ??? that's gonna put a cramp on jaspr1's pizza parties... :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
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Goose, Not many Reds in Dist 3. Down there in S.W. Pa. corner.
They like to trap Coon in that district.
Look how many Coon sold at Dist. 3. Twice as many as Dist. 11 & Dist. 7 combined!
Experienced buyers know what areas product certain species in numbers.
Example-
Dist. 11 sale is in 'the Red Zone'. That district produces alot of Red Fox. If a buyer is looking for Reds this year, He will surely be at Dist. 11's sale.
If same buyer is interested in Raccoon, he will attend Dist. 3's sale. He knows that district has alot of Coon to look over and offer.