Prime Pelts

[nortpete]

It seems so far that pelts may become prime early this year if this weather pattern holds. We just had our third night this month with temps in the 30's. It isn't even fall quite yet.

[Bees OBrien]

pete I agree a woman shot a coyote the other day not far from town and the pelt looked as though it was already heading towards prime got a long ways to go but it was looking good

[TrappinJohn]

A lot of overcast cloudy days from here on out will do more for the furs than the cold nights.

[coyotenightmare]

Gray fox should prime up soon...earlier than reds...the coon are not usually fully prime (some exceptions) until mid to late November. Not sure on the coyotes...I am getting tempted to go call soon.

[Hern]

Fur primes as we lose daylight. Less daylight/shorter days = fur starts to prime
nothing to do with when an early cold snap arrives, it's the amount of daylight that spurs hair growth.

Most of the Coyotes I killed this summer had clean, shiny fur. Real nice, lightweight summer coat.
Winter prime fur has dense under fur with long guard hairs.

I watch our Cat's fur thicken. He even gets more fur between his toes.

[Hern]

I see a different time frame in primness in Pennsylvania. By that, the northern tier primes earlier than the southern tier of Pa. Even higher elevations, fur seems to prime earlier.
Years back, fur season opened earlier above Rt. 80. I recalled working the northern zone before my home area in upper central Susquehanna Valley.

[Predator53]

Ive seen the same results in the fox's in my areas....their looking pretty full.....