Jump to content

Stoneam2006 2016 hunt and trap

stoneam2006

By stoneam2006,
in Member Hunting Journals

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 181
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

stoneam2006
stoneam2006

Oct 15 rough start to day between quad not starting forgot my harness for climber and late. Had a 5 pt come in to hit his scrapes. 30 yards while he was licking his branch thumped him He flipped over

stoneam2006
stoneam2006

Last day of the 5 day season leaning pole set 220 last trap of the day....so super stoked....on the wall it goes full body Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

stoneam2006
stoneam2006

Finally some skinning to do. Hope more are out and about tonight Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Posted Images

stoneam2006 Newbie

stoneam2006

Posted
  • Author
Posted
I know nothing about preparing fur so just wondering. What caused all the holes and that decreases value quite a bit right?
 
 


Fleshing knife caused them bc I am not very good yet. Basically trying to take all fat and meat from skinning off taking it down to just skin. And year value dropped for sure but luckily there wasn't any money to begin with. The fur market is terrible

Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
turkeyfeathers Veteran

turkeyfeathers

Posted
Posted
16 minutes ago, grampy said:

I'm curious as to what makes a good fur price year or a bad fur price year? Is it simply, supply and demand, like most things?

Most of it has to do with Russia . Maybe China too. They sort of control the fur market I believe

Ranched mink for sure. Not sure but Stone may be able to chime in with more detail

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Steve D Experienced

Steve D

Posted
Posted
14 minutes ago, grampy said:

I'm curious as to what makes a good fur price year or a bad fur price year? Is it simply, supply and demand, like most things?

Grampy

Just like everything else it is supply & demand. It has been bad for quite awhile because of Russia's economy being in the toilet. Since they do the vast majority of buying along with China there hasn't been a solid market for quite some time. Odds are it won't come back anytime soon because there are so may furs in storage bought on speculation that if the market does come back it will immediately be flooded with furs. A lot of buyers have bought fur at extremely low prices, fleshed, stretched, dried them, and put them in cold storage anticipating a market comeback.

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Zem18 Apprentice

Zem18

Posted
Posted

Wouldn't the air compressor trick from You tube work in skinning? Seems like it just separates the skin from meat and fat in the videos. I'm sure there will be some spots with meat left on it but It seems to work for deer, why not something smaller.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
stoneam2006 Newbie

stoneam2006

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Wouldn't the air compressor trick from You tube work in skinning? Seems like it just separates the skin from meat and fat in the videos. I'm sure there will be some spots with meat left on it but It seems to work for deer, why not something smaller.


Yea I'm sure it would help but deer are lean animals by a long ways com0ared to say a coon or beaver. If I catch another one I'll take a pic of the fat layer on them it's bad. I rough skin they call it basically quick skinning then fleshing it off. Can skin it closer and that helps alot to. But the real problem is that I'm just not good at it yet. Some guys are quick and make it look easy lol. I've got alot to learn

Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
stoneam2006 Newbie

stoneam2006

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Well guys I wish I had pics for you but I ain't catching nothin lol. Yotes dragged my bait station off and now I can't find it beaver not running their runs and muskrat have yet to make aperance. Weather is killing me 2 times in 2 weeks I've gone from 2 feet to grass. Water trapping is impossible in this. Hope ice gets thick quick so I can try and grab the predators on the ice. If your interested check out Jeff Dunlap YouTube videos on trapping predators on ice it's cool stuff hope to try it out

Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites
stoneam2006 Newbie

stoneam2006

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Ah. You forgot to wire baitpile down.  
You going to try the hay set on the ice ? Drill hole thru ice with earth anchor , drop it thru and let refreeze. 


Yea pretty much the extent of the set bed it in ice cover with hay or peat. The creeks become highways for them the fox are already walking the edges but I can't get to other side yet lol. Hopefully soon

Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites
stoneam2006 Newbie

stoneam2006

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Nice fur. I hunted last night from midnight til 3Am with no eyes spotted. The moon was a bit brighter than I would have liked, but I was sure the cold would have them hungry enough to investigate the Fox Pro.



Seems they have been moving hard down here last 3 nights track everywhere

Sent from my SM-N920V using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.

×
×
  • Create New...