Squirrel tails

[Dom]

I was talking to an older hunter about this.He was telling me he use to send them to a company and they would buy or trade for fishing flys,anyone no anything about this he could'nt remember the name of company.

[Paula]

would be interested in knowing

[Skillet]

Mepps lure co. does it.

[13BVET]

Yes. Mepps fishing lures actually uses the tails for their spinnerbaits. The Mepps Aglia Long is made with squirrel tail hair. I don't know what they pay for them, though.

[Paula]

http://www.mepps.com.../squirrel-tail/

http://www.mepps.com/programs/squirrel-tail/squirrel-tail-program.pdf

Edited December 7, 2011 by paula

[Dom]

Thankyou im going to look into this.sure would be nice just to trade them for some lures.I do tie my own but would like to see others to see how they do it.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

they do buy them , gray and red. I did it a few years when I was fishing more. I think the best deal they had though ws not taking the money on the tails. instead it was like double the cash value on credit towards the lures they made. That is what I did.

[Cabin Fever]

Or you could just give them to the wife for dusting! LOL

[growalot]

I attach them to my deer hunting decoys and tie them to fishing line ...ice fishing pole ...hang over a limb right next to tree and bounce them for yote lure....no yotes ..but fox....one pine marten and had a hawk swoop in over the years....lol

[darkvibe]

If you know a fly fisherman they might be interested as well. I tie my own flies and use the tails plus blend my own dubbing from the body hair.

[zeroskin76]

NOTE: Mepps is only interested in recycling tails taken from squirrels that have been harvested for the table. We do not advocate taking squirrels strictly for their tails.

i like that they state this and to be honest ive fealt bad throwing out the tails ( i save the pelts myself)

[Guides ForHire]

Orvis used to buy the squirrels, hare masks and wood ducks right in the shop, they'd skin them as you brought them in and you collected your cash upstairs in the retail shop.

then Vermont made selling rabbits and hare and squirrels, and any parts of them, illegal and that was that.

these days squirrel brings about $1 each at the fur market and that's more than the offer from mepps, and you don't waste any salt. lol.

[shawnhu]

Anyone know a good way to preserve the pelts so that they don't go bad?

[Guides ForHire]

yep, simply stretch and dry cased as you would a mink or weasel, and many red squirrels will fit nicely on weasel boards.

NAFA and FHA all have good trapper resources on how to handle pelts for higghest prices.