some good news for the beaver trappers

[rachunter]

 

[WNYTRPR]

$20 TOP.For the best .So what he’s saying is you will be lucky to average $7 LOL .No thanks .Good thing I get paid good for most of my beaver trapping .

[rachunter]

1 hour ago, WNYTRPR said:

$20 TOP.For the best .So what he’s saying is you will be lucky to average $7 LOL .No thanks .Good thing I get paid good for most of my beaver trapping .

To be honest the more I look into it the less I think trapping is worth the time and effort other then for personal use.When i gave a guy the beaver furs from this year he said he'd be lucky to get $4 each.

[Paula]

5 minutes ago, rachunter said:

To be honest the more I look into it the less I think trapping is worth the time and effort other then for personal use.When i gave a guy the beaver furs from this year he said he'd be lucky to get $4 each.

You should make yourself gloves with your next ones

[rachunter]

16 minutes ago, Paula said:

You should make yourself gloves with your next ones

I really don't have the experience to do that yet and I didn't want the furs to go to waste.He showed me a wallet he made out of a beaver tail that was really cool.

[Nomad]

And in the late ‘70s my buddy made enough trapping rats  over a four week Christmas break to pay the next semesters tuition at a local private college .

Edited February 4, 2022 by Nomad

[dinorocks]

A labor of love for me!  Tough check today in all this snow…one more week until land trapping ends...then I’m moving to beaver and mink mode.  (I trap the “nuisance” mink at my trout club).  I’m currently self tanning a few of my furs…the “exotics” got sent to the tannery this morning.  

[rachunter]

A labor of love for me!  Tough check today in all this snow…one more week until land trapping ends...then I’m moving to beaver and mink mode.  (I trap the “nuisance” mink at my trout club).  I’m currently self tanning a few of my furs…the “exotics” got sent to the tannery this morning.  

I got into trapping to learn how to trap and handle the fur from start to finish. It was never for the money but I got a little overwhelmed with the beaver. Hopefully next season I’ll be a little more prepared.


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[WNYTRPR]

I started trapping because deer got too easy lol 

[luberhill]

5 hours ago, rachunter said:

To be honest the more I look into it the less I think trapping is worth the time and effort other then for personal use.When i gave a guy the beaver furs from this year he said he'd be lucky to get $4 each.

That’s terrible !! I used to hunt coons back in the 70s

I made decent money , sometimes over 30.00 a pelt .

Probably nowhere near that now 

[rachunter]

That’s terrible !! I used to hunt coons back in the 70s
I made decent money , sometimes over 30.00 a pelt .
Probably nowhere near that now 

Someone posted a list on here. Coons where .35 cents to $5 bucks on the high side. I read there not even buying any under 3x seems like a waste to target them other than personal use or novelty sales.


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[WNYTRPR]

I avoid coon at all cost .Skunks are where the $$ at

[luberhill]

3 hours ago, rachunter said:

Someone posted a list on here. Coons where .35 cents to $5 bucks on the high side. I read there not even buying any under 3x seems like a waste to target them other than personal use or novelty sales.


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Wow ! 
I used to love running my hounds 

[luberhill]

3 hours ago, WNYTRPR said:

I avoid coon at all cost .Skunks are where the $$ at

Serious ?

[WNYTRPR]

29 minutes ago, luberhill said:

Serious ?

In regards to coon or skunk ?

[luberhill]

31 minutes ago, WNYTRPR said:

In regards to coon or skunk ?

Skunk 

[WNYTRPR]

18 minutes ago, luberhill said:

Skunk 

Yes.If you put the time in,you can find markets that make you some decent money .