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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Jun 28, 2015 10:23:00 GMT -5
ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING ON THEM THIS TIME AROUND? SO FAR IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOP OR TOP HALF OF THE COYOTES DID WELL AND NO OTHER SPECIES WERE EVEN HARDLY SELLABLE. OR AT DEPRESSION PRICES. COMMON COYOTES DID NOT SHINE, ESP AFTER TUMBLING AND COMISSION, FROM WHAT i COULD TELL LOOKING AT THE CATALOG. THAT PRETTY MUCH LEAVES INDIANA OUT OF THE LOOP. OH YA, THAT OTTER SEASON NEXT YEAR, MMM, ABOUT 3 YEARS TOO LATE.
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Post by mattbredeweg on Jun 28, 2015 11:05:38 GMT -5
My coyotes were pitiful, less than $15 average. Coon didn't sell, rats less than $7.
I don't expect to much out of either auction house for next 5 years. They gave all the cheap coon avaliable now.
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Jun 28, 2015 11:13:38 GMT -5
JUST EYE BALLING THE CATALOG THIS MORNING IT LOOKED LIKE RATS $1-$6 AND AVERAGES IN THE $3-ISH RANGE, MAYBE $4 ON BIG HEAVY RUNS. TAKE OUT COMMISION AND EVEN LESS. RED FOX AND MINK WERE SURE A BUST. AS WERE OTTERS AND GREY FOX. COON UP TO BAT THIS AFTERNOON AND OH BOY BET THAT IS A BUST. i`D AGREE IT LOOKS GLOOMY FOR A LONG TIME. GOOD THING i HAVE OTHER WAYS TO MAKE $ AND OTHER THINGS i LIKE TO DO. i`LL STILL TRAP, BUT NOT HERE IN THIS STATE . AND BE REAL SELECTIVE AT THAT, ON SKINNING AND EFFORT/TIME INVESTED.
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Post by MadDog on Jul 1, 2015 19:24:42 GMT -5
It would be a good time to become a fur buyer!!! = No competition . The guys that held on this long are dropping like flies. Just kidding it's a tuff time to be a fur trapper. It's a shame but you can go out and buy a $10000 lawn mower and a good weed eater and it would make a good part time job much better than trapping.
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Post by doyleflory on Jul 1, 2015 19:34:27 GMT -5
you can work at McDonalds on Sunday night and be better than trapping.I only sold about 1% of my coon and the rest was cheap.
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Jul 2, 2015 5:06:36 GMT -5
i`VE SEEN DOYLES COON, THEY ARE ABOUT AS TOP END TYPE COON AS A GUY CAN HAVE IN HIS SECTION OF THE COUNTRY. HE IS FAR ENOUGH NORTH AND GOOD ENOUGH PUT UP SOME ARE EVERY BIT AS GOOD AS THE BRAGGED ABOUT IOWA TYPES. i REMEMBER HIM SELLING 3-4-500 HUNDRED OR WHATEVER HE HAD FOR $30 NOSE COUNT JUST WHAT, 3 YEARS AGO? OR MAYBE IT WAS 4. SAW IT IN THE LATE 80`S AND ALL OF THE 90`S AND INTO THE 2,000`S. HOPE THIS BUST DOESN`T LAST AS LONG. i THINK IT WILL AND HERE IS WHY. THE RUSSIAN DEAL IS TIED TO OIL PRICES. THE ARABS WON`T LET OIL GET UP HIGH AGAIN OR THE U.S. WILL HIT THE OIL SANDS AGAIN. SO THIS IS PROBABLY LONG TERM. AT LEAST LONG ENOUGH THAT MOST OF US WILL BE DROOLING BY THE TIME THE ARABS OIL RUNS OUT. OR LONG SINCE TURNED TO DUST. IF SO ALL i HAVE TO SAY IS NO REGRETS AND IT`S BEEN A HECK OF A RIDE. WE ALL LIVED THRU THE BEST OF TIMES WITH THE LATE 70`S BOOM AND THE RECENT SHORT LIVED LESSER BOOM. ONLY TIME BETTER FOR TRAPPING WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MOUNTAIN MEN. i`M ALL AT PEACE WITH EVERYTHING NO MATTER WHAT COMES DOWN THE PIKE. ABOUT AS BLESSED AS AN OLD HEATHEN LIKE ME COULD BE.
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