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How do antler buyers do it?
« on: January 27, 2015, 12:00:09 PM »
Just a thought that occurred. Antler buyers are buying brown antlers for an avg of like $10-12 a pound. Right? So are they just selling them for a little more than what they pay? If they buy for $10 a pound and sell for $13 every 1000 pounds would cost $10,000 and make a profit of $3000 selling for $13 a pound before fuel costs. Am I right or am I missing something? Who buys them? I have an idea how shed hunters sell to buyers just curious on what happens after that? Seems like there's getting to be more and more antler buyers.

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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2015, 12:03:19 PM »
I think there margins are a little better than that


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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2015, 12:03:46 PM »
They take them to the east coast and sell them for an arm &  Legg as chew toys....nice ones go for decorating...which is insane expensive

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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2015, 12:29:06 PM »
Interior decorating, knife and other handles, go to any pet store and you will find antler cut to chews going for $4-20 a pop depending on size, as natural dental care.  Antler gets ground and used in other things.  I know one elk farm for a long time made their money selling antler, meat was just a byproduct of antler production and they did not do hunts.

Antler buyers buying by the pound then sell to the craftsman or the manufacturer who then sells at retail.  Same as a logger selling a tree to a mill and you buy the 2x4 and then sell the house its just part of a supply chain and along the way everyone makes some money if its working right.


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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2015, 05:46:38 PM »
I heard somewhere that the antlers for dog chews have to be cleaned or sanitized or something like that? Not sure how its done or what to use to disinfect them?

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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2015, 05:59:37 PM »
I heard somewhere that the antlers for dog chews have to be cleaned or sanitized or something like that? Not sure how its done or what to use to disinfect them?
It's amazing how expensive those dog chews are, I would have cut my antlers up and sold them as dog chews if I would have known.
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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2015, 07:19:54 PM »
Little chunk of bone. Lots of money.

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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2015, 07:33:31 PM »
1/4 lb of antler for 17.00  :yike:  Anyone looking for antlers for dog chews I will sell them for 12.00 per 6'' to 8'' !!!!
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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2015, 07:38:09 PM »
I've been giving them to my dogs for years but never thought to sell them. I've seen 6" of cracked white elk antler for $35 wish I'd have thought of it, they're making a killing!!

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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2015, 07:46:42 PM »
I've been giving them to my dogs for years but never thought to sell them. I've seen 6" of cracked white elk antler for $35 wish I'd have thought of it, they're making a killing!!
$35 dollars for 6'' of antler, I just might pull my mounts off the wall!!   :chuckle:
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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2015, 07:50:20 PM »
Let's see.....i got well over 2k inches of bone last year from sheds & hunting...(2000/6)×35....maybe this hunting stuff does pay for its self   :chuckle:  :chuckle:

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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2015, 08:03:44 PM »
I have alot of money sitting in my house  :chuckle: don't tell my wife that

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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2015, 07:27:33 AM »
Anyone know the laws for selling dog chews like that? Fine to post on eBay? Or need a business?

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Re: How do antler buyers do it?
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2015, 10:00:14 AM »
Yeah, don't tell the wife what they are worth, she'll send you on a nice little fishing trip, and you'll come home to find your collection GONE !!😢
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