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BTW, I remember paying 44 cents a gallon for gas that winter. That would mean one muskrat on average would buy about 10 gallons of gas. In todays dollar that would make one muskrat worth about $37 each.I miss those days.
I trapped enough muskrats back then to fund my yearly Montana out of state license and hunting expenses. I remember getting $7.50 for xlg rats. Fur buyers would rent a conference room at the holiday Inn or other motel and all the local trappers would line up to sell their furs. Those were the days..
Quote from: wags on October 26, 2021, 06:42:38 PMBTW, I remember paying 44 cents a gallon for gas that winter. That would mean one muskrat on average would buy about 10 gallons of gas. In todays dollar that would make one muskrat worth about $37 each.I miss those days.Oooooooooooh do I remember those days. I started driving in 1968-69 ...................... I think gas was something like 25 cents a gallon Look at todays prices of everything including the cost of a new pickup truck. $50-70,000 for a Ford F-150So at todays prices a gallon of gas cost $4.00 a gallon, if you get 15 mpg you need to collect "One Muskrat" every 15 miles just to pay for the fuel you used to go after it.There's something to think about.JC
Wags couldn’t figure out how to post a pic of some rats he bought in 1977
Quote from: buckcanyonlodge on October 26, 2021, 07:28:30 PM I remember getting $7.50 for xlg rats. Fur buyers would rent a conference room at the holiday Inn or other motel and all the local trappers would line up to sell their furs. Those were the days..Yep, I remember it the same. HE Goldberg at the Holiday Inn. Jerry used to come by the house a few times a year as well.
I remember getting $7.50 for xlg rats. Fur buyers would rent a conference room at the holiday Inn or other motel and all the local trappers would line up to sell their furs. Those were the days..
We sold to HE Goldberg back in the day, and I remember Jerry well. He gave me a nickel for a weasel pelt one time. He said he’d buy any fur for a fair price. I don’t think I ever caught any more weasels, but I don’t think I’d put one up for a nickel either. Those were the good old days, for sure...