Fur Buyers???

[littletoes]

What do you guys know about local Fur Buyers in Washington???

[Black Ghost]

The Bears Den, Richard 943-9664

[Krusty]

From a previous post I made;

Here's a few.

George Brady
Cascade Biological Supply
Box 535
Pateros, WA. 98846
(509) 923-2326

George Sovie
Cascade Trapper's Supply
7316 20th Ave East
Tacoma, WA. 98404
(253) 537-3277

Dick Stewart
The Bear's Den Taxidermy
4828 Palermo Rosa Lane SW
Olympia, WA 98512
(360) 943-9664

Each spring, the Washington State Trapper's Assoc. puts on a fur sale, one on the west side and one on the east.
Contact me (the King Co Rep) for any info relating to the WSTA.

Krusty

[doveman10]

Does anybody have an idea what kind of money coyote pelts are bring this year.

Thanks

[WAcoyotehunter]

Not much- $20 for a really good one. 

[littletoes]

I read the fur reports, and there was a sale in May, and another in September I think, (WHERE???FOR WHO???).

Extra Large, very white 'yotes were bringing just over $100, most others weren't bringing in $30.

AND SEVERAL YOTE PELTS DIDN'T SELL!!!
It seems that most are not taking as good a care of their pelts as in days past. Perhaps most don't know how anymore? So fur buyers aren't buying.
Buying harbors on winters in China and Russia. A long hard winter over there, and coats sell, fur buying goes up.

Bobcats were bringing as much as $900, but how often do we see one of those???
When I read the Fur Reports, they always have a bit of a "Positive" feel to them....makes me think they are trying to build us up, for whatever the reason?

Krusty-You belong to the Trappers Assoc.?

[Krusty]

Doveman,

The answer to your question, depends on where the coyotes come from, and when in the year they are taken.

On the west side, a coyote has basically zero worth on the fur market, though may have some value to the mountain man, or taxidermy markets.

Prime eastern Washington coyotes can bring the $20 mentioned, but as stated that's not the norm (I think I heard my buyer say he paid $14 average), and he turns down a lot of pelts.

If he's buying some for $20, that means he's buying others for $8, to make that average.

Littletoes,

I am a county rep for the Assoc.

I don't think they'd appoint me that position, if I weren't a member?

The May-September sales might have been the Fur Harvester's Auction (FHA), but the North American Fur Auction (NAFA) is also on a twice a year schedule around that time.

We (Washingtonians) will never see those top dollar prices paid for coyotes and cats, they tend to come from states like Montana and Wyoming, or Canadian prairie provinces.

With predator hunting becoming more popular, more pelts are turned away due to shooting damage, early hides, and poor handling, combined.
This is a double edged sword, in the respect that now the supply is greater, and the overall quality of the pelts has dropped.

"A fur buyer pays for the worst of your furs", or turns you down on them.
For this reason it's best to divide your fur into two lots, selling the best for more (often on a national level), without the worst detracting from that price, or causing a refusal (and the loss of shipping costs).

Krusty

[littletoes]

Thanks Krusty, that helps.

Something to keep in mind, for sure.

[LongTatLaw]

Little toes...

If ya take an exceptional animal I want 1. but gotta have very very long hair.

dave

[dbllunger]

Krusty...Want to see some big and a lot of bobcats swing by George's.  The indians bring them off the rez, and there are some absolutely amazing cats.  George was paying up to 20 last year for a perfect super white belly nothing wrong with it.  Most of the stuff I was told guys were getting around 10.  Call the guys and ask. 

[littletoes]

LongTatLaw-sure will try...but I sure ain't much good. But I love the trying!