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Re: fur sale Fort Borst....whos going
« Reply #30 on: March 11, 2010, 02:44:13 PM »
No, I don't mean coyotes... last year's fur convention in Montana yotes were going for $5. Piles were going for $50.

My father's bobcats sold $40ish, when the year prior he made around $500/cat.
heck he coulda sold a westside cat for that,thats to bad..I would not have sold at that price..our eatside I heard were going for 150....on bobs dogs were still crappy..

Yeah, he learned his lesson to set a minimum bid... but if you set a min. bid over $80 you went home with your cats last year: be it too many in the market or European buyers not coming with their usual buying power I don't know.. but driving over there and staying a night in a hotel just about cleaned out what he made on his cats.

I think it kind of discouraged him a little bit; it isn't worth killing them for that price in his opinion I suppose, because he sold half of his traps and didn't put as much time into it this year as he has in the past. I'm sure prices will start to rise again soon.. just curious how you and other trappers were fareing this season.
I am not opposed to golf, for I suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering deer.

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Re: fur sale Fort Borst....whos going
« Reply #31 on: March 11, 2010, 02:49:58 PM »
No, I don't mean coyotes... last year's fur convention in Montana yotes were going for $5. Piles were going for $50.

My father's bobcats sold $40ish, when the year prior he made around $500/cat.
heck he coulda sold a westside cat for that,thats to bad..I would not have sold at that price..our eatside I heard were going for 150....on bobs dogs were still crappy..

Yeah, he learned his lesson to set a minimum bid... but if you set a min. bid over $80 you went home with your cats last year: be it too many in the market or European buyers not coming with their usual buying power I don't know.. but driving over there and staying a night in a hotel just about cleaned out what he made on his cats.

I think it kind of discouraged him a little bit; it isn't worth killing them for that price in his opinion I suppose, because he sold half of his traps and didn't put as much time into it this year as he has in the past. I'm sure prices will start to rise again soon.. just curious how you and other trappers were fareing this season.
lets hope for that hirshey,good looking odor hound you guys got

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Re: fur sale Fort Borst....whos going
« Reply #32 on: March 11, 2010, 02:59:28 PM »
lets hope for that hirshey,good looking odor hound you guys got

Thank you.. we make a good team; me on the call and him on the trigger. :)

And truthfully I do hope for that. Its hard enough to recruit/get people into trapping as it is; and while some find it less than appealing its still a necessary (and neat) tradition in my opinion.
I am not opposed to golf, for I suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering deer.

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Re: fur sale Fort Borst....whos going
« Reply #33 on: March 12, 2010, 04:33:27 AM »
lets hope for that hirshey,good looking odor hound you guys got

Thank you.. we make a good team; me on the call and him on the trigger. :)

And truthfully I do hope for that. Its hard enough to recruit/get people into trapping as it is; and while some find it less than appealing its still a necessary (and neat) tradition in my opinion.
does your dad belong to wa state trappers asso

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Re: fur sale Fort Borst....whos going
« Reply #34 on: March 12, 2010, 11:26:36 AM »
I'm fairly certain he does. Honestly I would have to ask to make sure.
I am not opposed to golf, for I suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering deer.

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Re: fur sale Fort Borst....whos going
« Reply #35 on: March 12, 2010, 11:33:02 AM »
I'm fairly certain he does. Honestly I would have to ask to make sure.
there is a rendezvous in august at cashmere fairgrounds,let me know if he goes would like to meet more trappers..You could come also,I think maybe you and you teammate would enjoy it

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Re: fur sale Fort Borst....whos going
« Reply #36 on: March 12, 2010, 06:04:01 PM »
I'm fairly certain he does. Honestly I would have to ask to make sure.
there is a rendezvous in august at cashmere fairgrounds,let me know if he goes would like to meet more trappers..You could come also,I think maybe you and you teammate would enjoy it

I may; depends if I get a job out of wildland fire this summer. That's prime burning season for me otherwise. :) But I'll let you know if he goes. We'll keep in touch beforehand I'm sure.
I am not opposed to golf, for I suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering deer.

 


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