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Offline huntinhick

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how many sell the hides?
« on: February 14, 2008, 02:24:04 PM »
so how many sell the hides of the varmits they get?  do you take them to a fur auction or sell them else where?

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Re: how many sell the hides?
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2008, 02:31:15 PM »
i used to not do anything with mine, and got bitched at alot by some certin people. so i started lookin around and found some taxidermist that'll take some things and a few people here and there said they would want them. but i havnt even really killed any varmits this year. probably not next year, but once im outa high school i plan to do some serious trappin and sell my furs at them auctions

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Re: how many sell the hides?
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2008, 03:28:14 PM »
I used to sell them until I realized I was getting screwed on the price.  The last time I was told a figure I showed up and he wanted to give me almost nothing.  I said forget it, he asked what I was going to do with it,  I said throw it in a ditch, he said in that case I will take it, I said you can have it for the original amount, he said no, I never went back.  Now I shoot em and leave em.

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Re: how many sell the hides?
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2008, 04:00:15 PM »
Get a freezer full and go to Pateros.  George Brady is honest and will give you what they're worth.  I sold a bunch to him last year and he was very fair.

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Re: how many sell the hides?
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2008, 05:15:33 PM »
Or you could learn to put up your fur and ship them to auction. I used to make about a third of my income from my trapline and was sending all my good fur to the auction houses, the lower grades I tanned and sold  or made mittens, bags and trim pieces for Buckskinners.
 

I stretch and dry mine and then ship them to a tannery and have them garment tanned.  I'm putting together a good stock so so when I retire next year I can start sewing some fur items to sell.

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Re: how many sell the hides?
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2008, 11:29:40 AM »
If you're in the south puget sound area, Call Hart lake Furriers. They will treat you okay and will also trade for some real fine sewn stuff that Mandy makes.
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Re: how many sell the hides?
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2008, 09:39:32 PM »
I sold a bunch of coyotes last winter to a taxidermist friend of mine but he is out of the trade and doing other things now.  I got $60 per hide.  I sold him 24-25 good song dogs and a half dozen raccoons.

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Re: how many sell the hides?
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2008, 12:16:39 AM »
Polar tell me those were skinned and prepped!!!!!????  So, what did you get for them in Pateros, and did you have to do anything with them.  The guy I was selling to bought them unskinned.

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Re: how many sell the hides?
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2008, 04:19:08 PM »
Dubllunger, they were skinned but that is all.  He had a buyer that was hot for fresh hides and was willing to pay a little more for them.  I lucked out with the timing.  I had just shot a sick cow for my neighbor and used it for bait.  I was shooting a couple dogs a day off of that thing.  I shot 4 in one day alone.   He bought a couple of bobcat hides from my buddy for almost $400 each.  I wish that he was still buying, I could use some fun money right now.

 


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